Agriculture Specialist

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:

·         Must have minimum five years’ experience managing agricultural development projects in collaboration with local communities;
·         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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[1] https://hivos.org/activity/climate-and-energy-campaign-2012-2015-iconic-island-project-sumba