Associate, Sintang Landscape Project

The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes.

Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests   and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.

As an international nonprofit organization with more than 30 years of experience in sustainability transformation, we understand that the social and economic well-being of rural communities is tightly connected to ecosystem health. This knowledge has shaped our rigorous programs to advance sustainable land-use and commodity production.

At the Rainforest Alliance we combat climate change, protect forests and biodiversity, promote human rights, and improve livelihoods. The enormity of the social and environmental challenges we are facing requires working together in a broad alliance. This is why we bring farmers, forest communities, companies, and consumers together to change the way the world produces, sources, and consumes.

Why

To protect nature and improve lives it’s becoming increasingly urgent that we approach the way we use our land and produce food and other products in more sustainable ways. For this to succeed we need to fundamentally change the way that businesses operate and source, and the choices we all make as consumers.

How

Our growing global alliance aims to transform our relationship with our natural resources and each other, to create a better future for people and nature together.

The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability, and any other protected group.

Position summary:

The Associate, Sintang Landscape Project will be responsible for coordinating and monitoring project activities on the ground. The post holder will support the Team Manager, Palm Oil in implementing field-related programs for palm oil and other commodities in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The post holder will help in implementing field activities in Ketungau Hulu, Ketungau Tengah, Ketungau Hilir and Tempunak subdistrict, Sintang District, West Kalimantan through the implementation of Integrated Landscape Management, Collective Landscape Action, Small-scale farmer Inclusion, as well as other sustainability initiatives. The Associate will facilitate district government to achieve sustainability commitment in producing palm oil and other commodities.  The post holder will also contribute to the implementation of LandScale and provide support to other initiatives such as promoting social forestry. The Associate will take care of adequate communication and information exchange on field activities with all stakeholders at the sub-national level as well as to build and maintain relationship with landscape actors.

The Associate will also help communities to develop their communication skills to have dialogue with other stakeholders, especially with private sectors and Sintang district government. The post holder reports to the Team Manager Palm Oil.

Responsibilities: 

• The Rainforest Alliance’s Core Values are Impact, Change, Collaboration, Openness and Trust and as such they form the basis of the behaviours we demonstrate;

Sintang Landscape Action Projects

• Support all projects implemented in Sintang Districts as well as support national program deliverables;

• Support Integrated Landscape Management including Collective landscape action and jurisdiction-based approach to promote sustainable palm and other commodities;

• Support and facilitate collective landscape action at jurisdictional level to for the development of a  landscape action plan and engagement with the landscape actors. This includes the formulation of a  program plan (and setting up a budget;

Research and Data Analysis

• Support map and analyse data for baseline study and projected impacts, for needs identification, definition of stakeholder roles, to determine the feasibility and define program objectives;

Support Policy Development

• Use information from data and other sources to draft guidelines and policies for government and other oil palm related stakeholders; contribute to develop local policies;

Implementation

• Maintain and lead communication, coordinate, and collaborate with relevant stakeholders of the oil palm industry. Assist Team Manager, Palm Oil to implement palm oil related programs and projects, coordinate activities of the project team members, monitor progress, and its compliance with the program plan.

Impact Evaluation

• Analyse the impact of conducted and ongoing program/project activities, to give input for strategic adjustments on palm oil value chains transformation activities;

• Support compliance of Sustainability standards;

• Engage with palm oil stakeholders to adopt and implement existing credible sustainability standards applicable to Indonesia as well as support to accelerate adoption of the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO);

Report

• Prepare periodical reports and analyses such as progress of transformation and outcome, both for internal and external use;

• Other duties assigned by Team Manager, Palm Oil.

Qualifications: 

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Environmental Science, Agriculture, Biology, Natural Resource Management, or other related fields;

• Minimum 3-5 years of professional work experience with palm oil sector or Natural Resource Management (NRM);

• Reasonable understanding of computer programs for reporting purposes (MS Office and Internet) and use of GIS tool is an advantage;

• Familiar with supply chains, farming and agriculture production and processing activities, oil palm issues, training, value chains, auditing and group events especially related with small-scale farmer producer;

• Familiar with landscape and jurisdictional approach, palm oil supply chains, farming and agriculture production and processing activities, Oil palm issues at sub-national up to global level, and group events;

• Knowledge on palm oil sustainability standards such as RSPO & ISPO HCV HCS is an advantage;

• Strong written and verbal communications skills in Indonesian Language and English;

• Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision towards defined objectives and goals; and

• Willing and able to spend significant periods (about 50% of working days) in remote areas, in areas with some relative hardships in living conditions.

Job Level: 5A

Salary: Commensurate with experience.

Deadline: June 23, 2023

Notes: Only candidates authorized to work in Indonesia will be considered.

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