Highland Crops Coordinator to Rural Development Project in Liquiçá III -
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Timor-Leste
ETEA Foundation for Development and Cooperation
February 2011
BACKGROUND
The ETEA Foundation for Development and Cooperation is a university centre
for researching, training and action in the cooperation and development
field. ETEA Foundation was created in 2002 to ensure sustainability and
growth of ETEA’ International Cooperation Program started in 1988. The
ETEA Foundation in East Timor is providing technical assistance to the
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) in order to implement Rural
Development Project in Liquiçá District (RDPL).
The RDPL is a bilateral project between the Government of East Timor and
Spain. The RDPL aims to contribute to rural development with a gender
perspective through improving income levels and employment of the
population in Liquiçá District by increasing agricultural production,
processing and marketing of agriculture produces. The project has three
main components defined by the different agro-ecological areas with an
existing potential for developing diverse crops and value chains.
Particularly the Highland Crop Component has the aim of improving coffee
plantations and production and processing techniques in Liquiçá Highlands.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position: Highland Crops (Coffee) Coordinator
Supervision: Project Management Unit
Location: Liquiçá District, East Timor
Duration: 12 months (April 2011- March 2012)
Salary: USD 3.900 USD/month
Duties
- Management and coordination of the Component Team formed by project
technicians and extension workers.
- Training of project’ technicians, extension workers, and coffee farmers
using different methodologies (i.e. through direct training, farmer to
farmer training, and training o trainees’ methodology. This includes
developing a training booklet.
- Establish and maintain productive and positive relationships with local
officials and leaders, communities and other stakeholders.
- Socialization of the project. Promote project activities in the area of
influence and increase the awareness about the importance of coffee
production and processing techniques.
- Organize groups of coffee farmers at community level.
- Renovation of Coffee plantations and introduction of complementary crops
with economic value. This includes developing a monitoring system of
plantation management.
- Develop and maintenance of coffee community nurseries network
- Installation and maintenance of Community Coffee Processing Units.
- Creation of a Community Coffee Storage Centers to facilitate coffee
processing and marketing.
- Ensure monthly submission of technical report and support the Project
Coordinator in the preparation of the quarterly progress reports.
- Regularly attend Project Coordination meetings, providing technical
expertise and insights for project implementation as well as technical
assistance and analysis to identify viable strategies for the enhancement
of sustainable agriculture production systems.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
– University degree/bachelor in agronomy/agricultural sciences or related
field;
– Master degree/specialization/
development, particularly in coffee;
– Work experience in development contexts (minimum 3 years), experience in
Asian countries is an asset;
– Work experience with community based farmers groups and promotion of
agriculture technical change;
– Preparedness to work in a cross-cultural environment;
– Ability to work in a flexible, team-based manner;
– Excellent oral and written communication skills;
– Experience in community education/outreach training;
– Experience in project design, implementation and monitoring;
– Fluency in written and spoken English essential with Tetum or Bahasa
Indonesia and Portuguese desirable;
– Computer literacy in MS Office packages and other programs
HOW TO APPLY
- Interested applicants should: submit CV in English and Letter of Interest.
- Please send the documents to: Magda Duarte Mora, E mail:
magda.duarte@fundacionetea.org indicating in the subject “Highland Crops
Coordinator”
- Deadline for submission: Monday 28 February 2011, by 6 pm.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview
Applications will not be returned
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