About Meridia

Meridia is an AgTech company specialised in field data solutions for complex smallholder-driven agri-commodity supply chains. Combining technology, local expertise, and rigorous methodologies, we support companies and partners in generating reliable farm-level data that strengthens sustainability, traceability, and regulatory compliance across global commodity markets.

In Indonesia, Meridia works closely with private sector partners, development organisations, and local communities to implement sustainability projects at scale. Our work focuses on mapping and verifying smallholder farms, strengthening supply chain transparency, and supporting farmer engagement programmes. Current projects include palm oil smallholder mapping in Aceh, North Sumatra, and Riau; coconut smallholder monitoring and engagement in Lampung and West Java; and coffee smallholder mapping initiatives in South Sumatra.

Through these initiatives, we combine field data collection, geospatial analysis, and farmer engagement to generate high-quality datasets that enable companies to manage sustainability risks, meet evolving regulatory requirements, and build more transparent supply chains.

Our mission is to improve the veracity of datasets that drive decision-making in global agri-commodity supply chains. Our purpose is to build transparent and inclusive supply chains that give smallholders a level playing field.

Seehttps://www.meridia.land for more information on our work.

The Role

As a Senior Agronomist, you will provide technical agronomy leadership across Meridia’s smallholder agriculture and sustainable supply chain projects. You will support field implementation, farmer engagement, training module development, demo plot activities, field assessments, mapping support, data stewardship, and monitoring and evaluation.

This role requires strong field experience and the ability to translate agronomic knowledge into practical guidance for farmers, field teams, and project stakeholders. You will work across different commodities and project types, including perennial crops, smallholder supply chains, mapping, and sustainability programmes.

Experience in coconut production systems and coconut sugar is a strong advantage.

You will be based in Indonesia and will work closely with Meridia’s field, data, geospatial, and project management teams. You will report to the Program Manager / Project Manager in Indonesia.

Responsibilities

The Senior Agronomist has the following areas of work and responsibilities:

Technical Agronomy and Field Advisory

Provide senior agronomic input for project design, workplans, field implementation, and technical troubleshooting.
Assess farm-level conditions based on field data and visit when necessary, including crop performance, management practices, productivity constraints, quality risks, labour availability, and climate-related challenges.
Develop practical recommendations for farmers, field teams, project managers, and partners.
Support technical decision-making across smallholder and perennial crop systems.
Ensure technical guidance is practical, locally relevant, and suitable for farmer adoption.
Contribute agronomic input to proposals, technical reports, client deliverables, and project learning materials.

Farmer Training and Capacity Building

Develop farmer training modules, facilitator guides, field checklists, technical notes, and farmer-friendly learning materials.
Conduct training-of-trainers for field teams, facilitators, enumerators, and local partners.
Coach field teams on farm observation, technical diagnosis, farmer communication, and field data collection.
Support farmer engagement activities with farmers, farmer groups, local leaders, collectors, aggregators, and other field stakeholders.
Support basic farmer group strengthening, including communication flow, role clarity, meeting rhythm, and simple recordkeeping.
Support the design, establishment, and monitoring of demo plots or farmer learning sites.
Document field observations, farmer feedback, and lessons learned from training and demo activities.

Field Mapping, Data Stewardship, and M&E Support

Provide agronomic input for field mapping, surveys, ground-truthing, monitoring tools, and data collection protocols.
Help define practical field data points related to crop condition, farm profile, productivity, adoption, management practices, and field risks.
Review field data quality and identify gaps, inconsistencies, or unrealistic entries.
Support field teams in improving the accuracy, consistency, and usefulness of field data.
Work with data, geospatial, and M&E teams to translate field realities into structured datasets, dashboards, and project insights.
Provide technical input for baseline, monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities.

Project Delivery and Quality Assurance

Work closely with project managers, field coordinators, data teams, and geospatial teams to ensure technically sound project delivery.
Support planning of field activities, training schedules, technical assessments, demo visits, and monitoring activities.
Provide quality assurance for field implementation, technical materials, training delivery, field data, and project outputs.
Prepare concise field visit reports, technical recommendations, learning notes, and internal updates.
Mentor junior agronomists, field officers, facilitators, and enumerators.
Travel regularly to rural project locations across Indonesia as required.

Learning and Development

The ideal candidate should be eager and willing to learn and grow in the role. You will be engaged in on-the-job training and development to gain deeper knowledge of Meridia’s approach to field data systems, smallholder mapping, data stewardship, sustainable supply chains, and project-based farmer engagement.

You will work closely with senior colleagues across agronomy, geospatial analysis, data management, project delivery, and business development. You will also have opportunities to contribute to Meridia’s technical standards, field methodologies, and internal learning materials..

The ideal candidate has/is

A bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, Agriculture, Crop Science, Plantation Management, Agroforestry, Soil Science, or a related field. A master’s degree is an advantage.
Minimum 8–10 years of relevant experience in agronomy, farmer extension, smallholder agriculture, plantation crops, sustainable sourcing, rural development, or agricultural project implementation.
Strong field experience working directly with farmers, field teams, farmer groups, local partners, or agricultural supply chain actors.
Experience developing training modules, field guidelines, technical protocols, demo plots, or farmer extension materials.
Experience conducting field assessments, technical diagnostics, farmer learning activities, or project monitoring.
Experience supporting field data collection, mapping, ground-truthing, traceability, data stewardship, or M&E is preferred.
Experience in coconut production systems and coconut sugar is a strong advantage.
Experience with palm family crops or other perennial crop systems is also valuable.
Strong practical agronomic judgment and field-oriented problem-solving skills.
Ability to simplify technical concepts for farmers, field staff, and non-technical stakeholders.
Good understanding of smallholder behavior, farmer adoption barriers, and local field dynamics.
Strong facilitation, coaching, and training skills.
Ability to connect field observations with data, mapping, and M&E systems.
Strong documentation and reporting discipline.
Comfortable working across multiple commodities and project types.
Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia.
Working English is preferred, especially for reporting and client communication.
Willing to travel occasionally to rural field locations in Indonesia.
Independent, collaborative, practical, and comfortable working in a fast-moving project environment.

The benefits package includes

Market rate salary commensurate with your skills and competencies
A computer or laptop for work
A hybrid working position
Annual employee led Learning & Development budget
Being part of a fast-growing impact venture with an informal, professional work culture
Engaging with team members, clients and users in various other countries

Apply!

Applications will be processed on a rolling basis. Please apply by submitting your details onhttps://apply.workable.com/j/4DB5C81CB8

Only applications submitted through Workable will be reviewed.

The ideal starting date isas soon as possible.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to rio.trimono@meridia.land and jobs@meridia.land for more information about this position.

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