Agricultural Data and Analytics Specialist

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.

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

The Role

The Agricultural Data and Analytics Specialist will play a central role in strengthening Meridia’s capacity to manage, analyze, and interpret agricultural and smallholder data across multiple sustainability projects. The role ensures that field data is accurate, harmonized, and translated into actionable insights for monitoring, reporting, and decision-making.

The Specialist will oversee data quality assurance processes, support data-driven monitoring and evaluation, and manage internal data systems, including project databases and dashboards. This role is critical to ensuring high-quality reporting for partners and donors while strengthening the organization’s analytical capacity in agriculture, smallholder livelihoods, and sustainability compliance.

Based in Indonesia, the Specialist will work closely with the Data Officer, Data Associate, GIS Analyst, and Project Managers. The position reports to the Country Manager / Project Lead in Indonesia.

Responsibilities

The Agricultural Data and Analytics Specialist has the following areas of work and responsibilities: 

1. Data Quality & Management

• Lead quality assurance (QA) of datasets prepared by the Data Officer and Data Associate to ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
• Standardize data structures, collection formats, and documentation across projects.
• Maintain data processing SOPs and coordinate harmonization of project databases (farmer data, farm plots, training records, monitoring indicators).

2. Data Analysis & Reporting

• Analyze agricultural and project datasets to generate insights on smallholder participation, farm characteristics, production, traceability, and program performance.
• Produce dashboards, visualizations, and analytical summaries to support project teams.
• Prepare and review data inputs for project and donor reporting (e.g., monthly and quarterly reports, monitoring indicators).

3. Data Systems, AI, & Dashboard Administration

• Review and develop AI training datasets and knowledge content on agronomic practices for the AI chatbot, ensuring accuracy, relevance to local farming contexts, and usability for project implementation and farmer support.
• Together with the Data Associate, serve as an administrator responsible for managing, and maintaining project dashboards and project data systems.
• Ensure project indicators and datasets are updated, integrated, and accessible.
• Support improvements to data workflows, dashboards, and system documentation.

4. Monitoring & Evaluation Support

• Support development and tracking of project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) indicators.
• Conduct analysis to assess program progress, outcomes, and key trends.

5. Team Support & Coordination

• Provide technical guidance to Data Officers on data management and analysis.
• Coordinate with project managers and field teams to ensure smooth data collection, processing, and reporting workflows.
• Collaborate with partners and data vendors to ensure data quality standards are implemented.

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 knowledge about the land rights sector and data management.  You will be mentored by our Country Manager in Indonesia as well as by senior colleagues in The Netherlands.

The ideal candidate has/is

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in: Agriculture, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Data Science, Environmental Science, GIS / Geospatial Science or related fields.
• 3–6 years of experience in agricultural data analysis or project data management.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
• Experience working with smallholder agriculture datasets.
• Experience supporting development programs or sustainability initiatives and developing monitoring and evaluation framework.
• Experience in data management and quality assurance.
• Strong proficiency in data management tools (advanced Excel / Google Sheets), GIS and geospatial data (QGIS) as well as data cleaning and structuring.
• Strong proficiency in data analysis: basic statistical analysis, data visualization (Google Slide, Looker Studio, PowerBI, Tableau)
• Experience in the following sectors is highly valued: Sustainable agriculture; Palm oil / coconut / coffee / commodity supply chains; Smallholder development programs; Environmental or landscape monitoring.

The benefits package includes

• Market rate salary commensurate with your skills and competencies
• Four-day work week
• A remote working position 
• 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 on Workable: https://apply.workable.com/j/39C9EEF098.

Only applications submitted through Workable will be reviewed.

The ideal starting date is as soon as possible. 

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to [email protected] and [email protected] for more information about this position.