Description

Child and Empathy Associate for Ashoka Indonesia

About the Role

Reports to: Purpose 1 Manager

Start date: ASAP

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

About Ashoka

Ashoka is on an audacious mission – to create a world where everyone is a changemaker i.e. a world where everyone has the agency and skills to make a positive change in their families or communities. It is only in such a world where the solutions will outrun our social problems.

Since 2022, Ashoka Indonesia together with its key partners initiated the Family Changemaking Movement (Gerakan Pembaharu Keluarga – GAHARU Keluarga). It aims to strengthen family ecosystem in Indonesia as a solid foundation for children and youth development and stimulate family-led changemaking initiative.

With its global network of over 3.500 leading social entrepreneurs (Ashoka Fellows), 10,000 youth ventures, 180+ changemaker schools, and 30+ changemaker campuses – as well as a community of 20,000+ innovators on Changemakers.com – Ashoka works with strategic partners to empower people with the skills to create solutions for the good of all in a world of constant change.

About the Role

• To help managing co-creation with workflow and deliverables between Ashoka and key partners.
• To work together with Purpose 1 Manager in developing Family Changemaking strategy and implementation.
• To assist in managing all technical aspects of Purpose Team 1 – Child and Empathy and Family Changemaking from initiation to close for multiple and simultaneous projects.
• To assist in facilitating a routine of regular two-way engagements: discussions, idea-exchange forum, networking spaces, events, etc. with key partners and related stakeholders.
• To maintain tracking and reporting, project status, database, and consistently deliver on time and within budget.
• To work together with Purpose 1 Manager in handling ongoing stakeholder engagement and ensuring improvement of the journey in liaison with the strategic partner.
• To assist in actively fostering healthy relationships in cross-functional organization; facilitate trust, positive team morale, communication, and conflict resolution.

• Required Skills and Experience
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Capable in facilitating meeting and workshop.
• Able to work on own initiative, proactively and independently and under minimal supervision.
• Required 1-2 years of prior experience program development and implementation, and or partnership in the development or social sector.
• Proven ability to influence without authority
• Strong organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills
• Prior experience in managing a team of people and external agencies
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and able to set clear guidelines and deadlines
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced, non-stop environment
• Personal and professional interest in different areas of Ashoka programs, zest for learning and leveraging the latest trends, channels, and tools
• Strong interest in accelerating the movement building ecosystem across Southeast Asia.

Personal Qualities

Ashoka has a rigorous screening process for hiring staff at all career stages. All applicants for all positions must possess the following qualities along with the appropriate degree of experience:

Understanding and Belief in the Everyone a Changemaker: Understands and believes the Everyone a Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately ‘get’ this, candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.

Emotional and Social Intelligence: Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams, putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).

Ethical Fiber: Exceptionally strong ethical behaviour. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.