Winrock International Vacancy: Agriculture Facilitator - South Minahasa, North Sulawesi

Effective with the release of this position announcement, Winrock International will be recruiting applicants for the Jakarta-based position of Agriculture Facilitator.
The responsibilities, duties, and qualifications are described below:

WINROCK INTERNATIONAL

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. Winrock is a registered NGO in Indonesia with Programs in clean energy, sustainable forest management, and climate change designed to improve livelihoods and protect the environment.

Position Title: Agriculture Facilitator

Location: South Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Group: Coconut Smallholders Training Program (CSTP)

Reports to: Program Associate in HQ

Level of Effort:154 days, starting on October 2015 to April 2016

Job Description

Position summary:

The agriculture facilitator will help design and implementing agriculture capacity building and support the monitoring and evaluation of 400 beneficiaries under CSTP in South Minahasa.

Responsibilities:

1. Help design and implementing capacity building CSTP

• Organize and manage the implementation of training events (around 24training events) including the administrative aspect of conducting training 
• Do coordination with CSR Cargill, main facilitators/trainers, extension agents, and beneficiaries
• Ensuring all beneficiaries attend the training events
• In coordination with Program Associate, Ag Facilitator prepares training materials 
• In coordination with Program Associate, Ag Facilitator revise the content of booklet
• Ag Facilitator is responsible to enumerate the satisfaction questionnaire after trainings.
• Ag Facilitator is responsible to document the training events (pictures, videos, record the event)
• Ag facilitator compile the training documentation, drafting training report, and analyze the satisfaction data at fourth day after training events
• Provide feedback on the design and implementation of trainings

2. Do monitoring and evaluation activities

• Submit 2 monitoring reports using before 25^th per month (provide brief report on the challenges, solution taken by Ag facilitator, and one success story)
• Do monitoring activities in each farmer groups (200 beneficiaries) in close coordination with Cargill
• Provide technical support services to farmers on coconut – corn intercropping
• Work closely with extension agents, lead farmers, and beneficiaries to collect reliable information

3. Maintain and manage networks

• Engage with Winrock partners of the program, i.e. Cargill, Local Government, Trainers, Extension agents and Farmers.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Must have minimum two years’ experience managing agricultural development projects in collaboration with local communities
• Priority local hire for this position/ around Sulawesi area
• Experience in 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
• Strong writing & monthly reporting skills in English required
• Accustomed to field-related development work

Education:

Candidates should have at a minimum Bachelor degree in Agriculture.

Please send your application letter, resume and photograph to hr@winrock-indo.org by September 22, 2015 at the latest.