KREASI Inclusive Education Advisor

Overview

Provides senior technical leadership for inclusive education within the KREASI program, focusing on designing and operationalizing approaches for equitable access, participation, and learning outcomes for children with disabilities and marginalized groups.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for inclusive education.
• Advise on risks, opportunities, and emerging issues for inclusive and disability-inclusive education.
• Design and operationalize KREASI's inclusive education approach.
• Provide technical leadership on the design and implementation of the Profil Belajar Siswa (PBS) tool.
• Lead development of Inclusive Education teacher professional development package.
• Provide technical support in the development of KKG community of practice modules.
• Design a technical assistance package for Unit Layanan Disabilitas (ULD).
• Support integration of GEDSI and disability-inclusive approaches within School-based Child Protection (SBCP) mechanisms.
• Ensure inclusive education design aligns with national policies and reform agendas.
• Coordinate closely with and provide senior technical support to the Education Manager and his direct reports.
• Support the MEAL Manager to integrate inclusive education indicators, disability-disaggregated data, and learning questions.
• Support the Ecosystem Manager on inclusive education ecosystem strengthening.
• Actively participate in and contribute to the INOVASI-KREASI technical working group on inclusive education.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing technical culture.
• Cultivate and maintain strategic partnerships with national stakeholders.
• Engage with donor coordination platforms and technical working groups.
• Represent Save the Children and KREASI in inclusive education policy forums.
• Provide strategic oversight of partner capacity development approaches.
• Serve as a master trainer on inclusive education.
• Provide targeted on-site and remote technical support to partners.
• Provide technical leadership and strategic input to KREASI's inclusive education advocacy agenda.
• Promote an Education Systems Strengthening approach to inclusive education.
• Ensure field-level learning and evidence inform policy dialogue.
• Support the development of inclusive education research products, policy briefs, and technical position papers.
• Provide strategic support to KREASI's research, learning, and evaluation agenda.
• Advance the KREASI research agenda on inclusive education.
• Promote systematic use of evidence to inform adaptive management.
• Foster strong learning exchange across KREASI, partners, and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to Results Framework reporting, narrative reports, and internal adaptive management processes.
• Collaborate with the KREASI MEAL team to ensure quality of inclusive education inputs.
• Produce regular technical updates.
• Uphold Save the Children policies and standards.
• Carry out other tasks assigned by the Head of Programs or Chief of Party.
• Ensure adherence to Save the Children policies.

Required Experience

A minimum of 7 years' experience designing and implementing inclusive and disability-inclusive education programs in developmental contexts, including teacher and principal professional development at scale. Demonstrated technical expertise in disability-inclusive pedagogy, disability identification and support systems (such as PBS or comparable tools), assistive technology, and classroom accommodations. Strong knowledge of Indonesia's education system, inclusive education frameworks, and disability rights policy environment at national and sub-national levels, including familiarity with Unit Layanan Disabilitas (ULD). Proficiency in tools such as political economy analysis, gender analysis, and child rights situation analysis, with methodologies to advance inclusive education and prevent disability- and gender-based disparities in learning. Expertise in incorporating child rights-based and disability rights-based approaches in program design and implementation. Experience collaborating with national and local education and disability authorities, organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), NGOs, UN agencies, donors, development partners, and academia on inclusive education and disability rights issues. Demonstrated ability in facilitating child participation, including for children with disabilities, and advocating for children's rights in professional settings and collaborations. Familiarity with project cycle management and budgeting processes. Proficient in networking, representing, and forging partnerships to foster learning, strengthen civil society, and mobilize resources, focusing on donor and high-level engagement for inclusive education. Competent in using data and evidence to innovate, implement, and share effective solutions for the welfare of children with disabilities and other marginalized groups. Proven ability to design innovative, high-impact inclusive education programs with a focus on achieving systemic change. Comfortable working autonomously with minimal supervision, as well as collaboratively within a team, and able to integrate feedback constructively. Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking skills, with an aptitude for seizing opportunities and cultivating partnerships. Highly adaptable, capable of interpreting and acting upon various levels of strategic, transactional, and operational information. Resilient when facing a dynamic and challenging work environment, maintaining performance under pressure. Skilled in navigating complexity and managing ambiguity effectively. Dedicated to Save the Children's mission, values, and principles, including a commitment to rights-based approaches.

Qualifications

Master's degree in Inclusive Education, Special Education, Education, Disability Studies, International Development, or an equivalent related field; however, an additional two years of professional experience may substitute for the Master's degree requirement.

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