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Small and Medium Enterprises Support Specialist, Honduras - TREES Program, Sustainable Forestry Division
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Sectors Terrestrial / Aquatic Ecology & Conservation
Location Honduras - America South
Type Fixed Term and Permanent Roles
Status Full Time
Level Mid Level
Deadline 18/05/2011
Company Name Rainforest Alliance
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Description
IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

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.

The Rainforest Alliance’s TREES (Training, Extension, Enterprises and Sourcing) program promotes sustainable livelihoods and protects biodiversity in forest-dependent communities. We work to enhance the competitiveness of community and indigenous forestry enterprises by building business skills, increasing efficiencies, and facilitating investment in value-added processing, expanding income opportunities from wood and non-wood forest products and environmental services, and increasing access to local and global markets through Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification.

Position Summary: 

The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Support Specialist will be responsible for strengthening of the organizational and administration capabilities of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) assisted by Rainforest Alliance in the Honduran Mosquitia coast and other selected areas through the implementation and monitoring of training and technical assistance in social development.

Responsibilties: 
  • Coordinate and monitor the baseline of SMEs in organizational and administrative aspects;
  • Adapt and apply the TREES social and organizational development tools for enterprise development;
  • Support the business structures of SMEs (first and second level) in the access, knowledge and understanding of the laws and regulations applicable to their operations and organizational performance;
  • Support the legalization process of new SMEs;
  • In coordination with the Business Skills Specialist, provide training and technical assistance in strengthening the administrative, financial and organizational processes of the selected SMEs (first and second level) by implementing work plans for organizational and business improvement;
  • Support implementation of the Union of Agroforestry Cooperatives of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve (UNICAF-BRP) enterprise development strategies;
  • Support the development of project proposals;
  • Develop progress reports on activities according to the TREES program schedule; and
  • Other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications: 
  • Degree in Forestry or Community Forestry required; Master's degree preferred;
  • 5 years of proven experience in development, implementation and monitoring of community forestry projects;
  • 2 years of experience in entrepreneurship at SMEs, preferably rural community-based enterprises;
  • Training and/or work experience in forest certification ;
  • High social sensibility, knowledge and understanding of the social forestry system and general socio-economic conditions of Honduras;
  • Work experience in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve and the Honduran Mosquitia;
  • Strong computer skills (MS Office and Internet); and
  • Ability and willingness to travel and work more than 50 percent of time in remote rural areas, with difficult living conditions and limited access to communication.
Salary: 

Commensurate with experience.

Notes: 

Only candidates authorized to work in Honduras will be considered for this role.
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