PROGRAM OFFICER LIVELIHOOD

CARE International Indonesia (CII), as an international NGO, has carried out large scale operations in Indonesia, encompassing emergency operations, transitional activities centered on agriculture and nutrition and a range of development initiatives in such areas as water and sanitation, health and micro-credit.

CARE Indonesia in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, is currently recruiting the following position:

JOB TITLE : PROGRAM OFFICER LIVELIHOOD

DEPARTMENT/PROJECT : PROJECT/KFCP

REPORTS TO : UNIT MANAGER LIVELIHOOD

JOB SUMMARY

KFCP livelihood program aims at increasing farmer’s skills and know-how in innovative production techniques and product processing/marketing while reducing GHG emission. Important components of the program focus on promoting of improved practices in rubber farming, and non-timber forest production that will impact directly to the community’s income.

The Livelihood Project Officer is the point person for all livelihood development in his/her assigned areas of operations. He/she will work closely with the Community Engagement Team to make sure that the strategies, approaches and methodologies are locally appropriate and will integrate with the community or village planning. They will together with Community Engagement Team to create proper consultation and or training management in line with gender and social safeguard (including FPIC) standard. It is the responsibility of the Livelihood Program Officer to ensure effective planning and implementation of livelihood development in each villages as well as accuracy and timely submission of all reports to Livelihood Unit Manager and Livelihood Manager.

The scope of work of livelihood development will include: 1) Designing, management, and facilitatation for the Women Farmer Field School in livelihood Program; 2) Designing, management, and facilitation the Participative Media for Community Awareness in REDD+ and Livelihood Program; 3), Develop Community network in seven villages; 4) Strengthening communities and Farmer Leader’s Knowledge. (4) designing and conducting training of trainer, farmer field school, technical community meeting, field day, and Farmer leader/Petani Pemandu (cadre in RTs Level), workshops, (55) conduct training of trainer for RT Farmer Leader, (3) conduct and facilitate regular RT Farmer Leader meeting, (4) actively involved in the internal regular coordination meeting which will be held in each village/unit settlement.

The Program Officer Livelihood will report to Livelihood Unit Manager.

He/She will be based in the Kapuas and village/unit settlement-level as point of work.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Livelihood development

a. Work with Livelihood Manager and Livelihood Unit Manager to design, to manage and to facilitate the Women Farmer Field School and participative media for community’s awareness.

b. Work with Livelihood Manager and Livelihood Unit Manager to design, to mange and to facilitate the farmer community network

c. Work with Livelihood Manager and Livelihood Unit Manager to Strengthening Community’s Knowledge.

d. Work with Livelihood Manager and Livelihood Unit Manager to design training of trainer, and conduct LCO’s training accordingly.

e. Mainstream, monitor and evaluate the gender and social safeguard (including FPIC) in livelihood development.

f. Open a wide opportunity to everyone in the villages/unit settlements to actively engage in livelihood activities with attention to the marginal groups.

g. Together with other unit in KFCP, conduct FFS related to the implementation of REDD+.

h. Facilitate LCO to design and conduct farmer studies to support sustainable livelihood in the field.

i. Facilitate the development of community network and organization which will lead to sustainable livelihoods.

j. Conduct technical meeting, community planning meeting, field day, and other community-based networking activities.

k. Work with Livelihood Unit manager and LCO to develop the Private Sector Partnership, to ensure collective marketing for rubbers and other agriculture product implemented.

l. Facilitate community-based marketing strategies.

m. Work with Livelihood Manager and Livelihood Unit Manager to ensure lessons learned are incorporated into the implementation methodologies and guidelines, particularly in livelihood development.

n. Attend meeting, training and to develop relevant knowledge, techniques and skills.

o. Perform additional assignments that will contribute to the basic function as required.

Coordination

a. Monitor and support the coordination, design and facilitation of integrated livelihood development, and assess its impact to other KFCP activities in the village/unit settlement-level.

b. Actively involved in the KFCP regular coordination meeting in each village/unit settlement, and promote the integration of livelihood development into community/village planning.

c. Promote an intensive communication with interest groups, adat, and village management unit (TPK/TP).

Government Relations

a. Together with Community Engagement Team, ensure a strong linkage between village/unit settlement-levelgovernment and communities in all KFCP field activities.

b. Promote an intensive communication with village government.

M&E and Administration

a. Prepare project-based reports to KFCP Coordinator on a regular basis.

b. Prepare administration-based reports to Livelihood Manager and CARE Program Manager on a regular basis.

c. Implement monitoring and evaluation system under livelihood program.

- Conduct problem solving and troubleshooting of issues as they arise.

CONTACTS/KEY RELATIONSHIPS

This section may include both internal and external relationships

Key Relationship Position Relationship

Internal Livelihood Manager Coordination

Livelihood Unit Manager Supervisor

Regional Program Manager Coordination

CE Team Coordination

External KFCP Team Coordination

QUALIFICATIONS

a. Experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a community-based project and or livelihood development programs.

b. Experience in one or several key qualifications as:

- Women Farmer Field School implementing to increase their livelihood level

- Participative media for Community awareness

- Developing Community network to strengthening communities’ power

- Strengthening Communities and farmer leader’s Knowledge

- Non Formal Education (capacity building, adult education principles, horizontal-communication, dan community empowerment).

- Post harvest processing, particularly for market-oriented and subsistence commodities.

- Traditional practices, related with adat and other cultural arrangements link with livelihoods, tenurial aspect and traditional zoning management, patrimony system, and traditional landscape approaches (Dayak agroforestry, such as jungle rubber, mix-plantation, etc.).

- Microfinance.

c. Experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation of farmer field school and or farmer study process.

d. Experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation oftraining of trainer for LCO.

e. Experience with the integration of bottom-up and top-down planning processes.

f. Ability to develop and maintain effective and frequent communication whichis critical for keeping the project moving, identifying potential problems, soliciting suggestions to improve project performance.

Expertise:

1. Women Farmer Field School approaches & Participative Media for communities Awareness,

2. Community network Development,

3. Community Knowledge Development

Education Background:

a. Non Formal Education (Pendidikan Luar Sekolah) or Management of Education (for Women FFS and Media awareness expertise) (S2 is desireable)

b. Non Formal Education, Management of education, Communication Education, Anthropology, Social Agriculture Education, Agriculture, for Community network Development (S2 is desireable),

c. Faculty of English education, Management of education, Communication Education, Anthropology, Social Agriculture Education, Agriculture, (For Knowledge Community Development expertise)

Computer and language skills:

a. Fully computer literate.

b. English spoken and writen is desireable.

Desirable Qualifications and Competencies (including interpersonal skills):

a. Proven experiences to carry out community-based approach on livelihood development.

b. Familiar with the Farmer Field School Approaches for man and women

c. Experience to managethe exchange of farmers’ knowledge and experience which will lead to behaviour change in thecommunities.

d. Degree in forestry, agriculture or experience with Women Farmer Field School (FFS) preferred.

e. Strongleadership ability.

f. Goodcommunication and facilitation skills.

g. Good interpersonal skills.

h. Willing to live and work in a remote location.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Kapuas 90%; Travel 10%

TERMS OF OFFER

CARE is an equal opportunity employer offering a competitive salary and benefits package, and a collegial working environment. Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above positions, and detailed curriculum vitae, with names and addresses of three referees (including telephone, fax numbers and email address). Please DO NOT attached academic transcripts and Diplomas and state clearly the applied position code in the email subject.

Please submit your applications before 25 January, 2012 to

CARE International Indonesia, Human Resources Unit:

recruit_566@careind.or.id

"Only qualified applicants will be shortlisted"