Head of Agriculture Solutions

🙌🏻 About Us

Hi, we are Edufarmers (previously Japfa Foundation) embarking on a journey from 2015, where our commitment to the agricultural sector began, to the present day, Edufarmers has evolved its mission.

In 2021, recognizing the intertwined threads of agriculture and nutrition, we took a significant step forward by initiating a program aimed at aiding the government in reducing stunting rates.

This dual-pronged approach reflects our unwavering dedication to addressing the multifaceted challenges faced by Indonesian farmers and fostering holistic development of children welfare by supporting the government in stunting prevention programs.

💰 Salary

Very competitive

👑 Job Role

Develop revenue model & business strategy, and generate revenue that can support, scale, and sustain Plaza Bertani Ecosystem

• Create business planning, financial model, and other relevant budgeting template/model.
• Business development and assessment for different Plaza Bertani locations.
• Develop and implement the execution of revenue generating business activities such as agriculture solutions center, agri-business, and other business partnering with the relevant private sectors.
• Work with the partnership and fundraising team to support the grantmaking activities from exxternal donors and sponsors.
• Ensure deliverables are fulfilled on time and targets are achieved.

Create professionally-run farmers cooperatives as part of the Plaza Bertani Ecosystem

• Create system: governance, business development, operations, management.
• Train farmers to run system effectively.
• Develop farming cooperatives businesses, for example saving money and giving loans, agri-input shop, output aggregation, seedling nursery, post-harvest processing, etc.
• Act as a trusted advisory board for existing local farmer cooperatives, offering expertise and strategic guidance.

Build trust and long-term relationship with farmers in the Plaza Bertani Ecosystem through farmers influencing and

community building

• Build a sense of community and shared purpose with identity elements (clothing, symbols, song, motto, etc.).
• Create membership systems to foster belonging and access to benefits.
• Publicly recognize and reward farmers demonstrating exceptional results, motivating others.
• Facilitate online communities (FB, WA) for ongoing engagement and knowledge exchange outside of physical meetings.
• Facilitate regular community meetings to promote knowledge sharing and peer support among farmers
• Conduct and track farmers’ trials and SOP adoption (induced by Farmer Field School), incentivizing success stories.
• Identify and empower Pelopor (farmer leaders) through training-of-trainers and leadership programs.

⛩️ Requirements

Requirement and Qualifications

• Bachelor or master’s degree in business, agribusiness, management, social development, or other relevant fields.
• Minimum of 5 (five) years of professional experience in business development, business operations, team management, and community building / management.
• Have a track record in successfully leading a project from the design phase to the implementation phase and achieving the target.
• Having agriculture or agribusiness related background is a plus.

Expected Professional Competencies

• Strategic thinking/visioning: able to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way. Determines opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends.
• Organization and planning: plans, organizes, schedules, and budgets in an efficient, productive manner. Focuses on key priorities.
• Persistence: demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done. Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills, have the ability to make a cohesive connection and solution out of available scattered information.
• Proactivity: acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to the company.
• High standards: expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.
• Attention to detail: does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• Communication: strong written and spoken communication, able to create and deliver powerful presentation (English and Indonesian).

Expected Cultural Competencies

• Impact and customer oriented: focus on impact for farmers and other customers (e.g. donor, external partners).
• Collaboration: able to lead a team and work with other teams in the organization, open minded and can sense opportunities to collaborate with external stakeholders.
• Fast-paced and entrepreneurial: be practical, able to try, evaluate, and iterate the process when developing something.

🎁 Perks

• Competitive Salary
• Medical Insurance
• THR / Bonus system