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Position Title : GEDSI in Education Support (External Collaborator)

Background:

Indonesia's education system continues to face persistent inequalities rooted in gender norms, disability barriers, and socio-economic disparities. Despite national commitments such as Permendikbud No. 70/2009 on Inclusive Education, the National Strategy on Gender Mainstreaming in Education, and MoPSE & MoRA's child protection and safeguarding frameworks, implementation gaps remain substantial. Girls, children with disabilities, children in remote and rural areas, and children from low-income and minority backgrounds continue to experience unequal access to quality learning environments, supportive school leadership, safe school systems, and meaningful participation in decision-making.

The KREASI (Kolaborasi untuk Edukasi Anak Indonesia) Program—funded by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE)—aims to improve foundational learning outcomes by strengthening the enabling environment across four interconnected core pillars:

• Curriculum and Assessment
• Teaching and Learning
• School Leadership and Management
• Child Protection in Education and Safe Learning Environments

Gender Equality, Disability Inclusion, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) is not a standalone component, but a cross-cutting principle embedded throughout all program outcomes. This integration ensures that learning environments are not only academically effective but also equitable, safe, empowering, and inclusive.

To achieve this, KREASI requires technical, policy-aligned, and system-oriented GEDSI guidance at the national level—including coherent frameworks, capacity strengthening pathways, policy engagement, and research-based learning loops. The role of the GEDSI in Education External Collaborator is positioned to fulfill this strategic function.

This role will work together with the Provincial Cross-Cutting Support Teams who implement training and support at district and school levels. This collaborator will guides the "what" and "how" at system level—while provinces lead "delivery" .

Objectives:

The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the national-level conceptualization, operationalization, monitoring, and institutional anchoring of GEDSI in the KREASI Program. The collaborator will support KREASI to:

• Develop clear and practical GEDSI integration guidance for use across curriculum, teaching, leadership, and child protection workstreams.
• Ensure national alignment with ministry priorities (MoPSE, MoRA, MoWECP).
• Develop high-quality training materials and facilitator guidance for internal and provincial technical teams.
• Contribute to national advocacy and policy dialogue on inclusive and gender-responsive education.
• Support GEDSI monitoring, tools, results tracking, documentation, and adaptive learning.

This work is system strengthening—not service delivery—and focuses on long-term and sustainable integration.

Key Responsibilities:

A. Strategy, Technical Integration, and Framework Development

The collaborator will:

• Finalize and refine the KREASI GEDSI Strategy in consultation with PMU, Technical Leads, and stakeholders counterparts.
• Provide recomendation of GEDSI lens for baseline result

• Provide structured guidance on integrating GEDSI principles across:

• Curriculum adaptation and instructional materials

• Teaching practices at schools leve (supporting diverse learners)
• School leadership capacity strengthening models
• Positive, safe, and inclusive classroom practices

• Whole-school child protection, referral, and reporting mechanisms

• Ensure alignment with:

• MoPSE Inclusive Education Roadmap , relevant tools with the MoPSE

• MoRA Islamic Education Inclusion and Moderation frameworks
• MoWECP Child Protection and PUSPAGA service pathways

• GPE Gender Equality and Disability inclusion frameworks

• Outputs include:

• GEDSI Integration Matrix (what to integrate, where, and how)

• Inclusive Education Practice Model options for piloting and scaling
• Tools preparation for students with disability/ diverse learners, disemination and monitoring performance of local implementing partners in supporting them
• Monitoring quality mainstreaming GEDSI local implementating partners, identify gaps, and purpose action/ recomendation

B. Capacity Strengthening & Learning System Development

The collaborator will:

• Identify current gap in internal and partners capacity in GEDSI including inclusive education and design propose solution and action plan to support them.
• Develop Training-of-Trainers (ToT) packages for internal KREASI and Provincial technical staff.

• Co-create GEDSI module learning resources , including:

• Facilitator Guides

• Case Study Scenarios contextualized to Indonesian schools
• Reflection and coaching tools for leadership and teaching practice change
• Support national-level training workshops and cross-district learning exchanges.
• Ensure all materials are accessible (e.g., disability-friendly formats, simple language options where necessary).

C. Policy Engagement, Partnerships, and Advocacy

The collaborator will:

• Participate in discussions, working groups, and coordination meetings with: MoPSE (Puspeka, GTK, Curriculum, Safeguarding Unit)

• MoRA (Madrasah Education & Community-Based Education)

• MoWECP (Systems Strengthening and Referral Services)

• Support drafting:

• Policy briefs

• Advocacy talking points

• National forum presentation slides

• Contribute to strengthening national frameworks supporting children empowerment, reasonable accommodation, inclusive school governance, and disability-inclusive child protection.

D. Monitoring, Learning, Reflection, and Quality Assurance

The collaborator will:

• Co-develop GEDSI indicators with the MEAL team and provide guidance on:

• Selection of indicators,

• Data interpretation,

• Reflection for adaptive management.

• Participate in reflection workshops, cross-district learning sessions, and documentation of promising inclusive practices emerging from pilot sites.

• Support production of:

• Promising Practice Briefs

• Technical Notes
• Lessons Learned Documentation

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Social Sciences, International Relations, Sociology, Psychology, or a related field (Master's degree is preferred).
• At least 3 years of experience working on gender equality, disability, and social inclusion within education and/or child protection.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering GEDSI training and capacity-building initiatives.
• Strong capability to develop GEDSI mainstreaming strategy.
• Familiarity with Indonesia's education system, child protection policies, and government structures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Indonesian.