UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME JOB VACANCIES 2025
Mission and objectives
UNDP believes that the people of Indonesia should have ownership over the programmes and projects we support. All UNDP programmes therefore actively promote the spirit of mutual respect, support and accountability and subscribe to the principle of national ownership as enshrined in the Jakarta Commitment – a declaration put forward by the government and its development partners in 2009 to strengthen aid effectiveness in Indonesia. In the true spirit of national ownership, all of UNDP’s assistance in Indonesia is implemented by national entities, including line ministries and the Ministry of National Planning and Development, and at the subnational level by line departments, provincial and district authorities as well as community groups. While each programme supported by UNDP has specific and varied objectives, capacity development is one aim that all UNDP programmes – in Indonesia and worldwide – have in common. This takes on many forms including institutional reform, leadership development, education, and training for members of the public such as journalists, and women’s communities. In line with this logic, UNDP advisers work side by side with Indonesian counterparts to strengthen capacities in technical matters, policy formulation and budget planning, amongst others.
Context
UNDP Indonesia and the Ministry of Health (MoH) have been working together in a long-term partnership on health governance that is aimed at narrowing health development gaps and meeting the SDGs commitments. This partnership has been expanded with the implementation of activities under the 2020-2025 Health Governance Initiative (HEART). HEART Programmes focus on the support to strengthen Indonesia’s health system capacity through policy advocacy, evidence-based generation intervention, technical assistance, and partnerships by adoptions of information technology advancement with a total program budget of approximately USD 70 million. The HEART Programme will have two outputs: (i) By 2025, strengthened national policy and institutional environment that is governing access to affordable medicines through evidence-based and multisector collaborations. (ii) By 2025, the performance of national programmes is improved and positively impacts the coverage and the sustainability of service delivery and the health system better integrate environmental concerns in waste management practices to mit-igate or limit its impact on environment(s) and prevent and reduce diseases related to climate change. Biomedical and Genome Science Initiative (BGSI) is MoH’s new initiative supported through HEART Programme. BGSi will act as a multi-institutional ecosystem that aims to support collaborative biomedical and genomic activities in Indonesia by leveraging strengths in technology and infrastructure including biobanking, data management, high throughput sequencing and bioinformatics.
This initiative aims to build a national asset with focus on:
- To establish a national biobank concentrate on six conditions (diabetes, cancer, stroke, TB, psoriasis, and rare/genetic diseases) which will store samples from participants where each sample will be connected to a registry that manages all information associated with the participant (demographic and clinical), and
- To generate Whole Genome Sequence information, that will be curated in a national database.
Task description
Through this assignment, the Volunteer will get an apprentice opportunity and gain experience to support national programme in Ministry of Health.
This UNV assignment is part of the Health Governance Initiative (HEART) Programme for BGSI. The Enumerator position will support in collecting data/ metadata and supporting specimen collection process. Under the supervision of the Laboratory Technician BGSi and in close coordination with Science and Technology Analyst Clinical Research Unit in Persahabatan Hospital, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
Support the project team to ensure effective project implementation.
- Collect data and metadata related to tuberculosis and supporting the specimen collection process for targeted Next-Generation Sequencing (tNGS) as part of the BGSi program.
Assist in performing data collection to support laboratory work, which includes:
- Ensure informed consent is obtained and confidentiality is maintained.
- Record responses accurately using digital or paper-based data collection forms.
- Conduct interviews and complete patient data forms in accordance with project instructions.
- Assist in the specimen collection process (sputum/blood) and ensure metadata completeness.
- Ensure the quality and accuracy of collected field data.
- Report activities and findings regularly to the project coordinator.
- Coordinate with laboratory staff and health facilities regarding specimen and documentation logistics.
- Ad hoc jobs assigned by superior(s).