Center

for Indonesia’s Strategic Development Initiatives

Project Officer for Tobacco Control Advocacy

Title Project Officer

Contract Type Full time

Contract Period April 2019 – Maret 2020 (12 months)

Reports to Project Manager

Organisational Context

CISDI is a civil society organisation aiming to realise an Indonesian community that is equal, empowered, and
prosperous with a healthy paradigm. CISDI's areas of focus include strengthening health policy implementation in
Indonesia, empowering youth and communities at the grassroots level, and advocating the integration of SDGs
into national policies and plans.

The CISDI team consists of early-career professionals with tacit knowledge on Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), transferred from the organization’s previous role as part of the Office of the President’s Special Envoy on
MDGs. In regards to the SDGs framework, CISDI ventures into previously under-explored areas under the health
and wellbeing aspect; supported with an advisory board consisting of experts with stellar reputations from
government agencies, academic institutions, and health-profession organizations.

CISDI has made both valuable practical and intellectual contributions to the tobacco-control movement.
Supported by the Australia-Indonesia Centre, CISDI developed a program to integrate a tobacco-smoking harms
education module into the current curriculum from grade 7 at two targeted schools in Jakarta. Academically, with
financial support from CTFK, CISDI has produced two knowledge products related to the proposed project. A policy
paper entitled “Tobacco Control in the Context of SDGs: Ensuring the Quality of Future Generation” provides
information on how tobacco and tobacco use impact many aspects of sustainable development beyond health.
Throughout the development process, CISDI carried out intensive consultations with experts using the Delphi
method, a consensus-building technique. Insights and information gained from the consultation process served
as a reference to guide the structure and enrich the content of the policy paper. Most recently, CISDI produced
the visualisation of the tobacco taxation discourse within the frames presented by government officials.


Project Context

This project leverages CISDI’s earlier work done on “Strategic Planning on Advocacy for National Tobacco Control
Policies through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals”, a project funded by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free
Kids from November 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018.

Our earlier work has made important progress in placing tobacco control in the national-level policy spotlight. Yet,
the place for tobacco control within the national-level policy arena is curiously uncertain. We observed that
despite the many known adverse developmental effects of tobacco and its cumulative impact on aggravation of
poverty, fiscal sustainability of health systems, and the broader development agenda, tobacco control has not
been featured in mainstream poverty-related debates or development-related discourse at the national and sub-
national levels.

This project will continue carving a niche for tobacco control within other national health and development
agendas in order to build a national coalition that supports tobacco control, especially related to the taxation
reform. It will continue seeking policy coherence, intersectoral coordination and collaborative actions as well as
maintaining capacity building for tobacco control networks for advocacy. Throughout the campaign period, the
project will also increase and sustain the availability and quality of tobacco control-related information stored in
the knowledge repository and disseminated through any means of public communication channel.

• Assist Project Leader and work with other team member in planning, implementation
and evaluation phases throughout the project.
Roles and • Co-ordinate the production of all reports and produce project summary reports.
responsibilities • Develop and support effective communication mechanisms between project teams.
• Undertake any other administrative tasks as specified by the Project Leader.

• Knowledge and experience of a formal project management methodology
• Experience in planning and implementing advocacy and public communication
strategies in Tobacco Control
Relevant
• Good communication skills – verbal, written and presentation in Bahasa and English
qualifications,
• Experience in working with multiple stakeholders and within team members
skills and
• A high degree of computer literacy including advanced knowledge of the MS Office
experience:
Suite and a willingness and skill to learn new programs quickly.

• Project planning ability
• Experience in budget and financial management