The leading agriculture consulting and R&D firm of Southeast Asia is looking for a Project Officer Agriculture
Fresh Studio is the leading agriculture consultancy and R&D firm in Southeast Asia. Our mission is to make our clients successful in the sustainable production and marketing of food. Since 2006, we have worked passionately to achieve this mission and assist our clients to improve all practices from farm to fork. Our multi-disciplinary team of 60 people work from five offices and two R&D locations in Vietnam and Myanmar, but also work occasionally outside these two countries. As a growing business, we continue to look for dynamic and motivated individuals that can contribute to our team and add value to our projects and clients.
To further strengthen our Myanmar team of agriculture consultants supporting farmers in improving their agriculture practices, we are looking for an Project Officer Agriculture based in Southern Shan State.
For more information about Fresh Studio, visit our website http://www.freshstudio.vn
I. Job identification
Position title : Project Officer Agriculture
Work location : Southern Shan State (preferably Aung Ban)
II. Key Organizational Relationships
Report to : Project leader in Yangon
Supervise : Junior agronomist
III. Roles and responsibilities
The Project Officer Agriculture will support our consultant team with the local implementation of our agriculture programs in Southern Shan State. In this role, you will be responsible for piloting and testing improved crop production practices, and at the same time supporting farmers in improving their productivity, crop quality and incomes through training. You will also be responsible for data collection and monitoring the farmers’ performance, and reporting on our project indicators towards our clients.
Your daily activities will consist of setting up crop demonstration plots, networking with farmer groups, farmer recruitment, and organizing and delivering agriculture crop trainings leading to direct results in farmers’ productivity and incomes. As Fresh Studio uses a value chain approach, you will be the link between farmers and their input providers, as well as with the buyers of their crops to ensure that the farmers’ production fits with market demand. In this role, you will work under close supervision of the project leader and consultant team based in Yangon.
This role is good for you if you:
- Have the ambition to make a difference: to translate training materials into concrete results regarding farmer productivity, crop quality and income improvement
- Have experience in designing demonstration plots and piloting innovations in crop production
- Are a strong communicator who is able to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, including farmers, input suppliers, traders, as well as donors and NGOs
- Have a track record in data collection, indicator monitoring and reporting towards (international) NGOs
- Enjoy travelling in rural areas
IV. Duties & responsibilities:
- Design and management of demonstration plots
- Networking with farmers groups and farmer recruitment for trainings
- Organizing farmer trainings and field days
- Delivering effective trainings to farmers, including practical sessions
- Data collection, monitoring, reporting and evaluation
- Supervising junior agronomist
V. Desired qualifications:
- B.Sc. in agriculture or related field
- Strong understanding of Myanmar’s agricultural sector and common challenges of farmers in Southern Shan State
- Proven track record in designing and delivering farmer trainings
- Experience in setting up and monitoring demonstration plots
- Experience with potato, corn or soybean production is an asset
- Demonstrated experience in data collection, monitoring and reporting on project indicators for international NGOs/donors
- Excellent organizational skills
- Able to communicate in English
- Good social skills which enable easy communication with different agriculture stakeholders and clients
- Good presentation skills
- Result-oriented
- Intellectually curious, hands-on, results-driven and pro-active – coming up with own ideas and suggestions
Interested candidates who meet the requirements are are asked to submit and updated CV with their cover letter to myanmar@freshstudio.vn.
The application subject line should clearly mention the job title. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for final selection.
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