Safe School Project - Advocacy Specialist

BACKGROUND

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. In Indonesia, Plan International operates since 1969, and in 2017 Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (Plan Indonesia) was established as national entity of Plan International in Indonesia. Plan Indonesia is currently implementing its Country Strategy 4 (CS 4) covering fiscal year 2018 to 2022, where the country purpose is in line with the global Plan International’s Purpose “to advance children rights and equality for girls”. Our ambition is to enable at least 1 million girls and young women to learn (gain skills for work), lead (empower to take action on issues that matter to them), decide (have control over their own lives and bodies) and thrive (grow healthy and protected from violence). It means that we will take actions to identify and facilitate the removal of obstacles that prevent children, especially girls, and young women from enjoying their rights and participating fully in Indonesian society. This goal will be achieved by implementing quality programmes and projects as well as influencing decision makers and key stakeholders to make the required changes. From July 2022, Plan Indonesia starting to implement its country strategy 5 (CS5) that cover fiscal year 2023-2027.

The safe school province model has been implemented in Yogyakarta (18 months) and will be replicated to Bali in another 18 months (May 2024 – October 2025). The goals of this project is a replicable model of school safety at the provincial level is developed through embracing meaningful youth participation in strengthening enabling policies and adopting gender transformative climate education. Which there are 2 main outcomes namely 1). Youth meaningfully participated in the improvement of key components toward the realization of child-centered and gender transformative climate education programming. 2). The capacity and mechanism of SS duty bearers at the provincial level are strengthened to lead the evidence generation of enhanced SS Programming at the provincial and school levels. The project also on updated SS monev with MOEC and disaster impact database with Yogyakarta’s government.

ROLE PURPOSE

Advocacy specialist will support and assists Project Manager in developing and implementing advocacy strategy and achieving to produce policies, guideline, SOP, or other advocacy products from national and province to support the implementation of safe school province model. S/he is responsible for successful implementation of safe school province model and growing the project portfolio.

DIMENSIONS OF ROLE

• The advocacy specialist reports to the Project Manager
• Support the Project Manager to conduct stakeholders mapping and develop advocacy strategy
• Support Project manager in implementation of advocacy strategy
• Support Project Manager to achieve project’ result related to advocacy such as policy, guideline, workplan and budgeting in safe school, both national and sub-national as project areas as necessary
• Support Project Manager to influence and discuss SS and climate education in the national ministries: NDMO, MOEC, MORA and other relevant stakeholders such as Pramuka, media and academia
• Support Project Manager in strengthening the use of SS digital platforms through advocacy activities.
• Support Project Manager and Digital Specialist to work on regulation of updated e-monev SS into school survey system at national level and disaster impact database at Yogyakarta as a model

  ACCOUNTABILITIES

  Program implementation in line with the project design and planning

  1. Support Project Manager in conducting stakeholders mapping.
  2. Developing advocacy strategy planning and deliver its advocacy strategy.
  3. Support the project in producing the policies and guideline related to develop safe school province model.
  4. Support in encouraging government in any level (Province and National) will buy in to project stated in development planning (both program and budgeting).
  5. Together with Project Manager builds strong coordination and collaboration with relevant stakeholders mainly with Education office at province level, development and planning agency, and Local disaster management also ministry (MOEC, MORA, BNPB).
  6. Together with Project Manager and Digital Specialist works on updated SS monev with MOEC and disaster impact database with Yogyakarta’s government.
  7. Together with Project Manager to develop and implement sustainability plan.

     Communication, Monitoring and Reporting

     1. Support Project Manager to monitor implementation of advocacy planning and develop strategy to influence relevant stakeholders (government and or non-government).
     2. Conduct coordination meeting to monitor the action plan of stakeholders related to advocacy agenda on safe school province model
     3. Establish regular and continuous communication with all stakeholders related to project activities
     4. Develop activity reports to show the progress of advocacy plan.
     5. Collaborate with communications team to develop and implement communications which support advocacy goal
     6. Develop and implement project influencing strategy and planning provincial level to promote using Safe school digital teaching-learning platform and e-monev.

        Networks, partnership and Learning

        1. Establish external networks and partnership in order to strengthen the implementation of project, to exchange experiences and collaboration