Save the Children is hiring a TUNTAS Program Manager (subject to donor approval), based in Sidoarjo or Malang District, East Java, Indonesia, with regular support to program operations with implementing partners in Bogor and Depok (West Java).
Role purpose: The TUNTAS Program Manager is the senior operational lead for the TUNTAS program. The role sets strategic direction, ensures technical quality, and makes sure program investments draw on Indonesia's wider education system and donor landscape. The role leads the design and delivery of an integrated package of technical assistance to district and provincial governments, aiming to reduce school dropout and improve educational outcomes for vulnerable children and young people through youth empowerment, school and community engagement, and sustainable education systems. The program covers four districts in the two provinces with the highest concentration of dropout risk: Bogor and Depok (West Java), and Sidoarjo and Malang (East Java). The position requires deep expertise in the Indonesian education system, both formal and non-formal, proven experience delivering large-scale capacity building at the local level, and a strong grounding in adult learning and systems-strengthening approaches.
Key areas of accountability:
* Technical leadership and program quality: lead overall implementation across target locations in line with the approved design, donor commitments, national education priorities and Save the Children's policies; integrate life skills, dropout prevention, education continuity and re-engagement pathways; integrate GEDSI, climate change, child protection and child participation.
* Oversight of project implementation: develop a Detailed Implementation Plan, ensure on-time, quality delivery, coordinate technical assistance visits, ensure timely narrative and financial reporting, and maintain a green rating on program KPIs.
* Financial management: develop budgets and projections, monitor budget vs. actual expenditure, and apply controls including for implementing partners.
* Partnership management, eco-convener and localization: manage implementation through local partners, support portfolio growth and proposal development, and conduct partner capacity assessments.
* Administration, safety and security, government relations, facilities and logistics oversight.
* Child safeguarding, anticipatory action and emergency response, MEAL (logframes, indicators, research and learning agendas).
* Staff management, mentorship and development, brand and reputation, and membership of the Extended Management Team of the Indonesia National Office.
Closing date: 2026-11-03
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the Save the Children careers portal: https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/jobs/preview/18006/apply/email?lastSelectedFacet=POSTING_DATES&selectedPostingDatesFacet=30