Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Reports to: Indonesia, Country Lead
Status: Full time for fixed term (1 year)
Position summary:
The Program Manager, Palm Oil is primarily responsible for
developing and managing the Rainforest Alliance’s palm oil program in Indonesia
and for serving as a technical resource to staff working on palm projects in
other regions. This
includes delivering projects according to work plans and budgets, coordinating
with field consultants and staff, identifying and supporting local partner
organizations and maintaining relationships with donors and with stakeholders
in the corporate, government, and civil society sectors. Additionally, s/he will oversee performance by implementing
partners, provide technical services, source appropriate technologies and
consulting services, and provide reports on project progress, monitoring and
evaluation, finance, and other project areas. The position
will coordinate closely with Rainforest Alliance’s international teams, such as
Markets Transformation, Development and Communications and in Indonesia with
the finance, accounting and HR colleagues. This is a position with supervisory
responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
·
Ensure effective communication with global
team as needed about the impact and development of the work for the use of
project learning, communication and fundraising.
·
Develop and maintain relation with key local
stakeholders to contribute on the stronger impact of the Oil palm and rubber
program in the country.
·
Represent the RA as needed in related Oil palm
and rubber platforms or events to improve the RA Oil palm and rubber
certification positioning in the country.
·
Coordinate with other RA global
departments to ensure cohesion in the overall program execution.
·
Supervise and lead the local team
and provide
them with plan, feedback, coaching and support their interaction with donors
and local project partners.
·
Provide direct technical support to local
partners implementing field activities under sub-grants to trigger more work on
the related field in the country.
·
Identify and supervise Rainforest Alliance’s
implementing partners to ensure subsequent deliverables.
·
Manage the development of the Oil palm and
rubber portfolio, ensuring that resources are assigned to implement activities
in line with donor commitments;
·
Oversee and lead project planning and
implementation, be responsible for deliverables and budgetary execution;
prepare donor reports as per contractual commitments.
·
Contribute to the Oil palm
and rubber program strategies, annual planning and
reporting, and studies to assess results and impact.
·
Organize logistical support and
host visit by international specialists, journalists, project auditors and
other stakeholders visits to projects.
·
Develop and/or adapt technical
support tools for use by local technical assistance providers, farmers, and
group administrators.
·
Support the Country Lead to identify new
project opportunities, support in proposal writing and presenting new proposal
to donors.
·
Support the country lead to identify resources
and needs required to further expand the palm oil and rubber program in the
country; and
·
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
·
Master’s degree in Agriculture, Natural
Resources Management, Business Administration or another relevant field;
·
Minimum 10 years of experience in project management,
including managing budgets and implementing activities according to agreed-upon
work plans and schedules;
·
First-hand knowledge of the concepts of
sustainable agriculture and knowledge of the palm oil industry;
·
Understanding of market value chains and
certification of sustainably produced commodities;
·
Demonstrated leadership and ability to manage
remote staff and consultants in developing countries:
·
Effective interpersonal and communication
skills, with ability to operate efficiently in multi institutional
relationships, and to communicate with farmers, government ministers, donor
representatives and/or company executives;
·
Excellent organizational skills and the ability
to work independently as well as in a team environment, to assess priorities
and to multi-task with strong attention to detail;
·
Administrative efficiency, with the ability to track
project progress and prepare timely reports, and competence in the main
computer software programs;
·
Demonstrated professional capability in written
and spoken Bahasa Indonesian and English; and
·
Willingness and ability to travel up to 25
percent of the time.
Salary:
Commensurate with experience.
How to apply?
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