Cluster 1 (Social Assistance) Coordinator

Position :    Cluster 1 (Social Assistance) Coordinator

I.    Duties and responsibilities

The Social Assistance working group coordinator supports the Executive Secretary of TNP2K to improve the effectiveness of government social assistance programs and design new programs where needed. Specific duties are:

Coordinate the social assistance working group members:

• Convene the working group and chair meetings on a regular basis
• Prepare semi-annual work plans with working group members
• Supervise working group staff to ensure the group is meeting the terms of reference of the working group (as per attachment A).

Develop policy advice to the Executive Secretary to improve the effectiveness of government social assistance programs especially Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH):

• Monitor, absorb  and synthesize lessons from literature relevant to social protection in Indonesia (e.g. poverty assessments, monitoring and evaluation reports etc)
• Evaluate the current social assistance programs
• Determine the weakness of the current social assistance programs
• Prepare and design policies or actions to improve the effectiveness of the programs
• Discuss the new design of the programs with other stake holders (related ministries and institutions)
• Commission original research on social protection in Indonesia (e.g. provincial, district or subdistrict initiatives, socialization success and beneficiary perceptions)
• Engage implementing ministries in policy development and design processes
• Propose recommendations for new program design to the Executive Secretary.

Improve the coordination of these programs with each other, with poverty reduction programs from the other two clusters and with local level development programs:

• Determine overlaps and synergies between social assistance programs and programs from other clusters and providing relevant policy recommendations.
• Convene regular discussions with all other working groups
• Determining how social assistance programs fit within the landscape of poverty reduction programs and what role is appropriate for them to play
• Liaise with central ministries and agencies involved in the provision of social services to poor households.
• Supervise the implementation of presidential instructions.

Develop new social assistance programs where there a clear need and political support to do so and determine eligible populations (including vulnerable groups) for social assistance programs:

• Collaborate with the unification data working group to set and analyse data on potential vulnerable or other needy families
• Undertake/supervise analysis to identify the key issues facing vulnerable families and determine the targeting approach (who the social assistance programs intend to reach as opposed to how)
• Identify gaps in coverage and feasible reforms to address gaps in coverage
• Design and propose new programs or modifications to existing programs to address coverage gaps
• Develop white papers that describe the way forward for individual social assistance programs and supervise annual plans
• Develop an overarching social assistance strategy.

II.    Qualifications

In order to successfully performs the duties, the coordinator shall have the following requirements:

• Doctoral degree in social assistance related field
• At least five years experience in middle and top management level position
• Demonstrated policy/strategy formulation experience
• Strong experience working in the social assistance field
• Good knowledge of Indonesian social assistance programs especially PKH
• Good knowledge in poverty measurements and analysis
• At least five years experience in poverty analysis
• Speak fluently in written and spoken Bahasa Indonesia and English
• Able to operate basic computer applications such as word processing, excel, and presentation software
• Able to operate statistical software
• Willing to travel extensively across the country or abroad.

Interested candidates should be available immediately, send their CV with 3 references and indicate the position applied for in the email subject title by the latest: 18 December 2010 to recruit@tnp2k.org .

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.