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Title | Rurality Field Officer-Rural Development/Solomon Islands |
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TFT (The Forest Trust) is an international fast growing and dynamic non-profit organization which helps companies transform their supply chains across the world for the benefit of people and nature.TFT is seeking a motivatedRURALITY FIELD OFFICER – RURAL DEVELOPMENTbased in Noro, Solomon Islandswith experience in rural development, excellent communication and writing skills, and a passion to work with farmers and agribusiness to generate value, who is interested in a career with a dynamic non-profit that builds relationships with companies, governments and civil society organizations to bring responsible products to market. The Rurality Filed Officer is field-based and has a passion to drive innovation at the smallholder level by working collaboratively with farmers and companies to understand their business, to improve their relationships, and to create value and promote resilience to fluctuations in climate and markets. About Rurality Rurality is a new program led by The Forest Trust (http://rurality.org/) which seeks to catalyze innovation between businesses and smallholder farmers in the supply chain. Close to 2 billion people around the world live and work on small farms, often family-run. These farmers are not only the lifeblood of supply chains; they are innovators with the potential to profoundly and positively impact the human and natural ecosystems surrounding them. Rurality, an initiative of TFT, believes they are entrepreneurs who should be empowered to realize their vision. Rurality places the farmer at the heart of the society. The initiative uses a business-minded approach to work with farmers participating in already existing supply chains. Significantly, the initiative believes that there are not one size fits all solutions. Staff are field-based and work side-by-side with farmers and the agribusiness. Ultimately the initiative seeks to identify empirical and practical solutions to empower family farmers and build their resilience. About The Forest Trust (TFT) Rurality is an initiative of TFT, an international fast growing and dynamic non-profit organization that helps companies transform the way they source raw materials, with the ultimate goal of protecting nature and improving peoples’ lives. TFT has offices in 16 countries and currently manages Rurality projects in Ghana, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Thailand, and France. We employ more than 250 people worldwide and work with big and small companies as well as with communities and producers of raw materials. What Makes Us Unique Beyond providing advice on policy set up based on our strong technical expertise, we see the world through interactions and relationships. Operating between two worlds (NGO-Companies/Buyer-Supplier), we encourage our partners to look inside, and are not only their environmental conscience. In addition to traceability and assessments, we create and innovate solutions to the challenges companies and communities face. What We Offer
Essential functions The Field Officer will continuously seek new opportunities and present ideas to increase the resilience of farmers in existing supply chains to climatic or economic fluctuations. He/she should be a self-starter and innovator who believes that farmers are entrepreneurs with vision and leadership. The Field Officer will work with farmers in Noro and will develop and implement a survey of households to gain an understanding of current social, economic and production conditions, including both risks and opportunities. With the project manager, he/she will also engage key stakeholders in the region and company staff, and clearly communicate activities and updates to local partners. In addition to the survey, the Rurality Field Officer will develop maps of current villages / land use. This information will be analyzed and presented as a written report, but also used to develop capacity building activities and provide individual coaching. The Rurality Field Officer will work in a team with company staff, and also participate in the development of a study of market opportunities. The Rurality Field Officer will be supervised and work in close collaboration with the TFT Project Manager to be identified to plan, implement and monitor all program activities. Responsibilities and Scope
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To Apply Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume via email to hq.recruitment@tft-earth.org Deadline: 24th of November 2017 Please put your last name and Solomon.RFO.2018 in the subject line of the email. Successful candidates will be contacted by phone for an initial interview. The position will be open until filled. Only candidates who send a resume and cover letter will be considered. Only selected candidates will be contacted. |