DT: Strategy Manager – Preventing Violent Extremism & Transnational Crime – Jakarta

Program Background

The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Justice Phase 3 (AIPJ3) is a five-year, A$63 million investment by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to work in partnership with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to support advancement of its priority law and justice reforms. Building on previous phases, AIPJ3 will support partners to deliver activities against agreed policy priorities, while maintaining flexibility to respond to emerging needs and opportunities. The program focuses on seven policy priorities that are important to Australia and Indonesia: accountability and transparency, criminal justice reform, preventing violent extremism, transnational crime cooperation, commercial law, access to justice, and women’s leadership.

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The Role
The Strategy Manager – Preventing Violent Extremism & Transnational Crime will be an experienced program manager with expertise and well-developed networks and relationships in Preventing Violent Extremism & Transnational Crime. The Strategy Manager will be the main point of contact on a day-to-day basis with relevant GOI, GOA and CSO partners. The Strategy Manager will contribute to engagement strategies and work with partners on activity design and implementation. They will report on progress towards outcomes on a six-monthly basis and provide regular updates to DFAT and Bappenas as requested. Strategy Managers will work together collegiately and identify opportunities for collaboration between themselves and other development initiatives. They will be experienced in incorporating Gender Equality, Disability Equity and Social Inclusion into their activities and be a champion in promoting GEDSI.

The Strategy Manager will bring a proven record in engaging with and enabling partners to identify solutions to complex justice and security problems and a practical approach to managing events and activities.

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About You

Specific Responsibilities

Program Development and Strategy

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing refinement of the Engagement Strategy for Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) and Transnational Crime, ensuring alignment with GOI priorities, DFAT objectives, and AIPJ3’s End of Program Outcome (EOPO) 2.
• Design strategic interventions to support prevention, policy implementation, and capacity development in countering violent extremism and combating transnational crime, including trafficking in persons and people smuggling.
• Undertake political economy and risk analysis to define emerging issues, policy opportunities, and gaps in national and subnational responses.
• Ensure the integration of cross-cutting priorities including GEDSI, climate adaptation, and localisation into all strategy components.

Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships

• Cultivate and manage strategic relationships with key Indonesian government counterparts (e.g. BNPT, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, National Police), civil society organisations, research institutions, and Australian Government agencies.
• Facilitate policy dialogue, learning exchanges, and joint activities between Indonesian institutions and Australian partners, supporting mutual knowledge sharing and institutional development.
• Convene coalitions and networks of government and non-government actors to promote a coordinated and locally-led approach to PVE and transnational crime prevention.

Program Management and Oversight

• Provide technical and operational oversight of strategy activities, ensuring coherence with AIPJ3’s program logic, quality of deliverables, and alignment with annual workplans.
• Provide technical oversight of partners and advisers contributing to this strategy, including ensuring quality assurance, contract compliance, and risk-responsive implementation.
• Identify opportunities to align PVE and transnational crime workstreams with other policy priorities, such as access to justice and security sector reform.

Safeguards, Risk, and Compliance

• Identify, monitor, and mitigate risks related to working in sensitive environments, including legal, reputational, and safety risks associated with PVE activities.
• Ensure rigorous application of safeguarding standards, including prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH), child protection, and do-no-harm principles in all program activities and partnerships.
• Monitor contextual changes and emerging legal or political developments impacting the strategy, and update risk registers and mitigation plans accordingly.

Monitoring, Learning, and Communications

• Collaborate with the MEL team to ensure the strategy includes effective indicators, regular reflection points, and adaptive learning mechanisms.
• Document lessons learned and emerging practices in PVE and transnational crime programming for use in partner capacity building and public diplomacy.
• Contribute to six-monthly reflections, annual planning, knowledge sharing, and documentation of lessons learned.
• Work with the Strategic Communications team to highlight achievements, reforms, and lessons learned in ways that support DFAT’s public diplomacy priorities.

Other Responsibilities

· Identify opportunities for knowledge sharing within Indonesia and regionally, as well as between Australia and Indonesia through Government-to-Government mechanisms.

• Undertake any other duties as reasonably assigned by the Justice and Security Lead or Team Leader in support of AIPJ3’s objectives.

Selection Criteria

Essential Experience and Knowledge

· Postgraduate qualifications in Law and Justice or a related discipline or a Bachelor degree and extensive working experience in the area of expertise.

· Experience in developing and implementing activities through partnerships, grants, advocacy, dialogues, and events.

· Outstanding management and teamwork skills, with the ability to work collegiately across teams to achieve results and contribute ideas across the Partnership.

· Demonstrated achievement in developing and implementing GEDSI in justice and security.

· Demonstrated capacity to represent programs through presentations, speeches and official engagements.

· Practical experience and technical understanding of Australia and Indonesia’s Preventing Violent Extremism & Transnational Crimes priorities and working with/for GOI ministries within relevant areas, including a keen sense of risk management.

· Practical understanding of relevant Australian Government agencies and institutions in Preventing Violent Extremism & Transnational Crimes and how they are engaged.

· Strong analytical and report writing skills.

· Strong engagement skills with a wide range of government, civil society organisations, and other donor organisations; and a demonstrated ability to build effective relationships and communicate in a cross-cultural context.

Why join AIPJ3?

By joining the Australia Indonesia Partnership for Justice Phase 3 (AIPJ3), you will be part of a dynamic and collaborative program that supports Indonesia’s priority law and justice reforms. Working alongside experts from government, civil society, academia, and the private sector, you will have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful change in areas such as accountability and transparency, criminal justice reform, preventing violent extremism, transnational crime cooperation, commercial law, access to justice, and women’s leadership.

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1) Your CV
2) A cover letter addressing the selection criteria and specific responsibilities

APPLICATIONS CLOSE Friday, 25 July 2025, 23:59 WIB (GMT +7)

Should this role be of interest, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Kindly note only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

DT Global is committed to child protection and safeguarding the welfare of children in the delivery of our international development programs. We are committed to Safety and the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH), and bribery prevention. DT Global is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage women, men, people with diverse backgrounds and people living with disabilities to apply. This program is funded by the Australian Government and Managed by DT Global.