Senior Business Consultant                                                                                       (Location : East Java)

Company OverviewThe Australia Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Income through Support for Markets in Agriculture (PRISMA) is an ambitious new rural development program which aims to contribute to a 30%, or more, increase in net incomes for 1,000,000 poor rural female and male farmers, 300,000 of which will be reached by June 2017. AIP-PRISMA will focus on Eastern Indonesia (EJ, NTB, NTT, Papua and W Papua). Once it is fully operationalized, AIP-PRISMA will be the largest making markets work for the poor (M4P) project in the world.ApplicationApplication close on 29 May 2017. Please apply via this linkThe post is open for Indonesian nation only. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.Project Overview and RoleThe Government of Indonesia partners with the Government of Australia on an initiative to boost smallholder farmers incomes: The Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Rural Economic Development (AIP-Rural). 
AIP-Rural is a suite of programs that improves smallholder farmers access to new markets, better inputs, know how, technology, irrigation, and small loans. Its goal is to achieve a sustainable 30% increase in the net incomes of 1,000,000 male and female smallholder farmers in Eastern Indonesia by 2022. AIP-Rural operates in East Java, West and East of Nusa Tenggara, Papua and West Papua.
The program focuses on agricultural sectors that display strong growth potential and are the main source of income for many smallholder farmers. All of this is done via co-investing in new business models with local, regional, national and international market players to create business models that improve the agriculture sector’s competitiveness, especially for smallholder farmers.

Purpose of The PositionThe Senior Business Consultant is responsible for organising and guiding at least one (and supporting other) intervention teams of Business Consultants, each working within one of the agricultural sectors promoted under the Program. Senior Business Consultants work in close collaboration with their own teams and with the Monitoring and Result Measurement (MRM) Team. They support Business Consultants in overseeing the research, identification and development of new business opportunities within targeted market systems.Responsibilities

• Conducts analyses of value chains of selected commodities in specific provinces.
• Develops strategies to introduce innovation and sustainable business models to increase sector competitiveness.
• Negotiates deals with other businesses and enterprises as partners and facilitators to introduce innovative business models.
• Oversees the implementation of designed strategies.
• Monitors the progress and adjust strategies to enable the team to successfully transform the commodity’s value chain into a more competitive one.
• Acts as the key point of contact / local point for the interventions in business partnering with the program.
• Guides and mentors up to three Business Consultants.
• Responsible for the management of contracts and other agreements with private and public sector partners, including regular budgeting and control of payments.
• Other tasks as reasonably requested by the Head of Portfolio

Requirements

• Post-graduate level qualifications or higher in economics, business administration, marketing, finance, social sciences or similar discipline with GPA min 3.00 (scale of 4) from a reputable university
• A sound understanding of business and economics of how markets work, specifically in Indonesia.
• Entrepreneurial aptitude.
• Strong analytical mind and a flair for numbers.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to be able to work with partners and in teams.
• Talented at guiding and leading others.
• Ability and experience in business plan development.
• Willingness to learn from mistakes and ability to think “out-of-the-box”.
• A good understanding of the role public services play in relation to economic performance.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
• Proven work experience in supply chain management, business consulting, management, finance, marketing or agribusiness is an advantage.
• Involvement in extra-curricular university activities is an advantage.
• Experience in development is not required.