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Rainforest Alliance Opportunities -- Manager, Cocoa Program, Sustainable Landscapes, Sustainable Agriculture Division
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Manager, Cocoa Program, Sustainable Landscapes, Sustainable Agriculture Division |
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Director, Sustainable Landscapes, Sustainable Agriculture Division |
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London, United Kingdom |
The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization that works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. Based in New York City, with offices throughout the United States and worldwide, the Rainforest Alliance works with people whose livelihoods depend on the land, helping them transform the way they grow food, harvest wood and host travelers.
Under the auspices of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), an international coalition of leading conservation groups, the Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Agriculture division works with farmers to ensure compliance with the SAN standards for protecting wildlife, wild lands, workers' rights and local communities. Farms that meet these rigorous environmental, ethical and economic standards are awarded the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal. The SAN standards are applied by producers of major commodity crops (including bananas, pineapple, coffee, cocoa, tea, citrus and flowers) that profoundly affect the economies, environments, cultures and politics of tropical countries. Today more than 31,000 farms in 22 countries are certified and Rainforest Alliance Certified products are widely available in mainstream markets.
Position Summary
The Manager, Cocoa Program, will be responsible for building the Rainforest Alliance's cocoa program in West Africa and increasing the number of Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa farms. This includes managing field consultants, coordinating producer training activities and developing and managing donor relationships. The Manager will also coordinate closely with and support other Rainforest Alliance departments in communications, development, marketing and impact monitoring.
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Responsibilities
- Oversee team in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, directing their work with farmers and ensuring that they have the necessary personnel, tools, materials and financial resources;
- Define a strategy for West Africa, identify partner organizations and manage communications with existing and potential partners; undertake site visits as required;
- Manage the existing cocoa projects, initiate and support the process of developing new projects; prepare donor reports as per contractual commitments and attend meetings with donors;
- Maintain active dialogue with the broad group of cocoa stakeholders working in West Africa, including those managing other projects that offer collaboration opportunities;
- Coordinate with the Sustainable Agriculture Auditing Services team to plan and implement activities to prepare producers for auditing for compliance with the Sustainable Agriculture Standard;
- Coordinate with the Sustainable Value Chains (SVC) team to match supply and demand, manage supply data and facilitate SVC relations with traders and buyers;
- Coordinate with the Evaluation and Research team to create systems to monitor and record results from our activities in the region;
- Coordinate with the Communications, Marketing and Education division to provide information on project impacts and human stories of successes; and
- Other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications
- University degree in Agriculture, Natural Resources Management or related field;
- Master's degree in related field a plus;
- Minimum 5 - 7 years experience in the field of sustainable agriculture with direct work experience in Africa;
- Knowledge of cocoa industry gained from direct experience;
- Understanding of business and value chains and experience in working with both companies and farmers;
- Fluent written and spoken English and French;
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to operate efficiently in multi institutional relationships, and to communicate with farmers, government ministers, donor representatives or company executives;
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to work independently as well as in a team environment, assess priorities and multi-task with strong attention to detail;
- Administrative efficiency, with ability to track project progress and prepare timely reports;
- Strong computer skills (MS Office and Internet); and
- Willingness to travel 25 - 30 percent of time, including travel in West Africa.
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Compensation
Commensurate with experience.
To Apply
Please use our secure online application form or send resume, cover letter and salary history to Human Resources, Rainforest Alliance, 665 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, NY 10012; fax: 212-677-2187; email: personnel@ra.org. If emailing, use the following format in the subject line: first name and last name, job title of position you are applying for.
The Rainforest Alliance is an equal opportunity employer.
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