The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes.
Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.
As an international nonprofit organization with more than 30 years of experience in sustainability transformation, we understand that the social and economic well-being of rural communities is tightly connected to ecosystem health. This knowledge has shaped our rigorous programs to advance sustainable land-use and commodity production.
At the Rainforest Alliance we combat climate change, protect forests and biodiversity, promote human rights, and improve livelihoods. The enormity of the social and environmental challenges we are facing requires working together in a broad alliance. This is why we bring farmers, forest communities, companies, and consumers together to change the way the world produces, sources, and consumes.
Why
To protect nature and improve lives it’s becoming increasingly urgent that we approach the way we use our land and produce food and other products in more sustainable ways. For this to succeed we need to fundamentally change the way that businesses operate and source, and the choices we all make as consumers.
How
Our growing global alliance aims to transform our relationship with our natural resources and each other, to create a better future for people and nature together.
The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability and any other protected group.
ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK INITIATIVE
The Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) is a collaborative effort, led by a diverse group of 25+ NGOs from around the world, to bring about a “new normal” of ethical supply chains that are protective of forests, other natural ecosystems, and human rights. Rainforest Alliance leads the secretariat (“Backbone Team”) for this initiative, providing strategy development, technical support, communications, coordination, and administration to support the work of the AFi’s coalition around the world. For more information, please visit: https://accountability-framework.org.
Position summary:
At the Rainforest Alliance we are looking for a collaborative and results oriented Senior Communications Associate for the Accountability Framework initiative. This position is part of the Advocacy & Themes team within Rainforest Alliance’s Global Engagement division. The Senior Communications Associate will contribute to the AFi communications program of work to build awareness of, support for, and adoption of the Accountability Framework as the premiere global reference for achieving ethical supply chains in the agriculture and forestry sectors. This includes highlighting the AFi’s value propositions and explaining how the Framework can be practically applied in a variety of contexts for the AFi’s key target users, which include companies engaged in commodity production and trade, industry groups, policy makers, and peer sustainability initiatives. The Senior Communications Associate will play a central role in managing the AFi’s social media, design and graphics, website, translations, and engagement analytics. They will also support other aspects of the AFi’s communications program, including content strategy, content production, and engagement with members of the AFi coalition to coordinate on messaging, strategy, and cross-promotion of relevant content.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications & Experience:
We seek candidates who have proven experience developing and implementing effective social media strategies and delivering or overseeing the creation of high-quality graphics and web content in the service of strategic communications and marketing efforts. Specific qualifications are as follows.
Required:
Preferred:
Salary:
Commensurate with experience
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a successful candidate is selected
Notes:
The Rainforest Alliance is an equal opportunity employer. Only candidates authorized to work in the UK, Netherlands, or United States will be considered.
If you have any questions about the job vacancy, please contact the HR department: recruitment@ra.org