Guster Sihombing

Experience

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  Pers Mahasiswa SUARA USU

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2014

  Secretary General

  I was experienced as a student press. I did writing the news, reporting, photography, event organizing, and organization management as well. Pers Mahasiswa SUARA USU now banned by the rector because of writing about human rights issues.

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  Center for Child Study and Protection/ Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA)

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2015

  Internship Staff

  I spent years as a volunteer for the Center for Child Study and Protection/Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA). PKPA is one of the leading children and women's rights organizations in Sumatera Utara. I was involved in many projects by PKPA, such as the Child Creativity Center, the Information Center for Teenager Health Reproduction and HIV-AIDS, the Center for Legal Aid for Children, Disaster Risk Management, and the Children Film Festival.

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  Tempo Institute

  Oct 2015 - Apr 2018

  TEMPO Institute is a wing company of TEMPO Inti Media Group that focuses on enhancing the quality of journalism practice all across Indonesia by conducting a series of journalistic training, focus group discussions, research, book publishing, and developing youth network engagement across Indonesia.Among my responsibilities is developing the curriculum for writing, photography, and investigation courses. I have designed and conducted more than 30 writing and photography classes for private companies, ministries, local governments, banking institutions, and state-owned enterprises all over the country. I also led a project called Peta Kaum Muda Indonesia, or Indonesian Youth Mapping, since 2015. Show less

  • Training and Project Manager

    Jan 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Training and Project Officer

    Oct 2015 - Dec 2016
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  Plan International

  May 2018 - Nov 2023

  As the Head of the Girls Leadership Academy, I oversaw the entire business plan cycle, including program development, proposal creation, pitching to donors, team management, partnerships, campaigns, communications, program implementation, building a Learning Management System, community building, and monitoring and evaluation.The Girls Leadership Academy successfully graduated 200 girls across four batches:- #GLABatch2: Girls Unlimited: Breaking Gender Norms – Conducted in collaboration with FWD Insurance and Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government.- #GLABatch3: Girls Speak Up: Let's Lead the New Normal – Conducted in collaboration with Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government.- #GLABatch4: Girls Power: Building the Future with Financial Literacy – Conducted in collaboration with VISA Asia-Pacific Regional Office. Show less I moved to Country Office in Jakarta as a Girls Leadership Project Officer. The new flagship project of Plan Indonesia named Girls Leadership Academy. I prepared the milestones of the academy, such as launched the academy, syllabus and modules development, mentor and volunteer recruitment, website development, learning management system, social media strategy, and girls mapping.We do believe that girls will be a future leader. So we will prepare them with gender equality and inclusivity value through Girls Leadership Academy Pillars: Girls Power, Girls Unlimited, and Girls Speak Up!During the Covid-19 pandemic, we held various discussion series on Instagram Live, Zoom Webinar, and GoToMeeting Online Class. Not limited to offline activity, Girls Leadership Academy will influence the public through online campaigns to promote gender equality and social inclusion. Show less

  • Girls Leadership Academy Manager

    Sept 2021 - Nov 2023

  • Girls Leadership National Project Manager (Interim)

    Mar 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Girls Leadership Project Officer

    Nov 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Child and Youth Participation Coordinator

    May 2018 - Oct 2019
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  Indonesian Data Journalism Network

  Nov 2023 - Nov 2024

  Business Unit Director

  The Indonesian Data Journalism Network (IDJN) is a non-profit organization that promotes collaboration in data journalism projects. IDJN has held regular data journalism workshops and collaboration with various newsrooms across the country. Annually hold data hackathon bootcamp and Indonesian Data Journalism Awards.Expanding our reach to a broader audience, we enhance professionals' communication skills by leveraging our expertise in data storytelling. Bridging data with narrative, we create captivating stories from numerical data. Show less

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  YCAB Foundation

  Oct 2024 - Apr 2025

  Head of Marketing Communication

  Founded in 1999, YCAB Foundation is the founding and flagship organization of the YCAB Social Enterprise Group. With a vision to break the cycle of poverty, YCAB utilizes financial inclusion as a primary instrument to expand and strengthen education for youth from urban low-income families. To date, YCAB has positively impacted over five million young individuals and empowered more than 200,000 ultra-micro women entrepreneurs. In 2024, YCAB Foundation retained its #28 ranking on the TOP 100 SGO/NGO list by TheDotGood, a global nonprofit rating agency based in Geneva, Switzerland. Show less

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  International Justice Mission

  May 2025 - now

  Senior Coordinator Project Management, Indonesia

  International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global organization that protects people in poverty from violence. We have an expansive network of partners and work with local authorities in 18 countries to combat slavery, violence against women and children, and police abuse of power. IJM works to rescue and restore victims, hold perpetrators accountable, strengthen public justice systems and scale the demand for sustainable protection.