Project Manager
Job benefits
- Flexible work hours
- Free food and beverages
- Health and wellness benefits
- Parental/family leave
- Medical coverage
- Personal development benefits
Must have skills
Job description for Project Manager at PT. Koltiva
About The Position
Koltiva is expanding to new agriculture commodities at a fast pace. We are looking for a Project Manager with experience in the rubber sector and smallholder farmers. The Project Manager will oversee the implementation of a sustainability project aligning smallholder farmers with GAP and GMP. The Project Manager will manage the Cluster Leader and Field Agents located across different districts in Sumatra to assure a smooth implementation of field activities including but not limited to:
1) Internal Inspections of smallholders
2) Training and coaching of smallholders to align with international sustainability standards (e.g. GPSNR).
The Project Manager will work closely with various internal and external teams to make business decisions and create project implementation strategies that ensure Koltiva's long-term sustainability. S/he is an integral part of the project implementation team and is working closely with the Program Manager, Agronomy Specialist, Cluster Leader/Field Agents, and Customer & User Support team.
Responsibilities and Duties
The Project Manager is responsible to ensure the smooth implementation of the capacity building project for smallholder farmers in Sumatra. Specific responsibilities in this role include:
- Design and implement project activities including the development of work plans, recruitment of field personnel, and management of project teams.
- Manage a team of cluster leaders and field agents to ensure effective field operation in terms of planning, scheduling, payment, and procurement.
- Socialize Koltiva's End-to-End solution to rubber processes as a tool to ensure sustainable and traceable sourcing and onboard them to the platform.
- Conduct monitoring and evaluation visits across Sumatra and Kalimantan to assess the effectiveness of the data collection process using Koltiva's End-to-End solution.
- Assure quality control of project activities, including supporting field teams, reviewing work deliverables, and providing value-added feedback. This includes being responsible for the assessment of the quality of data collected by field staff and disciplinary actions in terms of underperformance.
- Provide feedback, inputs, requirements, and learnings from project implementation services to the Product Management team to continuously improve Koltiva's End-to-End solution.
- Prepare regular reporting to senior management and maintain a positive relationship with partners and clients and project beneficiaries.
- Supervision, mentoring, and management of cluster leader and field implementation staff.
- Work closely with the implementation support team to plan, develop, and deliver staff/partner requests on data, trainings, improving capacities in monitoring and evaluation and data management: data collection, entry, verification and analysis and other identified needs.
- Develop and deliver concise and meaningful presentations for internal and external audiences, including education and training of field staff, training of support groups, and master trainings.
- Contribute to corporate systems and procedures development, support of the senior management, and willingness to support the improvement of Koltiva as a whole.
- Participate in reviewing and updating policies and procedures for Koltiva's implementation team, including but not limited to reviewing existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for sustainability program implementation.
Requirements
- Master or bachelor's degree in sustainable development, plantation management, agriculture, or other related majors.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a relevant field.
- Experience with rubber and capacity building programs for independent smallholder farmers.
- Proficiency in English and Indonesian language (both written and spoken).
- Knowledge of other Indonesian cash crops (cocoa, palm oil, coffee, seaweed, and/or coconut) is a plus.
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Knowledge of basic data analysis
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Analytical mind and strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as a part of a team.
- Willingness and capability to learn new skills.
- Willingness to work in Sumatra and travel across to all regions in Indonesia.
- Placement: Jambi and Palembang
About the company
Company Overview
Koltiva is a global tech company with a unique farmer first technology platform currently servicing over 440K farmers across 17 countries. The company supports some of the largest multinational companies by digitizing global supply chains while enhancing traceability, inclusiveness, and sustainability.
Beyond Traceability
Combining its triple-tech (agritech, fintech, climate tech) alongside its “boots on the ground” services, Koltiva has gone beyond traceability to produce robust smallholder farmer outcomes for income expansion while building more sustainable/resilient supply chains for MNCs.
Office address
Jl. Mampang Prpt. Raya No.66, RT.9/RW.3, Tegal Parang, Kec. Mampang Prpt., Kota Jakarta Selatan, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 12790