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In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby:

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Background

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. Learn more at undp.org or follow at @UNDP.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the critical role of youth in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and calls for decisive action to address the economic, social, and political barriers that limit young people’s inclusion. UNDP Indonesia places youth at the center of its development agenda, recognizing young people as key drivers of economic, social, and environmental transformation. Through its country programme, UNDP focuses on equipping youth with future-ready skills, expanding access to quality education, decent work, and entrepreneurship, and strengthening youth participation in decision-making, particularly in the green and digital economy transitions.

Indonesia stands at a pivotal moment in harnessing its demographic dividend. In 2024, 64.22 million young people aged 16–30 years old, representing 24 percent of the population, underscore the strategic importance of youth in realizing Indonesia Emas 2045. In line with the Government of Indonesia’s Asta Cita, where youth empowerment is identified as the fourth national priority, and guided by the RPJMN 2025–2029, UNDP Indonesia remains committed to advancing youth economic empowerment. Through integrated policy support, innovation, and partnerships with government, the private sector, and civil society, UNDP ensures that youth, especially those in vulnerable situations, are not only beneficiaries of development, but active leaders shaping inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development pathways through implementation of: Youth Ultra Micro Entrepreneurship Empowerment (YUMEE).

Initiated with Temasek Foundation in 2025. The initiative aims to empower 400 young women-owned ultra-micro enterprises (UMEs) and 100 university students (age 18 -30) in rural Indonesia from April 2026 - March 2028. Where the project enhances their access to finance, business skills, and digital tools. As well as equipping them with the resources and knowledge to sustain and grow their businesses, driving inclusive local economic development.

Youth Digitalization for Employability and Entrepreneurship Program (YDEEP)

Branded as Skill Our Future, this Asia-Pacific initiative, jointly led by UNDP, Microsoft, and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) aims to create inclusive digital pathways that enhance youth employability while enabling young people to thrive as globally engaged citizens contributing to the sustainable development of their communities and beyond. With a strong focus on reaching 13,000 youth from underserved communities starting in August 2025 to December 2027, the initiative equips participants with in-demand 21st-century and digital skills, including artificial intelligence (AI) fluency, to support successful transitions into decent and gainful employment. In parallel, the programme supports youth entrepreneurship by providing targeted resources that are expected to generate at least 350 internship placements and work-based learning opportunities. Responding to this need, UNDP Indonesia will recruit a Technical Analyst for Youth Empowerment Initiatives who will serve as the focal for youth empowerment, mainstreaming of youth into country office portfolio, lead youth-led programmes addressing the county’s pressing issues and needs, and facilitate fostering youth contribution to SDGs through forging partnerships and collaboration among youth groups in Indonesia.

Duties and Responsibilities

Support the implementation of monitoring and reporting policies and strategies of youth empowerment, focusing on achievement of the following result:

Coordinate and provide technical oversight for the monitoring of project activities, ensuring systematic assessment of implementation progress against agreed objectives, outputs, indicators, and results frameworks;
Establish, implement, and continuously strengthen timely reporting mechanisms in line with UNDP corporate requirements, donor agreements, and programme timelines;
Act as the technical focal point for Youth Empowerment, providing strategic guidance and quality assurance support to implementing partners in compliance with UNDP monitoring, reporting, and results-based management (RBM) policies, procedures, and standards;
Lead the collection, analysis, and interpretation of project data at national, provincial, and district levels to inform adaptive management, policy dialogue, and strategic decision-making;
Develop high-quality analytical outputs, including dashboards, data visualizations, geographic maps, and statistical datasets, for internal use and external reporting to government counterparts, UN agencies, donors, and partners;
Coordinate the strategic communication of results by synthesizing evidence on progress, outcomes, and impacts for presentations, briefs, and stakeholder engagements;
Integrate gender-responsive and inclusive economic, environmental, and social analysis into research and programme implementation to support policy formulation, programme design, and the development of operational guidelines and tools;
Oversee the timely documentation of programme results, including the preparation of human-interest stories and case studies that highlight transformative impacts of UNDP-supported interventions.

Support to the management of the project/programme, including ensuring effective qualityassurance and oversight, and application of Results Based Management across the portfolio:

Ensure and coordinate the implementation of YUMEE, YDEEP, and others youth related projects at UNDP Indonesia;
Provision of input for the Human Development and Resilience Governance unit on the needs for evaluation based on the donor agreements;
Analysis based on data collection for the evaluation process as necessary and requested by independent evaluators;
Supervise project team and coordinate with project board and the stakeholders to ensure smooth conduct of the evaluation;
Support to mainstream youth empowerment within UNDP country office to support collaboration and enhancement of country office portfolios;
Provision of high quality of data and strategic inputs for improving the existing youth empowerment activities;
Timely implementation of evaluation recommendations;
To make sure implementation of gender equality accountability framework and Gender equality Results Based management at project level i.e. performance management, gender marker assignment in web-based system, reporting, etc.

Support strategic partnership, and in the implementation of a resource mobilization strategy related to specific high-priority projects:

Assist in maintaining strategic partnerships with key development partners in government, private sector, civil society, and academia to garner the resources and support required for an effective portfolio;
Provision of support in strengthening cooperation with key stakeholders;
Support the communication of the Democratic Governance programme/projects in order to facilitate resource mobilization from various sources such as global trust funds, bilateral donors, and the private sector;
Facilitate information sharing and dialogue within the donor community.

Support production and dissemination of lessons learnt across the portfolio and ensuring effective cross project and cross-unit knowledge fertilization:

Contribution to the implementation of Evaluation Knowledge Management and Learning Strategy;
Established system and updated documentation of research reports, studies and evaluations are maintained. This includes the collection and documentation of relevant reports from government research bodies, national and international agencies, etc;
Facilitation and participation in results-oriented monitoring and evaluation training efforts;
Effective contribution to the network for youth mainstreaming learning and knowledge sharing;
Ensure that key programme and project results data and promotional material are available to showcase the progress, achievements and impacts of UNDP’s work in the Youth Empowerment area.

The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that:

Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;
Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”;
Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production;
Differentiated needs of women and men are considered;
Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created;
Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangement

The Technical Analyst for Youth Empowerment Initiatives will work under the overall guidance and supervision of Democratic Governance Lead of Human Development and Resilience Governance Unit to overlook the implementation of Youth Empowerment Initiatives, including to mainstream youth into country office portfolios.

To successfully advance UNDP's youth empowerment program in Indonesia, the Analyst will collaborate closely with UNDP's operations, finance, and communication units. The incumbent will also liaise with local and national government bodies, regional bureau and HQ focal points, senior management, international development partners, financial institutions, and civil society organizations. Additionally the Analyst will supervise project team members.

Competencies

Core competencies:

Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process

Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously

Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

Business management: Working with Evidence and Data: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making

Business management: Digital Awareness and Literacy: Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skillfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed. Knowledge of the usage of digital technologies and emerging trends.

Business Direction & Strategy: Entrepreneurial Thinking: Identify and seize opportunities to service and add value to clients, create clarity around UNDP value proposition to beneficiaries and partners, develop clear service offers responding to client needs in line with UNDP’s organizational priorities and mandate.

2030 agenda-people: Gender: Gender Equality Strategy

Business management: Monitoring and Evaluation: Ability to systematically monitor results of strategies, programmes, and activities with a view to make sure that they are being implemented effectively; Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback and reporting on the consistency or discrepancy between planned activities and programme management and results.

Ability to make independent judgment of the management and results of strategies, programmes and activities based on set criteria and benchmark, keeping in mind the needs and concerns of client, current and upcoming. Knowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, concepts, methodologies, systems, processes, and tools. Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks. Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns.

Business management: Partnership Management: Build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Public Policy, Economics, Finance, International Relations, or other related fields is required; or
A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with two (2) additional years of relevant professional experience, will be given due consideration in lieu of a master's degree.

Experience:

Applicants with a master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field are not required to have prior professional work experience.
Applicants with a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in programme/project management in the domains of Youth Entrepreneurship or Youth Upskilling & Reskilling, or Youth on Climate Action.

Desired Skills:

Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.), advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages;
Experience working with UNDP or other UN agencies on programming related to sustainable development and the SDGs.;
Demonstrated experience in designing, monitoring, or managing youth empowerment portfolios;
Proven track record of experience in mobilizing resources/building strategic partnerships across government, the private sector, or civil society;
Experience of working with the financial institutions, development partners, universities, venture capitals on innovative finance or impact investment;
Experience in impact investment, emerging markets, and developing economies;
Experience in supporting the administration of Learning Management Systems or digital learning technology;
Experience in a supervisory or team leadership capacity including the ability to guide project teams, oversee implementing partners, or coordinate complex evaluation processes with project boards and independent evaluators.

Required Language(s): Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia is required.

Equal opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.

UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.

Right to select multiple candidates

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Technical Analyst for Youth Empowerment Initiatives [Open to internal and external applicants]