Consultor PEC – Especialista en Sistemas Agroforestales, Asistencia Técnica Rural

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Dominican Republic.

📋 Description

• Analyze and systematize the strengths, weaknesses, and lessons learned from the agroforestry systems implemented in PDAS I.

• Evaluate the selection of producers and plots, plant material, species, arrangements, establishment, inputs, maintenance, replacement, survival, management, and productive consolidation.

• Review the farm plans and instruments of PDAS I and propose the essential elements of an improved Farm Plan.

• Suggest criteria prior to establishing agroforestry systems, including accessibility, roads, soil analysis, and availability of inputs and seedlings.

• Optimize individual and group technical assistance through preliminary parameters such as modality, frequency, intensity, duration, visits, group size, and workload per technician.

• Assess workload, staff profile and competencies, as well as distance monitoring.

• Analyze the productive history and income from establishment to productive consolidation.

• Evaluate short-cycle crops, intercropping, and other compatible activities to supplement income during the transition.

• Examine production constraints, quality, post-harvest, volume, organizations, intermediation, and marketing.

• Develop recommendations for the design of PDAS II and differentiate actions for establishment, productive consolidation, and market entry.

• Map the operational and administrative flow of PDAS I and identify bottlenecks and response times.

• Deliver matrices and a final report on SAF lessons, Farm Plan, technical assistance strategy, productive trajectory, and implications for future studies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Agroforestry, Forestry Engineering, or another discipline directly related to agroforestry systems and agricultural production.

• Relevant postgraduate degree is valued positively but not mandatory.

• Minimum of 10 years of pertinent professional experience in agricultural production, agroforestry, rural extension, or related fields.

• At least 5 years of verifiable experience in the design, establishment, management, implementation, or evaluation of agroforestry systems.

• Preferably experience with coffee, cacao, avocado, or other tropical permanent crops.

• Experience in the design, establishment, maintenance, and consolidation of agroforestry systems.

• Experience in planning and productive management at the farm level, including the use or evaluation of farm plans.

• Proficiency in the Spanish language.

• Citizenship of the Dominican Republic or one of the 48 member countries of the IDB, with valid residency or legal permit to work in the Dominican Republic without IDB sponsorship.

• No relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including a spouse, who work at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.

🏝️ Benefits

• Inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities during the interview process.

• Possibility of remote work.