Assistant Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies Oceania (Based in Amsterdam or Sydney)

Function

As ‘Assistant Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies Oceania’ you are responsible for helping the Project Leader to stimulate food and beverage brand owners to increase the levels of sustainability and transparency associated with their products. You will research which companies can be approached as lobby targets. You will approach them and maintain contact with these companies (by e-mail or by phone) in order to create a positive dialogue and encourage them to increase the sustainability of their products. For this position you will be working from our office in Amsterdam for the Project Leader Brand Owners Oceania.

Your competences

You are studying at or have graduated from a higher education or university or have acquired an equivalent level of working and thinking through professional experience., You preferably have knowledge of companies in relation to CSR and/or sustainability. Experience with lobbying is a prerequisite. Furthermore, you have excellent verbal and written skills in English. You are able to work independently. It is important that you are diplomatic as well as persistent. Obviously, you have affinity with Fairfood’s goals.

What we offer?

This is an unpaid position suitable as an internship to obtain work experience both in this particular field and at an NGO. We offer a versatile position within a young international organisation. You will have the freedom and opportunity to continue developing yourself and achieve tangible results. We value our employees and fully recognize that flexibility in your working hours might be important for you. We do expect, however, that you will work a minimum of sixteen hours a week for a period of three months.

Interested?

If you recognise yourself in this outline and have seen your core qualities detailed above, we would like to meet you! For inquiries related to the position contact Britt Pols, Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies Oceania: britt.pols [at] fairfood.org or +31 6 17 22 57 04. If interested, send your letter of motivation and CV to the HR Department, hr [at] fairfood.org. For questions concerning the procedure, contact the HR Department on +31 6 27241227.