Project Coordinator - CORE Project

Stryker Corporation; Makassar; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A global non-profit organization is seeking a Project Coordinator for the CORE Project in South Sulawesi. This role involves overseeing program implementation across multiple districts, ensuring quality delivery of results, managing relationships with local partners, and contributing to child safeguarding initiatives. The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree, significant management experience, and strong communication skills. This position will focus on improving the livelihoods and well-being of cocoa farming communities through strategic interventions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years management experience in a contractor, corporate, or NGO environment.
• Proven experience managing local implementing partners.
• Experience working directly with children, women, and youth.
• Strong project management skills with proven results.
• Ability to analyze information and think strategically.

Responsibilities

• Oversee program implementation across 15 districts in six provinces.
• Support Programme Manager with timely reports and project documentation.
• Conduct regular field visits for monitoring and improvement.
• Develop and maintain relationships with local partners.
• Contribute to Child Safeguarding Policy implementation.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Fluency in Indonesian

Fluency in English

Education

Bachelor's degree in agriculture, economics, social development, or relevant studies

Job description

Job Description

Project Coordinator - CORE Project

Project Profile

CORE Project (Cocoa Resilience & Empowerment) The Scaling Resilient Cocoa Communities initiative is a three-year program designed to strengthen the economic resilience, social cohesion, and climate adaptability of cocoa-farming communities in Indonesia. Anchored in Mars Impact Fund's Sourcing Community Resiliency framework, the program focuses on empowering households through Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), which serve as platforms for financial inclusion, leadership development, and child protection. By integrating gender equality, youth participation, and climate-smart practices, the initiative aims to address systemic poverty and reduce child labour risks while fostering inclusive growth.

The program adopts a three-phase approach to achieve scale and sustainability. Phase one consolidates progress in existing villages and expands interventions to new areas, embedding child protection and governance through Community Action Plans aligned with local planning processes. Phase two accelerates replication via peer‑to‑peer learning in satellite villages, while phase three institutionalises the Graduated Village Model as a blueprint for systemic change. Across 115 villages in five provinces, the program will engage 17,250 farmers—60% women—and improve well‑being for over 8,600 children through integrated social and economic interventions.

With a USD 3 million investment from the Mars Impact Fund, this initiative bridges a critical funding gap as Mars shifts resources toward agroforestry. It ensures that social resilience models not only continue but scale, creating communities that are economically empowered, child‑safe, and climate‑resilient. By leveraging partnerships with local NGOs, government systems, and private sector actors, the program builds a foundation for long‑term sustainability and replication, transforming cocoa villages into hubs of inclusive development and resilience.

ROLE PURPOSE

This role is responsible for ensuring that the program will achieve all the desired outcomes. S/He will support the Programme Manager, Child Protection Advisor, Livelihood and Resilience Advisor, campaign and advocacy and other project team to ensure the high quality of programme delivery.

What You will do

Project Coordinator will be based in Luwu Utara or Luwu Timur District—South Sulawesi Province and one based in Aceh. The main responsibility of this position will be to oversee programme implementation in 15 districts in six provinces (South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Aceh) through collaboration with the implementing partners and strategic partners, and close coordination with the technical adviser, MEAL team, Supply Chain and finance team.

Role in the Program Operation and Implementation will cover

• Ensure the programme implementation in project interventions is aligned with project KPIs & commitments with the Donor
• Oversee quality programme implementation delivered based on the agreed programme design and SOW
• Be the point of person representing Save the Children at District level
• Conduct regular field visits to the project area as needed to monitor programme implementation and provide input/feedback for improvement
• Ensure Implementing Partners apply the Programme Quality Index (PQI) in implementing the programme
• Support the Programme Manager to provide the timely report and related project documentations as required by National Office and the Donor
• Actively work with the programme team to advocate the government and other relevant parties for remediation of worst forms of child labour including in the targeted area
• Maintain a strong relationship with the Supply Chain to ensure sustainable approaches and strategy to remediate child labour
• Provide technical capacity to Implementing Partners to strengthen the capacity of local community in addressing child protection cases in particular child labour
• Leverage the programme impact by increasing the local government's awareness and support for remediation of child labour
• Leverage the programme impact and sustainability by developing partnerships with local NGOs, CBOs or Private Sector that exist at district level to ensure sustainability of the project

Financial Management

• Support Programme Manager in developing the annual budget and monthly projection
• Manage financial resources assigned for the target district to support programme operations
• Ensure the application of appropriate controls for project resources including accurate tracking of all expenditures
• Coordinate with the Programme Manager to produce accurate and timely financial reports

Partnership Management

• Work closely with the implementing partners at the district level to ensure high quality programming and on‑time programme delivery
• Ensure on‑time reporting with high quality of the monthly narrative and financial report of implementing partners
• Under the direction of the Programme Manager develop capacity‑strengthening plan for the partners
• Under the direction of Programme Manager lead joint monitoring visits with the implementing partners and capture lessons learned of the partnership works
• In close coordination with Programme Manager document the journey of partnership works
• Initiate and maintain collaboration and networks with diverse partners including local civil societies, strategic partners, and coalitions
• Maintain daily management (on‑time delivery and programme quality) of working with the local implementing partners
• Under the strategic directions of Sulawesi Field Managers provide technical supports required to develop the partner's capacity

Child Safeguarding

• Contribute to the overall implementation of Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP) within CO including ensuring CSP integration in all project activities including for target beneficiaries in Bone and Poso

Emergency Response

• Under the guidance of Programme Manager support the humanitarian team in strengthening the Indonesia National Office on readiness to respond to emergencies in South Sulawesi in line with global SCI emergency policies. This includes ensuring optimal Programs staff participation in the Indonesia Emergency Response Team and that these staff members receive proper training
• Coordinate the response to any prioritised emergency in Indonesia

What We need from you

• Bachelor's degree in agriculture, economics, social development, or other relevant studies
• Recommended a minimum of 3 years of management experience in a contractor, corporate, or NGO environment, including significant field implementation experience
• Proven experience in managing local implementing partners is preferred
• Experience in direct working with children, women, youth is preferred
• Working experience with rural community, particularly in South and Central Sulawesi context is a plus
• An understanding of children's issues in Indonesia. This could include deep knowledge in child protection and child labour are preferred
• Experience working with an international NGO or similar organization
• Solid project management skills with a proven history of delivering results
• Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and think and plan strategically
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills Fluency in written and spoken Indonesian, strong English written and spoken skills
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children aims, values and principles including rights‑based approaches
• Demonstrated ability to write high quality reports and other project documents in Indonesian and English

Number of Opening: 2

Location: Luwu Utara or Luwu Timur District—South Sulawesi Province and one based in Aceh. Location potentially changes based on the project needs.

Save the Children encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.