Overview
INOVASI 3 – Safe School Consultants Jobs in Indonesia at Palladium: Make It Possible
Title: INOVASI 3 – Safe School Consultants
Company: Palladium: Make It Possible
Location: Indonesia
We are searching for an experienced INOVASI 3 – Safe School Consultants at our Indonesia facility.
Background
Indonesia’s Vision 2045 sets the goal for Indonesia to transition from a resource-based economy towards an advanced service, technology, and knowledge-based economy by the centenary of its independence (2045). The 2025-2045 National Long Term Development Plan emphasises the urgency of Indonesia’s human resource development to fully realise 2045 goals.
Faced however with persistent low student performance that is emblematic of a learning crisis, significant improvement in student learning will be required to reach Indonesia’s 2045 goals. Government of Indonesia (GoI) has started an ambitious program of education reforms. Successive education ministers have set out to modernise the education system through reforming the national curriculum and teaching and assessment approaches, to produce citizens with strong foundational skills, open minds, and inclusive values.
Australia is a long-term supporter of the Indonesian basic education sector, with continuous investments supporting education quality improvements for the past two decades, including through the INOVASI program (Phase 1 2016-2020; Phase 2 2020-2023) that focused on supporting acquisition of literacy and numeracy foundational skills in early grades classrooms; exploring local problems and solutions; and generating evidence to inform government policy development and practices.
This third phase of INOVASI (2024-2027) builds upon the existing program’s approach and lessons learned and takes the focus on the development of foundational skills through to the end of the primary grades. Phase 3 will engage with priority issues of Australia’s development policy: gender equality, effective inclusion of children with a disability, responses to the climate change challenge in education. It will focus on the challenge of policy implementation and the gaps that exist between national policies and practices at district and school levels and use the well attested-success of INOVASI’s local problem-based approach to continuously support policy development for effective fit between policy and implementation context.
INOVASI Phase 3 is implemented in 25 districts and cities across Indonesia, in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, East Java, West Java, and Maluku. The program also works in Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN).
The Program is managed by Palladium on behalf of the Government of Australia through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Purpose of the Position: Under the direction of the Gender and Child Protection Lead, the Consultants of Safe Schools will coordinate with the Gender and Child Protection (GCP) team, including GCP Adviser, INOVASI teams and relevant counterparts to provide supports in the implementation of safe school, particularly in developing relevant tools, documents and materials, delivering trainings or other capacity building sessions, covering issues related to child rights & protection, gender equality, learning without bias, socio-emotional learning, and other themes under the implementation of Budaya Sekolah Aman dan Nyaman (BSAN).
INOVASI has been working to promote gender equality by supporting education policies, systems, and practices that are free from bias. Indonesia achieved gender parity in the Net Enrolment Rate (NER) at the primary level (1.0) in 2019, following decades of progress in gender mainstreaming. However, parity is only a surface measure. More nuanced challenges remain, particularly gender bias and stereotypes in teaching practices and learning materials. These norms shape children’s perceptions of male and female roles, influencing aspirations and academic performance. The Ministry of Education’s Pocketbook on Gender Mainstreaming notes that “stereotypes and sexism limit girls’ potential growth and development because internalizing negative stereotypes impacts their self-esteem and ultimately academic performance.” National data (BPS 2022–2023) also shows differences in mean years of schooling, with boys attaining 9.03 years compared to girls at 8.48.
To address these issues, INOVASI promotes safe schools by raising awareness, strengthening the capacity of key stakeholders on child protection and gender equality, and developing tools, guidelines, and modules to support implementation
Duties: Under the direction of the Gender and Child Protection Lead (or delegate), the Safe School Consultants will:
- Review and assess relevant materials and literature required for the development of tools, documents, and resources for the implementation of safe schools. This includes integrating best practices and evidence-based strategies into these materials to improve their effectiveness.
- Collaborate with the INOVASI team, teachers, principals, and subject matter experts to gather feedback and insights through focus group discussions, interviews, field observations, or other data collection methods as needed.
- Integrate best practices and evidence-based strategies into the toolkit, including refining its outline and structure as required.
- Ensure that the documents, tools, and other materials developed are user-friendly and accessible for teachers and school principals, including through readability or trial testing (if required).
- Develop training materials and resources to support the implementation of safe schools.
- Support the delivery of workshops and training sessions to strengthen the capacity of INOVASI staff and partners in understanding child rights and protection, gender equality, and other themes under BSAN.
Qualifications And Experience
The Safe School Consultants will possess the following qualifications and experience:
- A degree in a relevant field such as Education, Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Sociology, or another discipline related to social development.
- A minimum of five years’ experience in educational research, curriculum and training module/materials development in the education sector, as well as in issues related to child rights and protection, gender equality, and socio-emotional learning.
- Experience in delivering training and facilitating group discussions with diverse stakeholders (government officials, community members, children, teachers, principals, and parents).
- Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including INOVASI program staff, consultants, government representatives, and school-level actors such as principals and teachers.
- Good understanding of issues related to gender equality in education and principles of inclusion.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English (preferred).
- Proven ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality outputs independently and as part of a team.
Working with children
Is this position likely to come into contact with children? ☒ Yes ☐ No
Duration Of The Contract/Timeline
The duration of the contract is 12 months with maximum of 180 of billable workdays, with a possible extension subject to a satisfactory performance assessment.
Application closes on 21 July 2026 at 23:59 Jakarta Time.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Women are encouraged to apply.
INOVASI has zero tolerance for child abuse and exploitation. All successful candidates will be required to adhere to our Child Protection Policy and will be subject to background checks as a condition of employment.
