Program Manager (Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood) (m/f/d)

FSC works to take care of our forests and those who rely on them: by protecting plant and animal species, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, forest workers’ safety, and much more. We achieve this through FSC certification, ensuring forests around the world are responsibly managed. For more information on FSC, visit our website at www.fsc.org.

To effectively meet the challenge of protecting the world’s forests, we are committed to ensuring we have the world’s most skilled people working with us. This commitment extends to everyone that works in FSC around the world: from those that lead the design of policies and standards, to those that roll out those same policies and standards on the ground, and to those that provide us with backbone to do our work.

• To coordinate, oversee and work on the development, maintenance, review, revision and interpretation of:
  • normative documents for certification and accreditation;
  • related guidance and training materials for stakeholders and users.
• To oversee the development and approval of FSC Controlled Wood risk assessments worldwide.
• To coordinate and oversee the support for implementing CoC and CW requirements.
• To streamline the relevant normative documents and requirements through means of simplification, outcome orientation, and integration of risk-based approaches.
• To identify and evaluate innovative approaches for their potential of being adopted in the FSC normative framework through pilot testing, desk reviews and external studies.
• To collaborate with PSU Engagement in the development and implementation of engagement plans for each major process.
• To establish and implement effective and outcome-oriented work plans,
  • reflecting the FSC Global Strategic Plan as well as the program priorities;
  • identifying unit internal and external support needs as well as foreseen stakeholder inputs, while ensuring effective resource management.
• To provide team members with appropriate structure, direction and feedback to ensure a high level of performance.
• To coordinate activities within PSU and other FSC units as necessary.
• To support fundraising and reporting to donors.
• Any other task as agreed with the formal supervisor.

• Location: Bonn, Germany
• Working Hours: full time - 40 hours per week
• Duration of Employment: temporary contract - 2 years (extension possible)
• Starting Date: as soon as possible
• Travel: sporadic travel is required