Community Field Officer for Agroforestry

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 18 years old. Applicants must be local residents in the community of assignment.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Agribusiness Coordinator, the UNCV will:

• The Community field officer will be working to increased agriculture productivity of selected value chains (coffee, mandarin, areca nut, bamboo, albijia, pandanus and rambutan).
• In addition, the community field officer will be supporting organizational development and market access of local producers (rice and coffee value chains).

Activities

1. Support implementing the project activities: workshops, nursery establishment, pruning, pest and diseases control, harvesting etc.
2. Ensure best practices implementation along the plantation cycle.
3. Organize farmers group to promote collective work and knowledge exchange ensuring women and youth participation while implementation.
4. Provide the capacity building for farmers and agriculture staff related to production and marketing through each product specialist.
5. Organizing cross visit of the producers to Indonesia and inside Timor-Leste with the objective to add more knowledge and experiences.
6. Participate in all meetings upon request from partners or the government.
7. Liaise with other institutions and local partners related to agroforestry, community forestry, and other value chains under the project

Market access:

1. Support marketing plan and its implementation for local producers
2. Support producers to promote local production at the national and international levels.

Other:

1. Support the team on logistic activities.
2. Provide report to supervisor and the government.

Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Secondary education Education - Additional Comments:

NA

Required experience: Experience remark:

• Experience working with local farmers to improve agriculture production is strong advantage.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages and knowledge of spreadsheets and database package and web-based management and accounting systems
• Knowledge of Atlas is a strong advantage

Language skills:

• Tetum(Mandatory), Level - Working Knowledge
• English(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge
• Indonesian(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise: Other agriculture related experience, Agriculture and horticulture Area of expertise details:

* Working with local farmers

* Agriculture production

Driving license: No Competencies values:

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Creativity, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

Application procedure
* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?
First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup.
Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at
https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to
apply.
* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?
First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile.
Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which
you would like to apply.
This is a national UN Volunteer assignment, therefore only nationals of Timor Leste and legal residents with a residency permit, the status of
refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: 28 Feb 2021