Technical Analyst for Sustainable Landscape and Commodities

The Technical Analyst for Sustainable Landscape and Commodities supports the implementation of sustainable agricultural commodity interventions under the Green Commodities Programme (GCP) and Sustainable Landscape Programme Indonesia (SLPI). The role bridges national policy and landscape-level implementation, coordinating activities, monitoring progress, and facilitating stakeholder engagement to promote sustainability in commodity production and natural resource management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the implementation of technical activities related to sustainable agricultural commodities across project landscapes under GCP and SLPI, ensuring alignment with project objectives and timelines.
• Analyze and synthesize data and evidence on sustainable commodity production (including palm oil and other key commodities) to inform decision-making, adaptive management, and strategic planning.
• Develop and operationalize workplans, technical guidelines, and field implementation strategies to support sustainable agriculture commodity interventions.
• Provide substantive technical inputs to project reports, policy briefs, knowledge products, and documentation, ensuring accuracy, coherence, and relevance.
• Monitor and evaluate field-level implementation of commodity-related activities, tracking progress, identifying bottlenecks, and recommending corrective actions.
• Deliver targeted technical assistance and capacity building to farmers, cooperatives, local governments, and other stakeholders to enhance adoption of sustainable practices and improve productivity.
• Facilitate and strengthen collaboration with SLPI landscape partners and other stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and integration of landscape-level interventions.
• Liaise and coordinate with relevant government institutions at national, provincial, and district levels and other stakeholders including private sector, NGOs, farmer organizations, and landscape partners.
• Support coordination with SLPI landscape partners in implementing agriculture commodity interventions and landscape-level activities.
• Support the organization and implementation of technical meetings, workshops, and consultations related to agriculture commodities and sustainable production.
• Provide technical inputs and support for farmer capacity building activities including training, demonstration plots, GESI mainstreaming, and dissemination of good agricultural practices.
• Contribute to field monitoring, technical assessments, and identification of opportunities to strengthen commodity sustainability practices in project landscapes.
• Support engagement with public sector institutions, development partners, private sector actors, civil society organizations, and landscape stakeholders involved in sustainable commodity value chains.
• Support the documentation of project results, good practices, and success stories related to sustainable commodity production and landscape management.
• Contribute to communication materials that highlight project achievements and impacts in agriculture commodities and natural resource/sustainable landscape management.
• Support collaboration with national commodity platforms, landscape initiatives, and multi-stakeholder forums.
• Contribute to the organization of training and capacity-building activities for farmers, local governments, and project stakeholders related to sustainable agriculture commodities.
• Support documentation and synthesis of lessons learned and best practices from the implementation of GCP and SLPI activities in project landscapes.
• Contribute to knowledge products such as technical briefs, reports, and case studies related to sustainable commodity production and landscape management.
• Facilitate knowledge exchange among stakeholders and contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
• Ensure gender considerations are integrated into knowledge products, training activities, and stakeholder engagement.
• Perform other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Development Studies, Public Policy, International Relations, Agriculture, Forestry or any other relevant Social Sciences field.
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the above fields in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Applicants with a master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience.
• Applicants with a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in sustainable agriculture, commodity value chains, landscape management, or natural resource management.
• Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and web-based management systems, and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.
• Demonstrated experience in sustainable agriculture, commodity development.

Skills

• Sustainable Agriculture
• Commodity Value Chains
• Landscape Management
• Natural Resource Management
• Policy Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Monitoring
• Data Management
• MS Word
• Excel
• Database Management
• Web-based Management Systems

Languages

English, Bahasa Indonesia