National Consultant: Adaptive Social Protection, 6 months based in Jakarta (for Indonesians only) Individual Consultant National Position Short term contract

National Consultant: Adaptive Social Protection, 6 months based in Jakarta (for Indonesians only)

Job no: 592242

Contract type: Consultant

Duty Station: Jakarta

Level: Consultancy

Location: Indonesia

Categories: Social Policy

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For every child, Protection

The UNICEF Indonesia Country Office has launched its new transformative country programme for 2026. Social Policy is a strategic priority of the programme, focusing on

building a more comprehensive, climate-smart, shock-responsive, child- and gender-responsive, inclusive, and adaptive social protection system;

enhancing the quality, integrity, and use of digitalised and disaggregated data and gender-specific evidence on children and adolescents at the national and sub-national levels;

promoting a strengthened and more child-responsive financial management system, including appropriate and equitable prioritisation and use of resources; and

promoting innovative finance to reduce SDG finance gaps.

The programme aims to ensure that by 2030, more children, including adolescents, have their rights met, enabling them to live free from poverty and multidimensional deprivations.

To contribute to this outcome, the programme will realize the following two outputs:

Output 1: National and sub-national governments have strengthened capacities to generate, analyse, and use data and evidence for child and adolescent-responsive policies, programmes, and financing.

Output 2: National and sub-national governments have enhanced capacities to deliver child- and gender-responsive inclusive and adaptive social protection, particularly for those living with poverty, exclusion, and vulnerabilities

To navigate the transition of the 2026 country programme, the UNICEF Indonesia Country Office is seeking a highly qualified consultant to provide technical expertise and guidance to support the implementation of the social protection programme [Output 2] for six months (110 working days), covering planning, design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of activities outlined in the AWP 2026.

Scope of Work:

The overall scope of the consultancy includes

providing technical support to improve data on child poverty and vulnerability’;

delivering technical guidance to strengthen social protection coverage and impact for children’;

supporting the more effective use of public financial resources for child-responsive social protection.

Specific scopes include the following:

Output 1: Supporting the implementation of the Global Accelerator (GA) on social protection and Jobs in collaboration with the Ministry of Development Planning (BAPPENAS), the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the World Bank, UNDP, ILO, and other relevant Ministries. Specific tasks include participating in and contributing to periodic interagency meetings, providing updates on UNICEF’s progress, monitoring programme implementation status and funding utilisation, and preparing narrative reports.

Output 2: Supporting the implementation of social protection-related evaluations, collaborating with Government Ministries, the Multi-Country Evaluation Specialist, the Evaluation Reference Group, and the Evidence and Knowledge Management Committee.

Output 3: Provide technical support in planning, implementing, and monitoring activities under the project titled Breathe, Thrive, Survive: Protecting Children in a Changing Climate. Under the Chief of Social Policy or OIC and in collaboration with the Social Policy Specialist (Financing for children), as well as providing technical oversight and monitoring the quality of deliverables produced by the institutional consultant. The consultant is supposed to monitor the quality of all related deliverables and consult with the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and other relevant government Ministries and Non-government organizations, including business communities.

How can you make a difference?  

The overall scope of the consultancy includes:

providing technical support to improve data on child poverty and vulnerability’;

delivering technical guidance to strengthen social protection coverage and impact for children’;

supporting the more effective use of public financial resources for child-responsive social protection.

Specific scopes include the following:

Output 1: Supporting the implementation of the Global Accelerator (GA) on social protection and Jobs in collaboration with the Ministry of Development Planning (BAPPENAS), the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the World Bank, UNDP, ILO, and other relevant Ministries. Specific tasks include participating in and contributing to periodic interagency meetings, providing updates on UNICEF’s progress, monitoring programme implementation status and funding utilisation, and preparing narrative reports.

Output 2: Supporting the implementation of social protection-related evaluations, collaborating with Government Ministries, the Multi-Country Evaluation Specialist, the Evaluation Reference Group, and the Evidence and Knowledge Management Committee.

Output 3: Provide technical support in planning, implementing, and monitoring activities under the project titled Breathe, Thrive, Survive: Protecting Children in a Changing Climate. Under the Chief of Social Policy or OIC and in collaboration with the Social Policy Specialist (Financing for children), as well as providing technical oversight and monitoring the quality of deliverables produced by the institutional consultant. The consultant is supposed to monitor the quality of all related deliverables and consult with the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and other relevant government Ministries and Non-government organisations, including business communities.

Deliverables of the institutional consultant that this consultant supervises and monitors include:

Contribute technical inputs to a Policy Landscape Study on climate-resilient health, social protection, and risk-transfer.

Support the organisation of a Policy Dialogue on the study recommendations.

Contribute technical inputs to a Study on Parametric Insurance to inform the design of a Proof of Concept (PoC) model for risk-transfer

Contribute to the design of a Proof of Concept Model on parametric insurance, including its implementation and operational strategy.

Contribute technical inputs to a Study on Financing Gaps in emergency social protection and climate-responsive insurance to strengthen Public-Private Partnerships for risk-transfer

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:    TOR Adaptive Social Protection Consultant.docx

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…  

Master’s or Doctoral degree in Finance, Economics, Public Policy, Social Policy/Social Development, International Development, International Relations, or other relevant fields.

At least 5 years of experience in technical advisory and analytical work in the development programme management, evidence generation, high-level advocacy, programme design, financing, coordination, monitoring, and administration of social protection programmes.

Demonstrated experience in working with Government Ministries, particularly the Ministry of Social Welfare, Coordinating Ministry of Human Capital Development, BAPPENAS, TNP2K, Ministry of Finance, and non-government organizations, including business communities.

Demonstrated experience in working with teams.

Familiarity with the work and role of the United Nations is considered an added value.

Strong analytical, reporting, presentation, and writing skills, which demonstrate the ability to write high-quality, clear, and concise reports including practical recommendations.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children.  The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone , irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the results Refer a friend

Advertised: 09 Apr 2026 SE Asia Standard Time
Deadline: 16 Apr 2026 SE Asia Standard Time

Tagged as: Consultant, Evaluation, Monitoring, Protection, Social Protection

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