Private Sector Engagement Officer You RISE Project

BACKGROUND

Plan Indonesia will collaborate with stakeholders to reach out to 100,000 marginalised youth. Stakeholders include Technical Vocational Educational Training Centres, Vocational Schools, youth social house. Once they completed the first module on financial planning training, they automatically could access the next module on future readiness training, with a target of 70,000 to continue the second module. Out of this, 6,000 youth will be selected to have intensive mentoring, basic technical skills training, and work readiness training to enter the job market. The selection of 6,000 youth will consider their educational background that suits the training subjects (IT, hospitality, retail) to determine their suitability for the program. Plan Indonesia will also prioritise youth who face additional challenges, including disabilities, parentless youth, or breadwinners in the family etc. There will be another screening process to assess their commitment to completing the program through an interview and essay test.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Private Sector Engagement Officer will responsible to ensure the engagement with relevant private sector for throughout project cycle, including but not limited to recruitment, skills development, internship and placement in particular young women to adapt with the changing landscape of economic opportunity in project area.

The Private Sector Engagement (PSE) role is to strategically build, strengthen, and manage partnerships with private sector actors that contribute to the projects goals. This role ensures that collaboration with businesses goes beyond transactional support by aligning corporate resources, expertise, and influence with development priorities. The PSE Officer identifies shared value opportunities, facilitates dialogue between stakeholders, and designs engagement models that are ethical, inclusive, and sustainable. They act as a bridge and translate project needs into language and value propositions that resonate with businesses, while ensuring private sector contributions are meaningful, impactful, and aligned with the projects mission. Ultimately, the role enhances innovation, resource mobilization, and long-term impact through responsible and strategic private sector collaboration.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Bachelor degree in social sciences, business, management, economics development or any related field
• At least 1-2 years of experience in private sector engagement (include MSMEs), with existing network companies, in particular HR division in several targeted regions
• Extensive networks with MSMEs and companies in targeted regions
• Good communication skills (verbal and written) in Bahasa Indonesia
• Knowledge of the links between gender equality, childrens rights, and NGO development programming practice.
• Demonstrated understanding of child and youth-led initiatives and child and youth-sensitive monitoring and evaluation
• Good network with youth groups champion in Indonesia
• Good understanding of the practicalities of designing, implementing, and evaluating high-quality programmes that promote meaningful child and youth participation
• Good understanding of relevant policy-making processes and institutions on child and youth participation
• Ability to design proposals, guidelines, and standards, monitor and evaluate child and youth participation programming, based on sound analysis
• Strong teamwork
• Ability to build internal and external networks
• Facilitation and training skills for children and young people
• Dealing with conflict with tact and a collected manner

Desirable

• Experience in private sector engagement for development projects focusing on Youth Economic Empowerment and gender equality
• Good communication, verbal and written in English, is a plus
• Knowledge of gender, theory of Change, and socio-ecological framework
• Knowledge of social norms research and other tools to ensure that researchers are able to change community perspectives positively
• Have experience in supporting child and youth-led initiatives and/ or movements
• Strong ability to communicate theoretical concepts on Child and Youth Participation in simple terms and to apply these to practical solutions to promote meaningful children and youth participation.
• Well informed on labour market, work readiness, and employment
• Strong management and public mobilisation skills
• Confident public speaker with media skills

Please follow the link to the full role profile: JD - PSE Officer You RISE .pdf

Location:

3 Private Sector Engagement Officer that will be placed: 1 in Jakarta, 1 in Medan, and 1 in Surabaya with at least 30% travel to government offices, projects areas, and partner organization.

Type of Role: 1-year Fixed-term contract (PKWT)

Reports to: straight line to Project Manager You RISE Project

Competitive salary and package available

Closing Date: August 1st, 2025

HOW TO APPLY:

All information will be treated in the strictest confidence, as we pride ourselves on our professional service. We will contact you as soon as we have reviewed your application. Only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for interviews. Please submit your letter of application and detailed curriculum vitae in English by applying now not later than August 1st, 2025 to this link: https://tinyurl.com/PSEOfficerYouRISE

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan Internationals Safeguarding Children and Young People policy (PSHEA).

As an international child-centred community development organisation, Yayasan Plan International Indonesia is fully committed to promoting the realisation of childrens rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse.

We will provide equality of opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination on any grounds. We foster an organisational culture that embraces and exemplifies our commitment to gender equality, girls rights and inclusion while supporting staff to adopt good practices, positive attitudes and principles of gender equality and inclusion.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.

Information :

• Company : Recruitment Yayasan Plan International Indonesia
• Position : Private Sector Engagement Officer You RISE Project
• Location : Jakarta
• Country : ID