POSITION
ANNOUNCEMENT
Position Title: Agriculture Specialist
Location: Jakarta
Group: Enterprise & Agriculture
Position
summary:
The
Agriculture Specialist will manage the day-to-day operations of the joint
Winrock-Cargill Coconut Farmers
Empowerment Program in South Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The
Agriculture Specialist will be responsible for designing and implementing a
training and capacity building program for 400 farmers in South Minahasa.
The
Agriculture Specialist will assume additional responsibilities, i.e. managing a
unique horticulture development project for farmers in Sumba. Winrock
implements this project in cooperation with Hivos[1].
The project aims to improve the livelihoods of farmers through improved farming
practices of horticultural crops, supported by the introduction of solar energy
water pumping and value chain development.
Responsibilities:
I. Coconut
Farmers Empowerment Program;
·
Manage
day-to-day operations · Coordinate with Winrock partners of the program, i.e. Cargill, Syngenta, PISAgro, Pupuk Kaltim, Local Government, Trainers, Extension Agents and Farmers;
· Prepare and submit detailed quarterly and annual activity reports;
· Manage all administrative aspects of the program including the budget;
· Monitor and conduct evaluations of the impact of all training activities;
· Discussions, interviews or meeting with related stakeholders on the value chain actors, especially with farmers and traders
·
Assessment
on Impact of PV water pumping on livelihoods of farmers and economic cost
benefit of System
II. Sumba
PV water pumping and horticulture value chain development project
·
Design
of project including crops to cultivate, fertilization and water requirements,
best cultivation practices
·
Co-develop
and finalize best practices training modules for local NGO and farmer groups.
·
Capacity
building of local NGO and farmer groups
·
Supervise
Winrock’s Ag field support staff
·
Manage
day-to-day operations
·
Closely
work with Winrock’s Clean Energy team to monitor performance and provide
suggestion for further improvement
Qualifications
and Experience:
· Experience in horticulture, coconut and corn agronomy and supply chains desirable;
· Must be able to work with limited supervision;
· Experience working for international NGOs preferred
· Must have good communication skills and demonstrated experience reporting to donors and other project partners;
· Advanced written/oral skills in English preferred;
· Must be willing to travel frequently within Indonesia
· Accustomed to field related development work
Education:
Candidates
should have at a minimum a BA or BSc in Agriculture. MSc preferred.
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