Data Impact Consultant, Indonesia

Vital Strategies; Jakarta Utara; On-site; IDR 200.000.000 - 300.000.000; Full time

Job description

Consultant Opportunity with Vital Strategies

Scope of Work for Data Impact Consultant, Indonesia

Location of Consultancy/Assignment: Jakarta, Indonesia

Category: Consultancy

Duration: 1 November 2025 – 30 April 2026

Background

Vital Strategies is an international public health organization. Its programs strengthen public health systems and address the world’s leading causes of illness, injury, and death. Vital Strategies currently works in 80 countries, supporting data-driven decision-making in government, advancing evidence-based public health policies, and mounting strategic communication campaigns. Vital Strategies’ priorities are driven by the greatest potential to improve and save lives. They include non-communicable disease prevention and commercial determinants of health (tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed foods); injury prevention (including drug overdose, road safety, and gender-based violence); and environmental health (including air quality and lead poisoning). The organization’s programs are primarily concentrated in low-and middle-income countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. Please visit our website at www.vitalstrategies.org to find out more about our work.

The Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health (D4H) Initiative aims to enhance public health data collection and use in low- and middle-income countries. The initiative aims to ensure that a billion more people live in countries where data are used to steer public policy and program decisions. Under the Initiative, Vital Strategies, in partnership with other organizations, is implementing a multi-year program to improve civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and Data Impact (DI) to further endorsed data used in policies and decision-making in 25 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific, including Indonesia. The CRVS Program and Data Impact Program (DIP), under the D4H Initiative, have been actively supporting activities in Indonesia since 2021.

Purpose and Scope of the Consultancy

Vital Strategies is seeking a Jakarta-based consultant who will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of Data Impact program activities in Indonesia under guidance of a Senior Technical Advisor. The consultant will be tasked to provide technical assistance to the Government of Indonesia, especially the Ministry of Health, in the utilization of health data for generating evidence-based health policies. The consultant may also engage with the CRVS program to achieve other D4H Initiative objectives in Indonesia.Under guidance and instruction of the Senior Technical Advisor, the consultant will:

• Support implementation of in-country workplan activities, including adaptation of curriculum and facilitation of workshops, coaching and training, guiding and performing data analysis, and producing reports and data visualizations.
• Ensure that in-country Data Impact expenditures are made in accordance with agreed work plans, budgets, and protocols, obtaining all required approvals before expenditures are committed or made.
• Participate in joint team country status and progress meetings
• Communicate regularly with and report on Initiative progress to the Data Impact Country Lead, senior government officials, and partners (when required).

A set of deliverables will be defined based on current and upcoming workplan activities being implemented at the start of the agreement.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree in a relevant field (public health, epidemiology, demography, etc.) from a recognized university
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience preferred.
• Proficiency and fluency in English, written and oral
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (MS word, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience with analysis and use of data
• Budgeting and financial management skills
• Previous work with one or more Indonesia government agencies required, particularly the Ministry of Health.
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment
• Demonstrated experience as a project officer or manager of public health projects.

Payment

It is anticipated that the consultant will work approximately 10 days per month for the 6-month period. Please include your daily or monthly fee in local currency. Vital Strategies reserves the right to negotiate fees. Please note that contracts must be executed and paid in the currency of the country where the service provider is based and that payments are tied to deliverables and the actual number of days worked (up to a maximum of 10 days per month unless otherwise agreed to by the contract manager).

Expressions of Interest

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV to grai@vitalstrategies by 25 October 2025. Please use ‘Data Impact Consultant, Indonesia’ as subject in your submission.