REALM Specialist

Save the Children International; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 357,120,000 - 580,320,000; Full time

Job summary

Save the Children International in Jakarta seeks a REALM Specialist to develop and implement a National MEAL strategy, emphasizing accountability mechanisms and learning. You will enhance monitoring, evaluation, impact assessment, and learning methodologies across programs and coordinate with partners to ensure outcomes align with donor policies.

You will lead REALM activities, provide capacity building, and support research, knowledge management, and FRM data analysis to improve program quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social science or a related field.
• More than 4 years working experience in an NGO with knowledge management and learning activities.
• Strong qualitative analytical skills (SPSS, NVivo).
• Understanding of web-based content management technologies and databases.
• Knowledge of the project management cycle and proposal development.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency in Indonesian and strong English (written and spoken).
• Commitment to Save the Children’s aims and rights-based approaches.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing high quality, evidence-based programs.
• Support advocacy for children at international and national levels.
• Assist with pilot projects and monitoring of KPIs.
• Ensure timely and quality reporting and learning across REALM activities.
• Coordinate REALM functions across projects and with partners.
• Develop indicators, IPTT, quality benchmarks, and accountability frameworks.

Skills

Qualitative analysis

Fluency in Indonesian

Communication & presentation

Project management knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social science or related field

Tools

SPSS

NVivo

CMS tools

Job description

Child Safeguarding

Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people. the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because he/she works in project area; or is visiting project areas.

About The Role

The REALM Specialist will bring significant experience to develop and implement a National MEAL strategy and systems, especially for Accountability Mechanism and Learning component. ensuring that they are institutionalized within the existing project cycle management framework, and that staff and implementing partner have the capacity to implement them.

The REALM Specialist will have a key role in establishing and promoting programme quality and innovation, which will be achieved through developing and improving monitoring, evaluation, impact assessment and learning methodologies.

You will be part of National REALM Team and give support to SC Indonesia’s projects and humanitarian response are continually monitored and that lessons are documented and communicated to inform on-going implementation and future programming. S/he will guide teams and implementing partner in achieving outcome/impact focused projects and accountability to beneficiaries in line with Save the Children’s and donors’ policies and practices.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing high quality programs which are evidence based
• Contribute to effective advocacy for children at the international and national level
• Effectively support the successful pilot of the Prospect Member project in Indonesia
• The post holder will contribute to the achievement of the global KPIs on timely and quality reporting

What You Will Do

• Lead and Coordinate REALM activities:

  Coordinate REALM functions across projects and programs, ensuring effective design, planning, and implementation. Review and strengthen REALM systems, conduct gap analyses, and develop improvement plans. Act as a technical focal point to facilitate collaboration across departments and partners. Oversee program KPIs, Member Shared KPIs, and Global Results Frameworks, providing analysis, validation, and recommendations for improvement.

• Project Design and REALM planning:

  Support project kick-off processes by embedding REALM requirements from the outset. Provide technical support in developing logical frameworks and indicators with measurable KPIs. Ensure appropriate resources for evaluation, research, and learning are included in proposals. Establish REALM product planning processes including Indicator Performance Tracking Tables (IPTT), Quality Benchmarks, Accountability Frameworks, and research and learning agendas.

• Technical assistance and capacity building:

  Provide technical support and mentoring to project teams and implementing partners on REALM practices. Facilitate capacity development and promote cross-learning through peer groups, training, and technical exchanges. Work closely with the National Office REALM team and technical advisors to secure additional support as required.

• Research, Evaluation, and Evidence Generation:

  Lead and coordinate project-level research and evaluations, ensuring quality standards, timeliness, and use of results for decision-making. Manage resources to enable assessments, evaluations, or research in both development and humanitarian contexts. Ensure systematic storage and accessibility of evaluation data in collaboration with IT and program teams.

• Knowledge Management and Learning:

  Promote organizational learning through i-Learn, peer assists, after-action reviews, and retrospects. Consolidate and analyze REALM results across projects to generate insights for adaptive programming. Maintain systematic archiving of knowledge products in SharePoint and contribute to learning papers aligned with the 2025 learning agenda.

• Accountability and Feedback Response Mechanism (FRM):

  Support the establishment and strengthening of accountability systems, including beneficiary participation and adherence to participation standards. Conduct monthly cleaning, review, and validation of FRM data, and prepare accountability findings for monthly Project Management Meetings. Collaborate with other REALM Staffs for FRM data analysis and provide recommendations for improvement. Ensure AAP and child participation are systematically included in proposals and supported by clear action plans.

• REALM Project Focal Points:

  Serve as the REALM focal point for designated projects such as Healthier Smile and Road Safety, ensuring timely, accurate, and quality reporting on IPTT, Quality Benchmarks, FRM, and other performance metrics.

• Facilitating Transformational Change:

  Promote a culture of continuous learning and professional growth, encouraging staff and partners to adopt evidence-based decision making and adaptive management.

• Other Responsibilities:

  Provide support to additional tasks as mutually agreed with the line manager.

What We Need From You

• Bachelor’s degree in social science or a related field (such as international development, program evaluation, research methods, statistics, communication, or other relevant social science)
• More than 4 years working experiences in the NGO with significant experience in knowledge management and learning related activities in development project
• Strong qualitative analytical skills, including experience using analytical software packages such as SPSS, NVivo etc.
• Strong understanding of web-based content management technologies, communication channel, and database management systems
• Knowledge of project management cycle and experience in project design and proposal development
• 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’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches.

Location: Jakarta

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