Market Information Officer ~ Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps, an international relief and development organization that focuses on alleviating hardship, reducing poverty and improving living conditions of vulnerable populations in crisis urgently searching for qualified Indonesiacitizens for

Market Information Officer (based in Banda Aceh)

Program Summary:
Program initiatives aim to build local healthy market systems through three integrate
components: agribusiness development (with a strong focus on rice markets), financial access, and market information. Mercy Corpswill play a market catalyst role in this initiative through incubating a business platform for market information exchange and
user-driven services.

Qualifications include:
· Bachelor Degree in Communications, Business, Economics or Agriculture
· Familiar with information delivery through media (radio, TV, newspaper, SMS, etc),
· Understanding of business development services, marketing, markets, and entrepreneurship,
· Understanding of Aceh economy and Aceh’s agriculture sector,
· Has network with some Aceh media (radio, TV, and newspaper), government and business
institutions.
· Average spoken and written English,


Responsibilities include:
· Ensure that all Market Information Project activities are in line with market development
principles
· Conduct action research to stimulate market for different product lines
· Manage and develop media partners and content providers network.
· Implement daily project activities of the Market Information Project including partnership building, consumer and market research, market linkage, etc.
· Develop presentations, reports, charts, and databases as required

If you are interested please send your CV, Salary requirements, references, and all relevant official
documents with position applied on the subject, to:

Human Resources Officer
Mercy Corps
Jl. St. Mansyursyah No.7 Banda Aceh
Fax: 0651 – 7410703; Phone: 0651 – 21757
Email: hr@ba.id.mercycorps .org
DEADLINE for ALL APPLICATIONS: Jan 17, 2009
ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATE WILL BE NOTIFIED