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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 behaviour. Based in New York City, with offices 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 travellers.
As a member and secretariat of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) -- an international coalition of leading conservation organizations -- the Rainforest Alliance’s Sustainable Agriculture division works with farmers to ensure compliance with the SAN standards for protecting wildlife, ecosystems, workers’ rights and promoting the well-being of farmers, their families and communities. Farms that meet the SAN’s rigorous environmental, social 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 350,000 farms in 30 countries are certified and Rainforest Alliance Certified products are widely available in mainstream markets.
Position Summary:
The Manager, Coffee Programme, Africa & Asia will oversee developing and implementing activities to increase sustainable coffee farming in the regions of responsibility, provide technical liaison and support to the regional technicians of Rainforest Alliance and its implementing partners in the countries of operation. S/he will be a member of Rainforest Alliance’s internal management team for the Nescafé Plan.
Responsibilities:
Lead the delivery (work plans, targets, budgets) of the Nescafé Better Farming Practices in Côte d’Ivoire and support its delivery in South East Asia, in coordination with Rainforest Alliance’s regional and technical managers;
Oversee implementation of work in Nespresso clusters in the region (presently India and possible new clusters in Kenya and Ethiopia);
Manage projects to promote sustainable coffee activities in East Africa, in coordination with Rainforest Alliance’s regional manager; ensure work plans, budgets and reports are completed and delivered to donors in a timely manner;
Manage Rainforest Alliance’s technical implementing partners in East Africa for coffee activities and ensure that they are properly informed and resourced to undertake their responsibilities;
Coordinate plans and activities in sustainable coffee with the other key project personnel, especially the Technical Capacity Manager, Senior Manager, Sustainable Coffee and Senior Managers in the Sustainable Value Chains team;
Develop new market responsive sustainable coffee initiatives in Africa and Asia in collaboration with the Sustainable Value Chains program;
Build relations with donor agencies to support the work, in coordination with technical colleagues and the Development team, giving particular attention to Ethiopia;
Coordinate activities to track Rainforest Alliance’s progress and impact in coffee projects in the regions of responsibility, in collaboration with the Evaluation and Research program;
Contribute to Rainforest Alliance’s understanding of sustainable coffee production by participating in appropriate forums and platforms in Europe, in coordination with the Manager, Sustainable Agriculture Practices; and
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, natural resource management, rural development or related field;
7-10 years experience, with a minimum three years experience in managing field projects in coffee, including work planning, budgeting and training local staff;
Significant experience in coffee agronomy required, and experience in robusta coffee a strong advantage;
Demonstrated knowledge of agricultural policies and key international institutions working in sustainable agriculture and land use management;
Knowledge of the coffee industry required, and direct experience of working in or with coffee companies desirable;
Ability to interpret and communicate the principles of sustainable agriculture to varied audiences;
Ability to work effectively with written and spoken English; very good spoken and written French required; and
Availability to travel to project sites up to 30 percent percent of time.
Salary:
Commensurate with experience.
Notes:
Only candidates authorized to work in the United Kingdom will be considered for this position.
Application:
Send CV, cover letter and salary history to Human Resources, Rainforest Alliance, Winchester House, 259-269 Old Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5RA; Email: ukpersonnel@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.
