BACKGROUND

Three decades after ASEAN was established, ASEAN leaders recognised that: there remained inadequate shared prosperity, ASEAN awareness and contact among the people of ASEAN. It was of this concern that ASEAN leaders established ASEAN Foundation in Jakarta, Indonesia, at ASEAN’s 30th Anniversary Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 15 December 1997.

The ASEAN Foundation is an organisation from and for the people of ASEAN. The Foundation exists because of one vision: to build a cohesive and prosperous ASEAN Community. As an ASEAN body, the Foundation is tasked to support ASEAN mainly in promoting awareness, identity, interaction and development of the people of ASEAN.

To continue ASEAN Foundation’s commitment to help the ASEAN youth to adapt with the life post COVID-19 recovery, the ASEAN Foundation is going to undertake the research on Youth Job Market and Skills Demand for the Future.

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought severe disruptions to economies and labour markets worldwide. Back in April, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned that the pandemic will threaten the employment of 68 million workers across Asia if the outbreak goes on until end of the year. As for young people who have faced a tough labour market even before the coronavirus crisis began, the pandemic has had disproportionate impacts on their employment prospects.

On the youth sides, the COVID-19 has further exposed the large skills gap among them across the ASEAN region. Skills development is key to fostering the resilience of young people when facing rapid changes in prospects for employment and entrepreneurship in the sectors that are hit hardest by the crisis.  While some sectors will continue to suffer due to COVID-19 for years to come, others will see a spike in recovery and growth (e.g., health, personal care and ICT); there is a timely and tremendous need to identify and match labour market needs with proper skills development to effectively address the skills gap challenge in the post-COVID era.

This research will help ASEAN Foundation to understand about job market and skills demand for the future in ASEAN region especially the life post COVID-19 recovery. The research also will support ASEAN Foundation in designing better vocational training for youth and increase job-matching conversion rates.

OBJECTIVE

The research aims to assess the current state of the labour market in the midst of COVID-19, and job market and skills demand for the future. Research will include data collection and analysis across 10 ASEAN member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The first phase of the research will be conducted in several cities in 2 ASEAN Countries (Indonesia and Viet Nam).

POSITION SUMMARY

The Survey Enumerators will be posted to work directly with Lead Researcher Consultant of the ASEAN Foundation. The post holders will translate the research tools into local languages, collect, edit, process, and coordinate the research data to support the research study. The post holders will arrange and conduct field interviews (survey) as appropriate to the study, and records research data in accordance with specified protocol and procedures. The post holders will be required to travel to various sites within a specified geographical area (within the city), as appropriate to the objectives of the study.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct trials of survey data collection to young people.
• Perform data collection in accordance with the instructions and schedule that has been determined.
• Record the interview process with the respondent’s consent – recordings will be submitted to and collected through the supervisor for later inspection by the Quality Control Team.
• Conduct survey interview data entry into the Open Data Kit/Kobo format which has been installed on a cellular phone in accordance with the predetermined instructions and schedule.
• Complete incomplete entries and make corrections to inaccurate data, entry errors, or entries that are not in accordance with the instructions.
• Report the data retrieval process and problems encountered during data retrieval to the Supervisor.

DUTY STATION AND DURATION OF ASSIGNMENTS

The first phase of the research will be conducted in several cities in 2 ASEAN Countries. The applicant can apply by selecting one location as preferred, please do note that it is advisable that the applicant resides in the city the applicant has selected. The following are the list of cities that the applicant could select:

1. Indonesia
   • Denpasar
   • Jakarta
   • Makassar
   • Medan
   • Yogyakarta
2. Viet Nam
   • Hanoi
   • Ho Chi Minh City

PERSON QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking Indonesia and Vietnam Nationals who resides in the cities where we are going to undertake the research with qualifications and criteria:

• Bachelor degree in social sciences (psychology, economy, sociology, political science).
• Experience in performing a role of enumerators is preferred but not a must.
• Excellent verbal communication with young people.
• Able to work independently but honest and accountable.
• Age of 21 – 30 years old.
• Willing to carry out field data collection by complying with the COVID-19 protocols as recommended by the National Official COVID-19 Task Force.
• Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply for the position.

APPLICATION PROCESS

All interested applicants submit their application (including CV, Cover Letter and ID Card) to http://bit.ly/ResearchAF

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION

Sunday, 18 April 2021

APPLICATION INQUIRY

All inquiries pertaining to this application is addressed to [email protected] and CC [email protected].