"UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in about 170 countries and territories, including Indonesia, working to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. UNDP supports implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Indonesia, UNDP works with the Government to integrate SDGs into national plan and policies."

In the UN Sustainable Development Summit held in September 2015, UN countries member agreed on a common development agenda which will be achieved in 2030. This agenda is called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDGs has 17 goals and 169 targets that are measured with more than 300 indicators. As one of the participated countries, Indonesia has committed to achieving various targets which have been formulated in SDGs. The government of Indonesia (GoI) translated their commitment in adopting the SDGs by launching Presidential Decree No. 59 the Year 2017 on the Implementation of SDGs Achievement. The decree provided a legal framework for national and subnational governments in accelerating SDGs attainment in their respected region. It mandated the establishment of inclusive SDGs Coordination Team, mainstreaming of SDGs in planning document (RPJMN/RPJMD), preparation of National and Local Action Plan on SDGs, and annual reporting on SDGs Achievement. Those activities on achieving the SDGs should be conducted together based on 4 SDGs stakeholder pillars, namely government/parliament, private sectors/philanthropy, academic/expert, and CSO/media/community.

Achieving the SDGs required transformative and multidimensional approach. Given the limited resources and many targets, decision makers ought to prioritize their focus on development. It was crucial to base the prioritization on evidence and analysis. On similar note, reliable data was essential to monitor, track, evaluate, and report progress on SDGs.

All SDGs have targets directly related to the responsibilities of local and regional governments. Local stakeholders need to be empowered to address SDGs issues especially the ones that are most relevant to the local context. Indeed, the weakest links in Indonesia’s effort in implementing SDGs are the roles of local administrations and the roles of communities (Alisjahbana, 2016). To address this need, UNDP Indonesia establishes SDG Academy Indonesia. The SDG Academy Indonesia is a capacity building program, aiming at increasing Indonesia’s state and non-state actors’ capacities in localizing the SDGs, covering the areas of: governance and policy, innovative solution, and monitoring and reporting, but also their leadership and managerial skills needed to solve local SDGs issues.

This position is located primarily in project management unit under overall guidance of Technical advisor cum Director to support the project on a day-to-day basis to cover learning functions such as supervision of curriculum and learning materials development, scheduling and classroom operations, students learning experience design and management, as well as learning monitoring evaluation, and reporting.

Under the overall guidance of the Techincal Advisor cum Director, the Learning Associate provides learning support services ensuring high quality of learning design and implementation, ensure positive student experience, and timely and properly recorded/documented learning service delivery.

  • Manages the organizational and individual needs analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation and administration of learning events.
  • Supports and facilitates, as required, the development of learning materials and delivery of learning events. Follows through with user feedback, progress and integrates the feedback to the future programmes.
  • Proactively coordinates all activities related to learning events supported by the Director of SDGs Academy Indonesia in collaboration with stakeholders. Designs and coordinates learning programmes based on organizational and learner needs that are in line with learning events, by applying a blended learning approach, including video-conferences, presentations, forums & face to face workshops.
  • Advises stakeholders on development of the learning events, including advising on creative learning approaches, methodologies, illustrations, technologies.
  • Carries out surveys, assessment and feedback analysis to monitor the impact of learning and to evaluate overall programme effectiveness.
  • Designs and re-packages learning solutions for learners who are nominated for and successful pass through the learner pool assessment process.
  • Enhances and coordinates the design and deployment of a blended learning orientation & on-boarding package for all learners to help them to appropriately develop requisite capacities in core values, substantive knowledge, operational skills and competencies.
  • Manages learning project(s) in line with UNDP’s corporate standards.
  • Works with service providers (as applicable) in identifying, developing, and implementing creative solutions to enhance skills of staffs and learners.
  • Based on demand, follows-through on renewal / revision of learning activities with various partners which in part calls for enhancing and customizing existing learning products.
  • Promotes knowledge sharing on new approaches, thinking and techniques to learning 
  • Develops lessons learned and data from dedicated learning events that inform strategic planning on corporate learning initiatives
  • Critically assesses learning events and develops data that improves value and Transfer-to-Practice effectiveness
  • Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;
  • Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”; 
  • Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production; 
  • Differentiated needs of women and men are considered;
  • Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created;
  • Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

Core Competencies:

  • Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity  
  • Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
  • Self-development, initiative-taking
  • Acting as a team player and facilitating team work  ,including working in teams and empowering project staff to create an enabling gender equality environment on non-hierarchical bases.
  • Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively including communication skills to exchange information, and key ideas in a manner that engages the audience and helps others to understand and retain messages about gender equality and parity
  • Creating synergies through self-control
  • Managing conflict , including conflict resolving skills to manage gender barriers and gender blind behaviors within the project and with  partners
  • Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member.
  • Informed and transparent decision making

Functional Competencies:               

Advocacy/Advancing A Policy-Oriented Agenda

  • Identifies relevant information for advocacy for a variety of audiences
  • Makes research of contacts in the media, government, private sector, donors, other agencies, civil society in other stakeholders for UNDP’s advocacy efforts

Results-Based Programme Development and Management

  • Provides information for linkages across programme activities to help identify critical points of integration
  • Provides information and documentation on specific stages of projects/programme implementation
  • Participates in the formulation of project proposals

Building Strategic Partnerships

  • Analyzes general information and selects materials in support of partnership building initiatives
  • Maintains databases of donor information
  • Tracks and reports on mobilized resources

Innovation and Marketing New Approaches

  • Documents and tracks innovative strategies/best practices/new approaches
  • Tracks bottlenecks, problems and issues, and proposes solutions
  • Responds positively to new approaches

Resource Mobilization (Field Duty Stations)

  • Maintains information/databases on potential and actual donors
  • Maintains database of project files
  • Provides data and information needed for preparation of project documents

Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing

  • Researches best practices and poses new, more effective ways of doing things
  • Documents innovative strategies and new approaches
  • Promotes knowledge management on gender equality issues

Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise

  • Understands the main processes and methods of work regarding to the position
  • Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks
  • Identifies new and better approaches to work processes and incorporates same in own work
  • Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning
  • Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
  • Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools, and utilizes these regularly in work assignments
  • Theoretical and/or practical knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment in development programming

Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals

  • Identifies relevant information for advocacy for UNDP’s goals for a variety of audiences
  • Maintains a network of contacts in the media and civil society, for use in UNDP’s advocacy efforts

Client Orientation

  • Reports to internal and external clients in a timely and appropriate fashion
  • Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines
  • Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships within the work unit and with internal and external clients
  • Responds to client needs promptly
  • Demonstrated familiarity with UNDP development projects in Indonesia is an advantage
  • Knowledge of and experience in supporting administration of Executive Education, Corporate University, or Sustainable Development Goals related projects will be highly desirable.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply . All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP Indonesia reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP Indonesia at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and education requirements.

Contract Duration: One year with possibility of renewal based on position availability and performance

This vacancy is archived.

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