In Indonesia, ThinkWell is implementing the USAID Indonesia Health Financing Activity (HFA), a five-year project. ThinkWell and its partners work closely with its government counterpart, the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) Center for Health Financing and Insurance (Pusjak PDK), and secondary counterparts BPJS-K, Ministry of Finance (MoF), DJSN, provincial and district authorities.

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning and Adaptation (MERLA) Assistant will report to the MERLA Specialist and assist with a range of tasks related to MERLA activities and operational support across a range of ThinkWell in-country projects, specifically USAID HFA. This is a fixed-term employment agreement from October 2022 to September 2023, with the possibility of an extension. This position is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

What you’ll do

HFA-Specific Responsibilities

Support the MERLA Specialist and Health Financing Specialist for HFA activities and routine reports.
Prepare project correspondence for HFA as needed, such as terms of references, letters, meeting agendas, notes from technical reviews, key informant interviews, and project workshops.
Prepare the HFA Performance Indicator Tracking Table to be included in the biannual reports
Update the HFA product tracker and filling system on a quarterly basis.
Support the MERLA specialist in developing and updating the Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan (AMELP) in consultation with USAID/Indonesia and HFA partners.
Support qualitative and quantitative primary data collection and analysis across a range of HFA activities.
Work closely with other HFA and ThinkWell staff.
Perform other tasks as requested by MERLA and Health Financing Specialist.
Draft or revise sections of donor reports and coordinate team member input.
Develop and finalize compelling PowerPoint slide decks, which are logically organized and visually appealing.
Draft project documents consulting style PPT formats, ensuring high-quality formatting and visuals in both ThinkWell and HFA templates.
Occasionally represent ThinkWell with external partners, donors, or stakeholders at meetings and events.
Assist with various project administrative and operational responsibilities, including project training, communications, organizing meetings and workshops, coordinating travel, and drafting donor correspondence.
Organize and manage version control for project documents, including Excel workbooks, narrative reports, and PowerPoint slide decks, to facilitate team efficiency and accuracy
Support best practices documentation and file organization for the team, including documentation of meeting minutes, recordings, videos/photographs, event, and trip reports.

Reporting and Communications

Draft or revise sections of donor reports and coordinate team member input.
Develop and finalize compelling PowerPoint slide decks, which are logically organized and visually appealing.
Draft project documents consulting style PPT formats, ensuring high-quality formatting and visuals in both ThinkWell and HFA templates.
Occasionally represent ThinkWell with external partners, donors, or stakeholders at meetings and events.

Project Administration and Operations

Assist with various project administrative and operational responsibilities, including project training, communications, organizing meetings and workshops, coordinating travel, and drafting donor correspondence.
Organize and manage version control for project documents, including Excel workbooks, narrative reports, and PowerPoint slide decks, to facilitate team efficiency and accuracy
Support best practices documentation and file organization for the team, including documentation of meeting minutes, recordings, videos/photographs, event, and trip reports.

we are

ThinkWell core values are our fundamental organizational guiding principles. They define our corporate culture, influence our behavior at work and help us achieve our mission. Our values are:

Think big

Influence the conversation

Empower others

Be exceptional

Always question

Relate authentically

Evolve by learning

ThinkWell core competencies are foundational skills and behaviors that align with our values and are expected of all employees.

An entrepreneurial, results-oriented ‘do-er’ with a willingness to take risk, think big and challenge conventional wisdom.

A change maker who reaches independent judgement with an open mind, influences the conversation, and seeks innovation.

Able to help create an empowering environment in which everyone feels free to take initiative, be accountable and fail intelligently (learn from mistakes).

A collaborative colleague who engages constructively with people from different cultures, orientations, and perspectives and maintains positive relations in a virtual world.

Principally motivated by a growth mindset, meaning the pursuit of knowledge, experience, and self-improvement. You always question and continuously learn.

Authentic, honest, direct, self-aware and open to giving and receiving feedback.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree or higher in biostatistics or econometrics.
3+ years of professional experience advance statistical analysis, particularly in health sector
Excellent analytical and research skills; ability to compile and summarize background information and review literature as needed.
Proven experience with published writing on multivariate analysis.
Excellent computer skills, including familiarity and experience working with STATA, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Ability to work with large databases, including national, sub-national, and household data.
Strong interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity, to effectively communicate with government officials, development partners, other staffs, and stakeholders.
Ability to work remote effectively; and be proactive, flexible, conscientiousness, and responsive.
Good verbal and written communications skills in English and Indonesian.

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