Job Description
KREASI Principal Professional Development Specialist
Job Description
KREASI Principal Professional Development Specialist
Role Purpose:
The Principal Professional Development (PPD) Specialist provides technical leadership and strategic oversight for KREASI’s Principal Professional Development package. Based at the national level, the role ensures the technical quality, coherence, and effectiveness of principal professional development approaches across implementing partners and provinces.
The Specialist leads the design, adaptation, and quality assurance of PPD systems, including module development, training delivery, coaching and mentoring, communities of practice, monitoring of principal learning, and follow-up mechanisms to support sustained improvements in school leadership and instructional quality. In addition, the PPD Specialist provides technical leadership on literacy instruction across KREASI packages, supporting coherence and alignment of literacy content and approaches within the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) and Catch-up Clubs.
The Specialist provides technical oversight of the Provincial Principal Professional Development (PPD) Coordinator, who leads partner support and implementation of KREASI’s PPD approach at the provincial level. This includes ensuring high-quality rollout of training, coaching and mentoring, and peer learning structures for school leaders.
Under the direction of the Education Manager, the role works closely with global technical advisors, implementing partners, and internal teams to ensure alignment with national education priorities, donor requirements, and Save the Children’s global standards. The Specialist contributes to external engagement with government counterparts, donors, partner agencies, and civil society to strengthen systems for school leadership and promote sustainability.
What you will do:
Technical Leadership and Oversight
Provide overall technical leadership for the Principal Professional Development (PPD) package, ensuring alignment with Save the Children’s common approaches, GPE objectives, and national education priorities.
Lead the development of clear technical guidance, standards, and tools for the design and delivery of principal professional development and instructional leadership, with a focus on literacy improvement.
Ensure coherence and quality of literacy approaches across related program components, including Teacher Professional Development (TPD), Pre-school TPD, and Catch-up Club.
Lead the development, adaptation, and rollout of PPD activities, including training frameworks, coaching and mentoring models, communities of practice, and leadership development pathways.
Provide technical oversight of the Provincial Principal Professional Development (PPD) Coordinator, ensuring effective partner support, high-quality implementation, and alignment with national-level guidance.
Promote a collaborative and learning-oriented culture across PPD teams and implementing partners.
Support to Local Implementing Partners
Provide technical assistance to implementing partners on delivery of PPD training, coaching and mentoring, and peer learning.
Mentor KREASI provincial teams to be able to support partners’ PPD officers, to ensure the PPD cycle is implemented in a quality standard
Support partners to assess their capacity and develop targeted capacity-strengthening plans, to be implemented in partnership with the Provincial PPD Specialist.
Ensure partner capacity to support improvements in classroom practice and learner outcomes in numeracy.
Ensure partner compliance with donor, program, and quality requirements for PPD implementation.
Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement
Establish and oversee quality assurance mechanisms to ensure adherence to agreed PPD standards across all activities.
Monitor progress against PPD deliverables and support corrective action where implementation risks or gaps are identified.
Support mid-term reviews, annual reviews, and other assessments related to PPD effectiveness and impact.
Ensure timely development and review of high-quality PPD workplans, progress reports, and technical documentation.
Coordination and Collaboration
Coordinate closely with KREASI technical teams and provincial teams to ensure high-quality implementation of PPD activities.
Act as a technical liaison between KREASI and government stakeholders on principal professional development and instructional leadership.
Build and maintain strong relationships with government counterparts, education authorities, and ecosystem partners to promote sustainability and system uptake.
Monitoring, Learning, and Adaptation
Support partners to establish simple, effective systems to track PPD training delivery, coaching activities, participation in learning communities, and leadership practice change.
Collaborate with KREASI MEAL team to ensure effective monitoring and evaluation tools are incorporated through PPD delivery, and results disseminated to partners
Promote the use of evidence on school leadership and literacy improvement to inform adaptive management of PPD strategies.
Ensure high-quality documentation of implementation processes, lessons learned, and effective leadership practices.
Collaborate with KREASI MEAL team to encapsulate best practices and evidence of PPD
Reporting and Documentation
Oversee timely submission of PPD-related reports from partners and provincial teams, providing technical feedback as needed.
Contribute to consolidated donor and stakeholder reports, ensuring strong evidence and clear articulation of PPD outcomes and learning.
Provide regular technical updates to senior management and program leadership.
Compliance, Safeguarding, and Representation
Ensure all PPD activities comply with Save the Children and KREASI policies, including safeguarding, risk management, and inclusion standards.
Support responsible representation of Save the Children in technical forums and engagements related to school leadership and literacy.
Contribute to protecting and strengthening Save the Children’s brand and reputation through high-quality technical leadership.
General
Carry out other tasks assigned by the Education Director or Chief of Party.
Ensure adherence to Save the Children policies on child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities, and other relevant standards.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder may be required to work outside normal duties and adjust working hours as needed, including temporary deployment to affected areas.
What we need from you:
Bachelor’s degree in education, leadership, social sciences, or a related field with at least 5 years of relevant professional experience; or Master’s degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
Minimum 3–5 years of experience supporting school leadership development, principal training, or education management initiatives.
Demonstrated experience delivering or supporting professional development programs for principals and school leadership teams, including facilitation of adult learning.
Strong understanding of effective instructional leadership practices, school improvement planning, and strategies to strengthen teaching and learning outcomes.
Familiarity with Indonesia’s education system and experience working with schools, district education offices, and relevant education stakeholders.
Experience supporting mentoring, peer learning, or communities of practice for school leaders (e.g., KKS or equivalent structures).
Experience supporting monitoring and reporting of training and coaching activities, including accurate documentation and use of basic data tools.
Strong written and verbal communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English, including report writing and presentations.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and online collaboration tools (e.g., Teams).
Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work collaboratively with partners, and commitment to quality delivery and safeguarding principles.
Location: Jakarta
Save the Children encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Job Info
Job Identification 15467
Job Category Programme Operations
Posting Date 02/10/2026, 06:40 AM
Apply Before 02/22/2026, 11:59 PM
Job Schedule Full time
Locations CO - Jakarta Programme Country Office
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