Tanoto Foundation, established by Sukanto Tanoto and Tinah Bingei Tanoto, is an independent philanthropic organization driven by a core belief: every individual deserves the chance to reach their full potential. Since 1981, we have championed quality education as the key to unlocking opportunity and enriching lives. Alongside with our organization growth, we are looking for External Communications Specialist which will be a strategic force in shaping the Tanoto Foundation’s narrative and strengthening our brand reputation. Reporting directly to the External Communications Lead and will be responsible for translating complex organizational data into captivating, high-impact stories that resonate across a "360-degree" communications landscape.
Key Responsibilities:Craft compelling brand stories through a 360-communications plan that resonate with Tanoto Foundation’s target audiences and amplifies our mission. Act as a "data-driven storyteller," translating unique and complex datasets into clear, concise, and engaging narratives that capture hearts and minds.Produce high-quality written products, including press releases, newsletters, and blog posts, ensuring excellence and consistency in both English and Bahasa Indonesia.Champion media relations by proactively pitching stories, securing media placements, and managing media inquiries.Cultivate strong relationships with journalists and influencers to generate positive media coverage.Develop and implement effective media engagement strategies to enhance brand awareness and reputation while supporting the relationship-building with journalists.Stay ahead of the communications curve by monitoring media trends and industry best practices to give perspective toward our current and upcoming strategies.Collaborate with diverse teams, locally and internationally, to ensure our message is communicated with clarity and consistency across all channels.Analyze media performance data to measure the effectiveness of campaigns, identify areas for improvement, and use insights to inform future strategies. Because you love data!Support leadership visibility through strategic messaging, speech drafting, and thought leadership content.Monitor emerging issues and reputational risks, and develop proactive communication responses.Lead coordination with external vendors/agencies to ensure quality and brand consistency.
Qualifications:Has a Bachelor's degree in Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field.Must have at least 5 years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, marketing communication, or branding, ideally within NGOs, FMCG companies, agencies, or startups.A proven track record of developing and executing successful 360-degree communication strategies using analytical depth.Excellent writing and editing skills in both Bahasa Indonesia and English, with a strong attention to detail to ensure error-free, engaging content.Strong media relations experience, including media pitching, press release writing, and media monitoring.Demonstrated understanding of crisis communication principles; proven experience working in crisis communication is a significant plus.High adaptability to the fast-paced demands of a shifting organizational landscape.Adept at building relationships with stakeholders and able to design "board-ready" decks that simplify complex goals.High adaptability to the fast-paced demands of a shifting organizational landscape.Experience with social media and content marketing a plus
Tanoto Foundation is an independent family foundation committed to catalyzing systems change in education and human development. We are impact-first, collaborative, and evidence-based, investing for the long term to strengthen institutions, empower leaders, and improve outcomes at scale.As our work in Indonesia continues to grow in ambition and influence, we are strengthening our strategic planning, intelligence, and partnership capabilities.
The Head of Strategic Planning and Partnerships leads Tanoto Foundation Indonesia’s strategy, business intelligence, and strategic partnerships agenda.This role provides senior leadership with clear, data-driven insights to guide portfolio decisions, identifies emerging trends and risks in the education and development landscape, and builds high-value partnerships that advance Tanoto Foundation’s mission and positioning.
Key ResponsibilitiesLead country-level strategic planning and portfolio reviews, aligned with Tanoto Foundation’s global strategy.Translate data, research, and sector intelligence into clear strategic recommendations for senior leadership.Oversee business intelligence, sector landscaping, thematic analysis, and research synthesis.Work closely with Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) to strengthen Tanoto Foundation as a learning organization.Identify, develop, and manage strategic partnerships with government, development partners, philanthropy networks, and research institutions.Support thought leadership, policy engagement, and strategic communications in collaboration with internal teams.Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team covering strategy, partnerships, and intelligence and insights.
Requirement15+ years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership or people-management role.Master’s degree in education, public policy, development studies, economics, or a related field.Strong background in education, philanthropy, development agencies, or multilateral organizations.Proven track record in strategic planning, research, or portfolio-level analysis.Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.Strong understanding of Indonesia’s education and development landscape.Fluent in English (written and spoken); fluent in Bahasa Indonesia.
Why Join UsA senior leadership role with real influence on national education outcomes.The opportunity to shape strategy, partnerships, and thought leadership for a leading foundation.A mission-driven, collaborative environment with strong global linkages.
Tanoto Foundation Indonesia has grown in term of activities, grant size and the number of staff in the last few years. Alongside with that growth, Tanoto Foundation had evolve to focus and balancing out between program implementation and advocacy. The number of our beneficiaries also growing in all over Indonesia. As Such, we are looking for a Manager to help us position Tanoto Foundation strategically within the broader ecosystem of external stakeholders—beyond direct program and advocacy priorities—to enhance influence, reputation, and long-term partnerships.
Focus area:Strategic External Partnerships: Engage key external stakeholders to strengthen ecosystem positioning and collaboration.Sponsorship & Requests Review: Assess and recommend on sponsorships and external engagement requests.Special Initiatives: Manage discretionary initiatives, including scholarships and ad-hoc engagements.Emergency Response: Coordinate TF’s engagement in emergency or humanitarian situations.
Tanoto Foundation is looking for potential candidates for System Strengthening Unit. She or he will be a core team in building technical credibility of Tanoto Foundation in contributing to the improvement of education in Indonesia. Her or his role will involve a series of functions, ranging from Research, operationalizing to advising education system change based on global good practices.
Job Description:Researching and writing policy paper taken from extensive research on policy related numeracy, literacy and education at large.Sharing information regarding policies gap and/or implementation through a range of communication channels, including briefs, reports, and presentations.Designing framework for collecting policy feedback through focus groups, surveys, or interviews, to learn more about how policies affect others.Writing reports to document research findings, policy recommendations, and outlining strategies for civil servant development.Identify issues and challenges, assess opportunities and needs of districts to improve education quality, particularly in early childhood education, literacy and numeracy.Developing and/or updating stakeholder mapping, analyzing districts’ situation (economic, political, social, culture), recommending areas for advisory intervention projects.
Requirement:
Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy or Education study. Overseas graduate will be an added value.Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in the education development sectorHaving understanding on Indonesia’s and global education systemWillingness to travel to rural areasExcellent English, both spoken and in writing.Good communications and interpersonal skills.
The Tanoto Foundation is seeking a highly skilled and strategic ECED Specialist to join the Early Childhood Education and Development programme. This pivotal role is dedicated to elevating the quality of our urban and rural parenting centres, ensuring that every child, in particular 0-3yo child receives care and education rooted in Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP).As the ECED Specialist, you will bridge the gap between high-level strategy and ground-level implementation. You will be responsible for the quality assurance of our centres, evidence-based innovation building, strategic professional development of our cadres, and fostering partnerships with academic institutions and government bodies to create a sustainable, world-class ECED ecosystem.Since 2019, Tanoto Foundation runs Rumah Anak SIGAP Program, a centre-based, community-based, early childhood intervention initiative to promote a sustainable and affordable early stimulation or parenting services for 0-3 yo child, by optimizing local modalities. Currently the Program is shifting from pilot stage to serve as Center of Excellence and simultaneously is mandated to scale for larger outreach. The ECED specialist is also expected to materialize the above mission by building credibility from:track record of program impact and deep understanding of local context to scale effective solutions in proven child development modelability to support policy dialogue by translating the programmatic impact and evidence to program development and policy discussion
Key Responsibilities1. Quality Assurance & Program StandardsDAP Alignment: Oversee the implementation of Developmentally Appropriate Practices across all Rumah Anak SIGAP centres, ensuring curricula and interactions are age-appropriate and evidence-based.Quality Monitoring: Design and implement robust quality assurance frameworks to evaluate centre performance in both urban and rural contexts.Continuous Improvement: Conduct benchmarking, site observation and audits to identify gaps in service delivery and provide actionable recommendations for centre supervisors and cadres.2. Strategic Program DevelopmentCadre Empowerment: Design a comprehensive professional development roadmap for community cadres, focusing on pedagogical skills, parenting and early stimulation practices, child development tracking, and caregiver engagement.Strategic Partnerships: Collaborate with universities, research institutions and/or other development agencies to, among others,integrate the latest ECED theories into practical parenting modules for children at 0-3yo, evaluate and amplify impact to catalyze more resource and sustainabilityGovernment Engagement: Work closely with relevant government agencies to align program strategy with government priority and to promote affordable quality parenting and early stimulation for families with 0-3yo child at scaleTechnical Advisory: Serve as the internal subject matter expert on child development, providing guidance on health, nutrition, and early stimulation integration.
Candidate RequirementsEducation & ExperienceAdvanced Degree: Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Psychology, or a related field in Social Sciences from reputable universities.Sector Expertise: Minimum of 5 years of experience in the ECED sector, with a proven track record in large scale program management or quality assurance.Policy & Standards: Deep understanding of Indonesia’s ECED landscape, including national standards and global best practices in social development Research Experience: Mastery in collaborating with research institutes and evaluation partners to design research based project to build evidence based innovation Technical CompetenciesPedagogical Mastery: Advanced knowledge of Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) and various early learning frameworks.Training Design: Demonstrated ability to create training curricula for adult learners, particularly for community-based frontline workers.Analytical Skills: Proficiency in data-driven decision-making and using monitoring tools to assess educational quality.Soft Skills & LeadershipStakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to navigate relationships with government officials, academics, and community leaders.Adaptability: Comfort working in a fast-paced environment and traveling to diverse field locations.Communication: Strong command of Indonesian and English (both written and verbal) for high-level reporting and international collaboration.
Tanoto Foundation Indonesia has grown in term of activities, grant size and the number of staff in the last few years. Alongside with that growth, Tanoto Foundation had evolve to focus and balancing out between program implementation and advocacy. The number of our beneficiaries also growing in all over Indonesia. As Such, a Assistant Manager position with speciality in Monitoring, learning and evaluation capabilities is needed in order to synthesize the results from programs and organizational strategic direction towards world class foundation.
PROGRAM OPERATION & SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
Design monitoring, learning, and evaluation (MLE) frameworks, fit-for-purpose methodologies, and tools to ensure strong accountability and continuous learning. This position will support impact measurement for Leadership Development and Advocacy programmes.Lead external evaluators and programme teams in implementing MLE activities, including instrument development, data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, generation of recommendations, reflection sessions, and reporting of results.Champion the use of data and evidence for adaptive management, strategic decision-making, and impact communication.Train and mentor provincial staff, programme teams, and enumerators on data collection, output and outcome reporting, and evidence-based programme design.Develop and manage digital data systems, including databases, dashboards, and data visualisation tools for programme monitoring and analysis.Regularly review and update MLE frameworks, methodologies, and tools to ensure alignment with evolving programme design and implementation.Produce lessons learned and knowledge products based on MLE insights to support public learning and inform policy discussions.Provide occasional support to programme teams in disseminating and advocating for the adoption of assessment and impact measurement tools among external stakeholders.
PROGRAM STRATEGY & DEVELOPMENT
Support the Head of MLE in programme reporting, MLE strategy development, and strengthening organisational data culture.Track emerging trends in impact measurement and integrate relevant innovations into MLE practices.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTSEducation / ExperienceHave a minimum Master’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Evaluation, Econometrics, Social Study, Development Study or related field.Have a minimum of 5 years of working experience in monitoring and evaluation, impact measurement, data science, research, market research, or behavioural changes, either in the private sector or non-profit.
Specific knowledge and aptitudeUnderstanding of impact measurement methodologies and assessment tools, both quantitative and qualitative, for development programs, especially in education, leadership development, and system-change initiatives. Experience in RCT, Quasi Experimental, Outcome Harvesting, Contribution Analysis is an advantage Analytical (data interpretation) and insight synthesis skillsData visualisation through digital-based tools and platform (PowerBii, Kobo) Effective impact communication, reporting, and writing skillsMastery of English, both written and verbal, preferred
Technical Business/Philanthropy understandingWilling to travel to the foundation’s operation areas
Tanoto Foundation Indonesia has grown in term of activities, grant size and the number of staff in the last few years. Alongside with that growth, Tanoto Foundation had evolve to focus and balancing out between program implementation and advocacy. The number of our beneficiaries also growing in all over Indonesia. As Such, a Manager position with speciality in strategic planning, partnership, and cross-cutting capabilities is needed in order to synthesize the results from programs and organizational strategic direction towards world class foundation.
ORGANIZATION & PEOPLE MANAGEMENTTake ownership to achieve outstanding results and seek value at all times, trough can do attitude and hands on management trough lead by example.Keep things simple and smart and seek out the best value when making decisionsMake sure the organization align by company common purpose and work together as a complementary team and promote work together based on mutual trust and respect through direct and open in our communication with each other to promote knowledge and ideas with our colleagues and ensure each area do not operate in silos.To grow with the company to build our organization from within and promote and reward based on performance and people development, in a fair and transparent wayAct with integrity at all times by uncompromising on dishonesty and put problems and issues on the table, and act without fear or favor, as well as safeguarding company’s assets and knowledge.Understand the customers and align internally to what our customers need as well as deliver best value to them by regularly engage our customers to better understand their businesses and needs and serve our customers through stable quality, supply and service and innovate and customize our products and services to provide win-win solutions for our customers.Act with zero complacency and always strive for continuous improvement by striving to do better, faster, and at a lower cost (SQPC) and aim for today to be better than yesterday and tomorrow to be better than today by eliminating waste.Act as a thought partner to senior leadership on both portfolio strategy and governance mattersFacilitate cross-unit collaboration, ensuring that governance and strategy processes build synergies across teamsWork closely with program, P&A, MLE, and other Head Departments to align insights and organizational prioritiesRepresent Tanoto Foundation externally with partners, networks, and stakeholders in areas related to governance and strategyAny other assignment from the people manager.
PROGRAM OPERATION & SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTGovernance:Lead and serve as the Foundation’s focal point of governance, working closely with the TF ID leadership, Executive Committee, and the BoardEnsure alignment of the foundation’s policies and internal governance with best practices and regulatory requirementsCollaborate with the foundation’s senior management staff to manage internal process and propose allocation of resources related to strategy execution including but not limited to promoting inter unit collaboration and developing management, reporting, and evaluation systemStrategic operations:Manage the weekly leadership meeting, quarterly review, and BoT meetingsOversee and manage operational excellence within the organization (ONE TF, Budget, KMCI)
PROGRAM STRATEGY & DEVELOPMENTConducting analytical work on strategy review and its formulation to ensure its alignment with foundation’s mission, vision, values and goals.Collaborate with broader strategy team to feed insights from the portfolio into foundational level strategy
REQUIREMENTS Education / Experience10 years of working experience or more, of which at least 5 years are in strategy development, planning, or management work.Prior working experience in strategic consulting firm or in investment bank or corporate planning unit of large companies is an advantage.At the minimum, a university degree in Management or Business Administration or related fields. Specific knowledge and aptitudeExcellent communications skill.Excellent skill in report writing reports and presentations.Fluency in English and Indonesian both written and verbal.Good negotiation and conflict management skills.Altruistic, extroverted, sincere, trustworthy and dependable. Technical Business/Philanthropy understandingMust have a keen interest in philanthropy.
The Maternal Child Health Nutrition Program Lead will be responsible for the day to day activities to ensure project implementation is carried out in accordance with objectives of the Foundation, as well as achieve the programs’ intended outputs and outcomes in a cost effective and timely manner.
Key Responsibilities:
Project ManagementManage the stunting reduction program starting from the designing to quality controlInitiate and manage partnership with stakeholders to accelerate the stunting reduction including conduct due diligence on the potential partnershipProvide technical assistance (insight and advisory) on the implementation of stunting reduction projects supported by Tanoto FoundationAnalyze the issues and challenges in projects implementation both in the context of target achievement and project governanceServe as TF technical expert to influence government and stakeholders for stunting reduction initiativesLiaise with national and local government for sustainability and scalability of stunting reduction initiativesProject Monitoring, Evaluation and ReportingCo-develop indicators and a monitoring strategy for the program as well as how to monitor and measure the grants impact together with Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation DepartmentMonitor all program activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the program outputsMonitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of resultsSuggest strategies to the Head of Learning Environments for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the programRecommend further improvement of the logical framework/ Theory of Change;People Development, Administrative, Recordkeeping, Budget Management and ComplianceProvide TA to field team through daily communication, regular meeting, training and visitInterpret financial statements and develop project budget documents (TOR, PR, and SBA), budget adjustments, process purchase orders/requisitions, and approve expendituresInterpret and apply the organization’s rules, policies, and regulations in accordance with prescribed procedures and guidelines, and ensure compliancePerform other duties as required and requested by the supervisor
The duties listed are intended as a representation of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position.
Qualifications:Bachelor or Master's degree in public health, nutrition, or related field;A minimum eight years of working experience in development, non-profit or CSR especially in the health sector;Ability to contribute to solving project implementation problems, by synthesizing and extracting insights from large and complex datasets;Competency with Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint;Understanding of project management and community development;Good project management skills. A recognized project management certification (eg. PMP) would be very useful;Familiar with office productivity tools and software;Good command of English language, both spoken and in writing;Effective communications and interpersonal skills;Ability to conduct effective presentation and can effectively lead meetings;Willingness to travel to the Foundation’s operation areas.
