Expert Consultant: Coconut Sugar Plantation Site Selection and Setup in Indonesia
Reporting/Supervisor: Enterprise Development Manager / Director, Supply Chain Enterprise Development
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia with some travel required
Contract: Short-term consultancy
Start date: Immediate
In Indonesia, a pilot is underway for a farmer services & aggregation enterprise, Acceso Indonesia, which will significantly improve the country’s coconut sugar value chain.
Consultancy Description
CGEP is seeking an Expert Consultant (“consultant”) to identify, analyze and propose optimal sites to establish a community coconut sugar plantation in Indonesia. The consultant will provide comprehensive recommendations on optimal plantation sites based on detailed criteria provided by CGEP. Additionally, the consultant will also provide detailed roadmap including timing, costs and other relevant details to obtain all required licenses and permits to establish the plantation. If CGEP is satisfied with the consultant’s performance of this contract, further contracts to select and establish the plantation along with all required permits are possible. To apply for this short-term consultancy, please submit CV and summary of relevant past experience. CGEP will provide qualified candidates additional information so that a detailed cost proposal can be developed.
Required Education, Work Experience & Languages
- A Bachelor’s degree or major course work in agriculture, finance or economics, or a related field
- Three (3) years minimum experience in agribusiness involving plantations in Indonesia or other developing economies;
- Strong entrepreneurial spirit and business sense;
- Oral and written working proficiency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
To apply, please send CV and summary of relevant past experience to [email protected] with the subject line “Plantation Expert”.
