District Lead

STIR Education; Sukamantri; On-site; IDR 249.646.000; Full time

Job summary

An international NGO in Indonesia is seeking a District Lead to advocate for intrinsic motivation and lifelong learning in education. The successful candidate will develop relationships with district officials to lead the STIR programme and facilitate training support. This role requires 4+ years of experience and excellent communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English. A consultancy fee of IDR 249,645,744 per year is offered along with medical insurance reimbursement.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of work experience.
• Ability to create a culture of high expectations & learning.
• Detailed knowledge of the Indonesian education system.

Responsibilities

• Act as chief advocate for intrinsic motivation in the system.
• Develop a clear shared purpose with district officials.
• Facilitate high-quality training for district and block officials.

Skills

Communication in Bahasa Indonesia and English

Project management

Facilitation skills

High expectations culture

Job description

About Yayasan Bakti Pendidikan Unggul

YBPU is a not-for-profit organisation under the Bakti Barito Foundation, a philanthropic arm of the Barito Pacific Group. YBPU works with missions to accelerate equality in education and to support achieving the golden generations in Indonesia, especially around the business units and affiliates of the Barito Pacific Group. In January 2022, YBPU established a partnership with STIR Education to strengthen its programmes and accelerate its missions. The partnership aims to support the education system to reignite sustainable intrinsic motivation and a love of lifelong learning across stakeholders at all levels, including children, teachers, school leaders, supervisors, and coordinator supervisors, and to build capacity across all levels.

About Stir Education

We are an international NGO that supports education systems to reignite intrinsic motivation so that every child, teacher and official is motivated to learn and improve. At a practical level, we support governments to reignite intrinsic motivation in teachers and local officials through teacher networks. Our vision is a world where teachers love teaching and children love learning. Since 2012 we have reached 200,000 teachers and 6 million children across 70 districts in India and Uganda, and since 2022 we launched our programme in two districts in East Java, three districts in East Nusa Tenggara, and one in West Java, Indonesia.

OUR MODEL

We achieve this through a five‑year learning partnership with an education system, where we align all levels of the system—officials, teachers and children—around the goal of increasing intrinsic motivation.

Practically, teachers undergo monthly network meetings with about 20 to 30 local peers. Through these meetings they are supported to develop their practice in areas ranging from effective questioning to creating warm but orderly classroom routines, all designed to create a more effective relationship between teacher and child. They develop a sense of autonomy, mastery and purpose—the key drivers of intrinsic motivation.

District officials undergo a training and coaching programme that motivates and supports them to prioritise, run and monitor the teacher networks. A close partnership with the state or national government enables the government to align this intrinsic‑motivation approach within its priorities, structures and systems.

The approach is run by the government from day one. After about five years of partnering, we hope to have embedded a culture of improvement at all levels so the system can continue to strengthen itself. We typically allocate one member of our own staff per district to train, energise and coach the district officials running the approach, and a small team at the national or state level.

OUR VALUES

• Humility – We don’t have all the answers upfront.
• Ownership – We empower each other with high expectations & support.
• Openness – We listen, learn, improve and lead through obstacles.
• Purpose – We’re united by a shared vision we’ll build & achieve together.

OUR TEAM AND PARTNERS

STiR has deliberately built a cross‑cultural team with backgrounds in the private, public and social sectors. We’re a lean and nimble organisation with around 60 professionals working across seven offices in London, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kampala, Jakarta and Addis Ababa. Our board includes Jo Owen (co‑founder of Teach First), John Knight (former Finance Director of Pearson’s International Business), David Rothschild (senior leader at several leading US foundations) and Louise Henbest (Global HR Director, Unilever).

Our donors have included the MasterCard Foundation, the Maitri Trust, UBS Optimus, Vitol Foundation and the Ikea Foundation, as well as family foundations such as the Sainsbury, Peery and Segal Foundations and Indian corporates such as IDFC Asset Management.

We bring a mix of skills to our partner governments – design, learning, M&E, quality assurance and implementation support. The team works with senior officials around planning, influencing, facilitating, coaching and leveraging data.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The District Lead (DL) role presents an opportunity for the right candidate to create a lasting impact on education not only in Garut‑East Java, but on the Indonesian education system more widely through demonstration of excellent practice. As a DL, you will be responsible for advocating for the importance of intrinsic motivation and lifelong learning at all levels of the education system, building excellent relationships with district and sub‑district officials to ensure they are prepared to lead the STiR programme effectively, and creating and acting on a shared purpose to improve teaching, learning and school leadership.

Reporting, Roles & Responsibilities

Act as the ‘chief advocate’ for intrinsic motivation of local actors (officials) in the system and teachers in your district(s).

• Take real ownership for leading change in your district(s).
• Align district/block officials around the importance of teacher motivation and improved classroom practice.
• Tell stories and equip others to tell stories that highlight the possibility of change.

Build strong, purposeful relationships with provincial and district officials.

• Develop a clear shared purpose with the district officials you work with.
• Inspire senior district officials to take real ownership of planning and delivery of the programme.
• Identify and gain the trust of influential provincial and district officials so that relationships open and focus on improving motivation and learning.
• Use progress and impact data/stories to build momentum toward increased teacher intrinsic motivation and children’s learning across your district(s) and strengthen your shared goals.

Plan and facilitate high‑quality training and support for district and block officials and teachers.

• Facilitate high‑quality learning experiences for district and district education officials.
• Work closely with the district champion to build their capacity to lead the programme.
• Collaborate with district officials to create a tailored implementation plan that aligns with existing training structures and resources.
• Model excellent practice to senior Dinas officials, providing coaching and follow‑up support to sub‑district officials to implement and adapt the model.
• Model and narrate the importance of giving excellent feedback as part of building a culture of learning in the district.

Build strong networks and a culture of openness and learning between district and block officials across districts.

• Create opportunities for people to learn from each other in an open and reflective manner with colleagues from outside their district, promoting a learning‑focused peer observation culture.
• Promote a curious, data‑driven culture where district officials ask the question: ‘what is really happening in my district, how do I know, and what can I do to improve it?’
• Put real energy into enabling people to build relationships and feel connected to a broader, province‑wide programme.
• Broker chances for people to share ideas and try out new ways of working as district leaders.

Contribute to the development of an overall culture at STiR that aligns with our organisational values.

• Model professionalism at all times and take ownership of your own development.
• Ensure that all training and support you provide and relationships you build are in the STiR spirit and align with our values.
• Model a growth mindset at all times—show that improvement is always possible and take responsibility for supporting the whole team to achieve its goals.

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of work experience.
• Strong identification with STiR’s values.
• Ability to communicate very effectively in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
• Ability to create a culture of high expectations & learning.
• Ability to facilitate high‑quality sessions with government officials.
• Excellent planning, project management & influencing skills.
• Ability to codify and share learning effectively.
• Mastery in translating ideas into action.
• Faculty to co‑create & work through others to achieve goals.
• Understanding of how to effect behaviour change in teachers & government officials.
• Strong attention to detail & seeing things through to a very high standard.
• Detailed knowledge of the education structure within the government system.
• Capacity to learn, adapt & thrive on feedback in a fast‑paced environment.
• Detailed knowledge of the Indonesian education system.
• Willingness to travel to different districts.

Personal Qualities

• A real team player with ability to collaborate across teams at STiR, and with external stakeholders through strong communication skills.
• Ability to receive and incorporate feedback.
• Ability to coordinate and communicate effectively.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Open‑minded and able to see the big picture.

Remuneration & Benefits

A consultancy fee of IDR 249,645,744/- per year along with reimbursement for medical insurance will be paid for your service (subject to relevant taxes).

Contract Duration

6 MONTHS (WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION/RENEWAL)