OVERVIEW

USAID SEGAR is seeking a short-term technical assistant/Consultantpreparing business development Model for Agroforestry Product of LPHD Karangan Dalam to develop business model in Karangan Dalam Village, East Kutai, East Kalimantan.

• Job code: STLPHD
• Type: Consultant
• Job location: Karangan Dalam East Kutai, East Kalimantan, Homebased
• Reporting line: Site Manager of East Kalimantan
• Expected Assignment: Immediately – 30 June 2024
• Level of Effort: 26 days

USAID SEGAR is a five-year (2021 – 2026) project funded by USAID, designed to advancing Indonesia's development goals in balancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable land use with sustainable economic development and livelihoods inclusive. To achieve this, districts with high conservation values and high carbon stocks are becoming an area of USAID SEGAR support, it is hoped that resource management will improve nature and be more measurable in conserving biodiversity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions glass from unsustainable land use, as well as promote economic growth sustainable and inclusive.

Fiscal Year (FY) 24 will see as an important shift in the Biodiversity Conservation component from strengthening the conservation, environmental, and land-use focus of development planning with subnational governments, which has been a large feature of work to date under Objective A, to greater on-the-ground conservation action and sustainable land management planning and activities. While there will still be a significant amount of initiated planning activities under process that required for finalized, overall investment will be lower and local government partners will be required to provide significantly more co-financing. Additionally, support for good planning will increasingly target FMUs and villages. There will be greater integration of biodiversity conservation actions with village-level land use planning and sustainable livelihood interventions, facilitated by incorporating part of the village strengthening/sustainable livelihoods work under biodiversity conservation.

USAID SEGAR in East Kutai district, East Kalimantan provinces continued collaboration with PT Dharma Satya Nusantara (DSN) will support the Village Forest Management Institution (LPHD) Karangan Dalam in developing the business plan to strengthening the conservation action through the sustainable livelihood of community. To develop this business plan, a consultant to support the Activity is needed. The consultant will be assigned to prepare a business plan which will become a reference for LPHD Karangan Dalam in operationalizing sustainable market partnership with DSN and other potential non timber forest product buyers. Preparing this business plan will contribute to Objective B of USAID SEGAR which is increased implementation of environmental and social sustainability goals within private sector natural resource commodity production supply chains and several related indicators such as the number of people with improved economics and receiving livelihood co-benefits (Indicator 6 and 10), actual and imputed value of sales for goods and services associated with the implementation of USG sustainable landscape activities (Indicator 11).

OBJECTIVES

To provide a business plan for reference of LPHD Karangan Dalam to support business partnerships with Agroforestry Product buyers.

EXPECTED OUTPUT/OUTCOME

• Agroforestry Product business plan document for LPHD Karangan Dalam.
• Strengthened capacity of Board of members of LPHD Karangan Dalam to prepare and implement agroforestry product business plans.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparation: coordination meeting with USAID SEGAR, develop method and workplan, Provide the Draft business plan document structure.
• Review related documents Social Forestry Work Plan (RKPS) LPHD Karangan Dalam, Biodiversity and Social Economic Survey LPHD Karangan Dalam, Document Plan of DSN in Karangan Dalam, Document Plan of KPH Bengalon, Medium Term Village Plan (RPJMDes) Karangan Dalam village etc.).
• Participatory business planning and series of meetings with LPHD Karangan Dalam.
• Writing draft business plan document.
• Workshop on validation of draft business plan document and the operationalization of business plan.
• Finalization of Business plan document.
• Report writing.

DELIVERABLES

• Workplan and outline of business model document.
• Summary of related document reviews and meeting notes of participatory business planning with LPHD Karangan Dalam.
• Draft business plan document.
• Workshop report on validation of draft business plan document and the operationalization of business plan.
• Final Business plan document (Narration in word version and quantitative calculation in excel).
• Final report submission.

JOB REQUIREMENT

• Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to Economics, Agriculture, Agribusiness, or other related fields.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing business plans for plantation commodities or land-based commodities.
• Demonstrated experience in working on sustainable cocoa.
• Experience working with local government, private sector organizations or business association) and local communities on issues relevant to cocoa commodities and/or plantation commodities.
• Strong understanding of community development and empowerment and ability to assist or empower community groups.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating and training for community.
• Fluency in oral and written English.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your application to SEGAR-Recruit@chemonics.com with the subject line “STLPHD_YourName”. The application will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and early recruitment may occur until the position is filled.