Quality of life for family and pet dog?

Paul,

All depends on your salary and what benefits your employer offers. Your visas will be dependent on your employer as well. There are international schools for expat children. Its hot here. Lots of basketball, football, tennis in fact all sports played here. The pollution is terrible, traffic even worse. The food is from all around the world so it will make it easier for the children to adjust.
Internet is slow, premier league is free to watch on TV and there are a lot of channels from the west on cable TV.
Muslims are not so keen on dogs and some Indonesians eat them.

You would need to research how to bring a pet into the country but I am certain the vet bills will be far higher here than in England as there do not seem to be many of them around.

Jakarta is a great place for a family if you can adjust to it. Weekends away, the vast assortment of islands and things to do on them is endless.

Thanks for the prompt response, that's encouraging to hear. Salary and package should be good so not too many concerns there.  I've heard the traffic is crazy. Is the pollution you refer to air quality also ? Are there open spaces to exercise dogs ?