MADANI - Senior Consultant for the 2021 Indonesia Civil Society Forum
Building on the success of the 2018Indonesia Civil Society Forum (ICSF), USAID
and MADANI Civil Society SupportInitiative will in collaboration with other
development partners and IndonesianCSOs host the second Indonesian Civil
Society Forum in March 2021 on the themeof “Civil Society, Public
Accountability and Anti-Corruption in an era ofCOVID-19”.
The Indonesia Civil Society Forum isannual civil society forum to discuss and
support issues for civil society andCSOs in Indonesia, including at sub
national level. ICSF will convene localorganizations for networking, capacity
development, and acknowledgement forinnovations and smart practices. The ICSF
is a collaborative effort betweeninternational development partners, civil
society, the Government of Indonesia,national media and the private sector.
Because of COVID-19, the ICSF 2021will be held fully on-line. Special design
considerations and technicalsolutions will be used to ensure that the Forum is
interactive, collaborativeand participatory. The design of the ICSF is a
combination of key-notespeakers, plenary talk show sessions, and parallel group
sessions. Theestimated size is 250 participants over two days.
The 2021 ICSF will be organized by FHI360 through its USAID-MADANI Civil
Society Support Initiative in closecollaboration with USAID. The organizers
have set up a Steering Committee, comprised of CSO experts from key development
partners andrelevant Government of Indonesia agencies to discuss the design of
the forum,develop key issues and session topics, identify speakers and resource
persons,and determine the expected outputs. In addition to a consultant, MADANI
willalso contract an event organizer that will design, plan and implement
theactual online event using a combination of communication software,
digitaltools and other IT solutions.
The event is tentatively schedule forthe two days during the week of March 22,
2021.
Scope of Work
USAID-MADANI is presently seeking a senior consultantto manage the event. The
senior consultant will work closely with theorganizers and steering committee
to identify and contact potential speakersand resource persons, provide input
to the program and flow, and ensuretogether with a separate Event Organizer, a
substantive and interactiveimplementation of the event in March. Inclose
consultation with MADANI and USAID, the consultant will providethe following
services:
· Contribute to the concept note on the design andcontent of ICSF 2021, an
interactive, vibrant, collaborative and participatoryonline event
· Contact and maintain relations with speakers,facilitators and resource
persons
· Design and maintain a timeline of tasks and keydeliverables up to the
ICSF 2021
· Maintain relations with development partners andGovernment of Indonesia
stakeholders
- Maintain relations with print and social media channels
· Contribute to the ICSF implementation report
· Join ICSF organizing and steering committeemeeting and provide critical
contribution to ensure quality assurance of eventplanning and design.
· Work together with communication specialist fordesigning virtual
promotion and campaign strategy
· Liaise with the MADANI team, vendors and otherstakeholders during the
event planning
· As required by the ICSF organizing committee,contribute to the design
and/or implementation of the possible regional onlineevents as part of a “Road
to ICSF”
· Any other task related to ICSF as agreed.
Theconsultant will coordinate weekly with MADANI on the tasks outlined
abovereporting to the Chief of Party, and will agree on changes to them as
neededwithin the set scope, period of performance and agreed upon level of
effort for this consultancy. All deliverabledeadlines will be determined and
communicated in a timely manner by MADANI.
Location of Work
From home
Level of effort:
Theconsultant will work up to 40 days for six months, starting November 1,
2020.
Qualification
· At least 15 years experiences working on civilsociety, social
development, anti-corruption, and local governance in Indonesia
· Extensive network and relationships amongdevelopment partners and
senior Government of Indonesia officials
· Experience in organizing high-level policy dialogues onsocial
development issues
· Demonstrated ability to think strategically andnavigate politically
sensitive terrain
· Experience in managing complex tasks under timeconstraints
· Fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia;
· Ability to work with people from diversebackgrounds and perspectives,
and a professional commitment to promote aculture of gender equity and social
inclusion.
How to Apply :
Applications,including CV and proposed daily rate, should be marked “ICSF
Consultancy” andbe submitted via e-mail to Procurement-Madani@xxxxxxxxxx
Deadline for submission: Tuesday 16October 2020 at 18:00 WIB
Only those selected for interview will be contacted.
