Technical Advisor, Capacity Development , Learning and Scaling - HP+ Project - Palladium International Indonesia

About Us

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.


For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.


Palladium is a child-safe organization, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.


Project background

Health Policy Plus (HP+) is a five-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by a consortium of partners, led by Palladium. The project’s HIV activities are supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Globally, HP+ works to strengthen and advance health policy to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems in the areas of family planning and reproductive health, HIV, and maternal health.


In Indonesia, HP+ works to generate evidence for policymakers and development partners, and develop capacity of the Government of Indonesia to sustainably finance and equitably provide healthcare services. The Government of Indonesia is committed to the achievement of universal coverage of its national health insurance, Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), and policy makers must align its programs with JKN funding to reduce duplication, improve efficiency, and ensure sustainability and quality of essential health services, notably maternal and neonatal health (MNH) and HIV. With JKN in implementation for close to 5 years with continually increasing costs, there is growing interest in strategically purchasing services and products though the scheme. With a vibrant private health sector, public-private partnerships are progressively being seen as a way to ensure high quality, affordable products are procured and services are provided through the private sector. To enable evidence-based decision making, policy makers and key stakeholders require data; while the institutions exist with a mandate to generate and analyze data, these institutions lack the full capacity to draw out the health, financial, and policy insights from it.


To this end, HP+ Indonesia is pursuing the following objectives:

Build the Government of Indonesia’s capacity to analyze data and contribute evidence for improved policy and programming
Support government in sustainable financing of essential health services
Establish partnerships with private sector for health

Position Summary

Ensuring the technical assistance provided by HP+ is sustained, impactful, and scalable is critical to the Project objective to support Indonesia’s journey to self-reliance. To this end, HP+ Indonesia is seeking a Technical Advisor for Capacity Development, Learning, and Scaling, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. S/he will be a part of a team supporting the design, implementation, monitoring and documentation of HP+ Indonesia capacity development objectives that contribute to sustainable and adaptive local solutions. This includes working with Jakarta-based project staff and a broad range of Government of Indonesia stakeholders to assess, implement, and document achievement in policy, advocacy, finance, and governance results.

 These HP+ Indonesia goals and objectives will only be met by catalyzing scaled and sustained local capacity development approaches. Specifically, the Technical Advisor will work closely with other team members to ensure high-quality capacity strengthening approaches are implemented, learning materials are shared across the project, and performance improvement is documented, summarized, and disseminated through HP+ communications and other channels.


Responsibilities require familiarity with USAID/Indonesia health initiatives, the tenets and metrics of USAID's Journey to Self-Reliance, the latest USAID guidance on Capacity Development 2.0, and PEPFAR's Local Partners initiative. The position requires growing experience in providing technical assistance to design and implement country-level capacity development efforts. It is expected that the Technical Advisor will design and implement highly successful strategies to bring about systems-level change and improved health outcomes, and importantly, to transition these strategies to local stakeholders at individual, organizational, and inter-organizational levels.


This position is a full-time position based in Jakarta, Indonesia. S/he will be supervised by the HP+ Indonesia Chief of Party and will work closely with both Jakarta- and DC-based technical staff in executing project assignments.


Key Responsibilities

Provide technical input and offer innovative approaches to HP+ Indonesia activity design and implementation, with a focus on: 1) the decentralized nature of the Indonesian health sector, 2) individual and institutional capacity development for policy, advocacy, finance, and governance efforts that promote local sustainability, and 3) eventual transition away from donor support.
Design, adapt, and facilitate technical and organizational capacity assessments and support partner organizations to create and drive capacity strengthening and performance improvement plans.
Support the development, adaptation, implementation, and eventual scaling of effective, innovative capacity strengthening approaches, tools, and methodologies.
Work with HP+ Indonesia technical colleagues to develop and execute high-quality approaches to decentralized capacity building including coaching; facilitation skills; blended / distance / web-based learning platforms; process co-creation, seconding, twinning; collaboration, learning, and adaptation (CLA) best practices; network analysis and strengthening.
Organize and support, as needed, project/program trainings, conferences, workshops, and meetings.
Foster state-of-the-art capacity development know-how and best practices among field program team.
Ensure capacity development approaches lead to performance change; troubleshoot and advise or guide, when necessary, on adaptations to ensure project delivery goals are met with high-quality and in a timely manner.
Interact with internal and external resources and other experts to bring new and "cutting edge" ideas into project approaches.
Manage, implement, and document project activities through writing project reports, reporting results achieved, and presenting outcomes and lessons learned through participation in online, social media, and international conferences and meetings.
Other duties as assigned by the Chief of Party.


Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent with 10+ years of experience in public health program management, health governance, health economics, health financing, policy formulation, donor transition and sustainability, or other fields related to international health programs are required, with demonstrable increase in responsibility and leadership
Thorough understanding of health systems overall, and specifically the Indonesian health system, as well as national and local government functions, including the actors and mechanisms of decentralized decision making.
Deep knowledge of best practices in sustainable capacity development design, methods, performance measurement in public, private, and not-for-profit entities.
Experience gathering lessons learned and best practices to inform program improvements, adaptation, and scaling. Knowledge of collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) principles beneficial.
Knowledge and skills in political economy analysis preferred, to ensure the right individuals or constellation of individuals are those that in fact require HP+ TA in these areas.
Excellent people skills with the ability to develop others and to impart knowledge and experience in an accessible, clear, and respectful manner according to the stakeholder needs.
Demonstrated experience managing projects or programs and teams, while achieving results as specified in a workplan or scope of work.
Proactive and independent thinker with attention to detail; able to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks, anticipating and responding/ adapting quickly to changing requirements, and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe.
Effective written and oral communication skills; must be fluent in Bahasa; ability to speak, write and read English is required.
Willingness and interest in travelling domestically up to 30%.
Experience working on USAID-funded projects is highly desired.
Proficient in the use of desktop software, esp. Microsoft Office.