Cluster Coordinator – COVID 19 COPE for Faremers and Farmers’ Wives

Batas Waktu
Lokasi
Sumatera Utara

Cluster Coordinator – COVID 19 COPE for Faremers and Farmers’ Wives

11 December 2020

Location : Mandailing Natal, Tapanuli Selatan, Sumatera Utara

Cluster Coordinator will ensure that at least 25,000 rice/corn/horticulture farmers (20% are women) in his/her cluster working areas receive crop protection, information on product knowledge and education, and accurate, timely and contextualized COVID-19 health messaging. S/he will lead the program plan, implementation, and monitoring in each district and collaborate with the district government agencies, farmer groups, farmer group unions, female farmer groups, Mercy Corps Indonesia COVID-19 COPE Program Partners, and Donor Business Partners.

Essential Job Function:

Program Management

  • Serve under the direction of POWER 2 Program Manager to implement program activities in the field, management of the grant and direct supervision of project activities to ensure the program will be reached 25,000 rice/corn/horticulture smallholder farmers and 2,500 female farmers/farmers’ wives (specific for West Java’s clusters) by 31 March 2021 (TBD with Donor).
  • Develop monthly workplan and target and provide monthly progress against the target and workplan;
  • Ensure the program will reach 5,000 female farmers and 2,500 female farmers/farmers’ wives (specific for West Java’s clusters);
  • Ensure the program will conduct Training of Trainers to 50 lead farmers in the participants’ communities on product knowledge of crop protection products. These lead farmers will become resource persons and assist farmers who will use the donor’ crop protection products for the first time;
  • Ensure the data needed for program monitoring, evaluation, learning and report are available
  • Ensure all MCI’s administration, logistical, human resources and financial procedures followed in relation to implementation of this grant.
  • Conduct regular site visits to MCI program sites to ensure proper delivery of services.
  • Provide collaboration supervision of local partners’ activities implementation as per the agreement.
  • Maintain close regular contact with the local government agencies, local partners and donor focal point to ensure quality outputs/services and trouble shoot any administrative problems.
  • Attend coordination meetings and maintain regular contact with relevant local actors.
  • Ensure program team members have understanding on program goal, outcome, outputs as well as their scope of work.
  • Ensure program team members have capacity and able to implement program activities.
  • Assist in monthly report writing on program progress, obstacles and recommendations.
  • Assist in donor report writing as requested; including gathering of information.
  • Assist supervisor and program management in filing and record keeping of project activities and data entry of program statistics as requested.
  • Assist with security monitoring to ensure MCI staff, assets and partners are able to work securely.
  • Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to work alongside Program Assistant for the best interest of the program of Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
  • Conduct himself/herself professionally so as to be a credit to Mercy Corps Indonesia operations.
  • Promote and adhere to the principles and objectives of Mercy Corps.
  • Must attend the workshops and seminars when asked.
  • Utilize and take care of all the Mercy Corps Indonesia assets and equipment according to the policies.
  • Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.

 

Qualifications:

  • University degree in Economic, Business, Social Studies, Agriculture or related fields;
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience working with NGOs in Emergency, Recovery and Livelihood Programs;
  • Experience work with the local government agencies in Emergency, Recovery and Livelihood Programs;
  • Experience work with District and Subdistrict Agriculture and Extension Agencies would be an advantage;
  • Experience in farmer mobilization and have knowledge on farmer groups, farmer group unions and female farmer groups;
  • Experience in deliver trainings for farmers;
  • Experience using digital data collection tools for monitoring the farmers’ participants;
  • Understanding of working together with local partners;
  • Experiences work with the private company or private foundation donor would be an advantage;
  • Proven experience managing diverse and disparate projects;
  • Experience in managing staff and understanding the need for regular support and follow-up to ensure that project objectives are being met;
  • Commitment to working with vulnerable groups in need regardless of race, religion or gender;
  • Good problem solving, and written and oral communication skills;
  • Good knowledge of MS Office software such as Excel, Word, and Access.
  • Able to write and understandable spoken English are preferred;
  • Driver’s license preferred.

Please send your CV together with the form on this link with the subject: “Position_Your Name” to hrd@id.mercycorps.org .

The vacancy will be closed on 20 December 2020 and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.

 

Thank You,

Human Resources Department

Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesia.

COPE
COVID-19