Terms of Reference
I. Position Information
Job code title : Human Rights Defenders Online Database Development Consultant
Department : Democratic, Justice. Governance and Regionalization
Starts from : August - September 2020
Report to : Team Leader Human Rights Defender Program
Partnership for Governance Reform (Kemitraan) is currently implementing a program in Protecting Human Rights Defenders for Sustainable Development in Indonesia with the support from The Embassy of The Kingdom of The Netherlands. The overall goals of the program are to improve regulation/policy on the protection of human rights defenders in environment sector, improve protection mechanism for human rights defenders in environment sector and capacitate civil society who are working in the environment sector through increased activity in promoting and advancing human rights.
The scope of the program includes, among other things: creating an online database on human rights defender related to natural resources in Indonesia. This database will interactively provide, receive data, and continue to develop over time regarding the protection of attacks/threats/intimidation/criminalization on the disclosers of crimes/human rights defenders related to natural resources in Indonesia. Thus, the online database will be an open source of learning and references on human rights defenders.
The database will include data such as, but not limited to: 1) profile of human rights defenders who experienced attacks/threats/intimidation/criminalization; 2) trend analyses of the protection of disclosers of crimes related to natural resources; 3) public campaign products; 4) public education materials; 5) learning materials for human rights defenders’ communities; and 6) public complaint channels that can be accessed by human rights defenders. The scope of information provided in the online database will refer to the program design and the recommendations of the needs assessment for the human rights defenders database conducted by the HRD program.
Kemitraan fully recognizes gender equality and promotes gender mainstreaming as important components to ensure the achievement of good governance and Sustainability Development Goals (SDG’s). Kemitraan believes that gender mainstreaming is crucial in the program approaches and key to successful achievement of the program which aims to bring positive impact to both women, men and others. Therefore, in creating the online database, Kemitraan will ensure that gender mainstreaming will be adopted thoroughly.
To create the online database, Kemitraan is recruiting a system development consultant who will develop the platform and conduct piloting of the online database on human rights defenders related to natural resources.
II. Job Purposes
The main activity that will be conducted by the consultant is establishing an online database that will provide and receive data interactively and continue to develop over time about human rights defenders related to natural resources in Indonesia. The database will include data such as, but not limited to, profile of human rights defenders, trend analysis of human rights defenders protection, public campaign products on human rights defenders, online learning information for community of human rights defenders, online public complaint channel for human rights defenders and other relevant information as analyzed in Kemitraan’s database needs assessment and design concept. The consultant will also conduct piloting of the established design to ensure the functionality of the system.
The consultant is required to:
Ø Understand the needs assessment document on human rights defenders online system;
Ø Understand the design concept on human rights defenders online system;
Ø Develop a gender sensitive human rights defenders online system according to needs assessment and design concept prepared by Kemitraan;
Ø Come up with recommendation to further strengthen the human rights defenders online system beyond the needs assessment and design concept as necessary;
Ø Conduct piloting of the developed human rights defenders online system;
Ø Come up with recommendation on collectively managing the human rights defenders online system and its sustainability;
Ø Create a guideline on managing and using the human rights defenders online system;
Ø Provide other necessary actions as needed by the program team.
III. Principal Accountabilities
Developing an online database on human rights defenders online system related to natural resources. He/She/They will work together with Human Rights Defenders Team for Protection of Human Rights Defenders for Sustainable Development in Indonesia. He/She/They will also be working closely with the national experts in the Human Rights Defenders project, and ensuring that gender perspective is enforced in the research.
IV. Deliverables
Ø An online system on human rights defenders related to natural resources;
Ø A guideline on using and managing the human rights defenders online system related to natural resources, along with the sustainability plan.
IV. Time Frame
1. Duration: 2 months
2. Days: 10 days per month (maximum)
IV. Qualifications
Education:
Minimum Bachelor degree (S1) in social science, information and technology, and other subject of relevance.
1. Experience:
a) More than 3 years of relevant experience is required at the national level on the field of developing system and/or alike;
b) Have sufficient knowledge regarding human rights issue in local, national and international level;
c) Have sufficient knowledge regarding natural resources and digital protection issue in Indonesia;
d) Have had experience in collaborating with Non-Governmental Organizations;
e) Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, knowledge of spreadsheet;
f) Experience in cooperating with multi-stakeholders such as government agencies, civil society organizations, social-political figures, and grassroots communities, as well as donors;
g) Experience and skills in facilitating the development of multi-stakeholders for a both at the national and local levels.
2. Skills:
a) Skillful in accomplishing both programmatic quality assurance as well as procedural and administrative accountability;
b) Well-developed analytical and presentation skills;
c) Clear commitment to governance reform especially in the area of gender perspective;
d) Have excellent skill in report writing and the use of ICT;
e) Good interpersonal skills, especially in dealing with personalities in the governments, local communities and other agencies;
f) Humble in character and patient in listening to stakeholders is a must;
g) Fluency in English with excellent verbal and drafting skills;
h) Have availability to carry out necessary travel assignment;
i) Team player, able to work respectfully and cooperatively with colleagues of different nationalities and cultural background.
Interested applicants, please apply through this link: Human Rights Defenders – Online Database Development Consultant no later than July 9th 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further processes.
