OSEC Scoping Consultant

Who We Are

International Justice Mission (IJM) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1,200 professionals are at work worldwide in over 30 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions, protect half a billion, and make justice unstoppable.

For over 25 years, IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. 9 out of 9 times in the last decade, IJM’s Justice System Strengthening Projects have reduced slavery and violence between 50% and 85% for very large populations of people in poverty.

IJM’s Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children protects children in the Philippines and scales the fight against this crime globally. The (“Center”) leverages and shares effective practices and models from IJM’s Philippines program to enhance justice system and private sector responses to online sexual exploitation, resulting in sustainable child protection and offender accountability.

About Yayasan IJMI

Yayasan Integritas Justitia Madani Indonesia (IJMI) is an independent local foundation established in Indonesia in March 2023. Yayasan IJMI is a partner of International Justice Mission. In this partnership, Yayasan IJMI adopts IJM's systems, models, approaches, and resources that have been trusted and proven to provide the impact that is also expected or targeted by Yayasan IJMI.

Objective

IJM, through the Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (“Center”), is seeking an OSEC Scoping Consultant to manage the in-country implementation of a 6-month scoping assessment project funded by the Australia Attorney-General’s Department (“AGD”). The OSEC Scoping consultant serves as in-country representative of the Center to the Indonesian government, civil society, and other identified partners.

The OSEC Scoping Consultant will lead the in-country implementation of the AGD grant, specifically as IJM reviews previous analysis of the justice system and facilitates a human-centered design (HCD) process to scope and map system needs in the areas of technical assistance, law and policy, and capacity building or development.

Scope of Work

The consultant will work with the Center’s project team, coordinate with the IJMI Foundation (whenever required and beneficial), and collaborate with relevant internal and external IJM stakeholders across the OSEC Programs and IJM regions.

This position reports primarily to the Executive Director, Yayasan Integritas Justitia Mandani Indonesia with matrix reporting to the Director, Prosecution & Aftercare, Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children. The candidate is based in the Jakarta, Indonesia with occasional domestic and/or international travel within Southeast Asia.

This position is based in Jakarta, Indonesia with occasional domestic and/or international travel within Southeast Asia.

Key Outputs and Schedules of Payment

The activities will encompass various components, including but not limited to the following:

1. Supports the project teams in developing detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
2. Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
3. Monitor project progress and recommend informed adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project.
4. Manage and maintain relationships with project stakeholders to ensure completion of project objectives.
5. Collaborate with the Center, IJM’s OSEC and FLS Programs and IJMI Foundation program staff to deliver project completion on time, managing expectations for delays or changes in plan.
6. Collaborate on the preparation of timely and quality reports on all grant-specific project activities in compliance with the grantor and IJM’s internal processes.
7. Monitor and document project activities and assess compliance with intended purpose of the project.
8. Provide project-related activity reports as necessary.
9. Document minutes of the meeting and make it available for reference.
10. Store project documents in the approved project folder, (and when necessary, Justice Data Solutions).
11. Coordinate necessary logistics for project activities (training events, travel, etc.), including scheduling, transportation, lodging, finance, facility rentals, participant registration, communication, and record-keeping.
12. Limited international travel, while optional, may be available.

Consultancy Timeline

The consultant will be provided with a fixed-term contract from agreed start date up until June 2025, subject to IJMI’s contracts policy and in-country labor laws. S/he is expected to work on the project tasks for 20 hours per week with possible extended hours during high-level events and meetings.

Consultant Experience

Technical Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Law, Sociology, or Criminology or other relevant fields is required, with demonstrated experience in child protection, human rights, or online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC).
• A Master’s degree in Social Science, Law, or Human Rights is an advantage but not required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of child protection issues, particularly in the context of OSEC, is required.
• Solid understanding of research methodologies is required, with the ability to conduct and analyze scoping assessments and system evaluations.
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research, particularly focused on child protection and justice systems.
• Good understanding of the Indonesian legal framework related to child protection, OSEC, human trafficking, and human rights.
• Proven experience in working with diverse stakeholders, such as law enforcement, prosecutors, civil society organizations, and academia.
• Strong facilitation skills to lead focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs) with various stakeholders, such as government officials and vulnerable groups.
• Legal experience, especially related to criminal justice or human rights, is a valuable asset but not required.

Non-Technical Competencies

• Unfailing integrity and honesty
• Professional, ethical, hard-working, self-motivated, and flexible
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Strong research, writing and verbal communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia
• Strong management, and coaching ability with high level of emotional intelligence
• Ability to mitigate conflict or disagreement in a professional manner
• Passion for and understanding of IJM’s mission and vision
• Strong communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Great attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced stressful environment
• Ability to work in multi-cultural interdisciplinary professional teams
• Self-guided, strong organizational and planning skills.

Application Process

Interested candidates may express their interest in a written response to this TOR via email detailing their qualifications, experience of conducting similar studies, estimated costs, timeline, and previous partnership engagements in Indonesia.

Applicants should submit:

1. Cover letter explaining qualifications, experience, and competence of the implementation partner and the team for this specific research study.
2. Curriculum vitae.

Please submit your application to Lawrence Aritao, Director, Prosecution & Aftercare, IJM’s Center to End OSEC – endosec@ijm.org, properly marked as “OSEC Scoping Consultancy Services – AGD.” The deadline for submission of proposals is on Friday, 8 November 2024 at 18:00 (UTC+8). Late submissions will not be accepted.

For more information about our work, please visit osec.ijm.org and instagram.com/yayasan_ijmi

IJM holds strict safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance to violations of the Safeguarding Policy, Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy and Code of Conduct. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing the candidates value congruence and thorough background, police clearance and reference check processes. IJM requires a background check, police clearance and thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.