Senior Officer Farm & Landscapes Frameworks

Position summary:

This position is responsible for ensuring the feedback from users and other internal and external stakeholders is gathered and used to improve the farm and landscape frameworks. They will also communicate the content of these frameworks and provide training material content for its users. In close collaboration with the Quality of Implementation teams, s/he will support the senior manager in gathering relevant feedback related to implementation challenges and needs to co-design and implement measures to address them. S/he will also lead comparisons of the Rainforest Alliance’s frameworks with other schemes.

Responsibilities: 

• The Rainforest Alliance’s Core Values are Impact, Change, Collaboration, Openness and Trust and as such they form the basis of the behaviours we demonstrate;

• Act as primary point of contact for consultation with internal and external stakeholders to develop the standard and other frameworks, and their associated rules and systems;

• Conduct analysis of the Rainforest Alliance standard and other frameworks, and their position with respect to other schemes, including leading benchmarking activities and acting as the main contact person;

• Identify and analyse opportunities to improve the farm and landscape frameworks review process in coordination with other relevant teams;

• Feed into the development of Rainforest Alliance’s farm and landscape frameworks, including principles, criteria, requirements and indicators;

• Contribute to document development, content creation, simplification and management, including involvement in change and feedback management;

• Contribute to trainings on topics related to various frameworks internally and externally;

• Provide support, general information and instructions to QoI Teams, Assurance Provider training, and other internal RA staff/stakeholders about the farm and landscape frameworks including but not limited to requirements, guidance’s, policies and annexes;

• Configure, troubleshoot and provide support for farm requirements in the contextualization Framework; and

• Roll out research, piloting and feedback process for the continuous improvement of the farm requirements and indicators.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree/ professional qualification or other relevant educational background;

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a functional area, including internships and volunteer experience or a Master’s degree with less than 3 years of experience;

• Expertise in agronomy, biodiversity or a social discipline;

• Ability to work with certification systems, databases and coordination of software development;

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook with a demonstrated experience in reporting and data management and working knowledge of PowerPoint;

• Communication Skills: Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills;

• Ability to self-motivate and work independently;

• Strong organizational skills to manage projects under supervision as well as multiple priorities in a time sensitive manner and dynamic work environment;  

• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically with diverse internal and external individuals;

• Verbal and written communication skills in English required, proficient in at least one other Rainforest Alliance working language.

Job Level: 4A

Salary: Commensurate with experience.

Deadline:  May 5th, 2024

Notes: Only candidates authorized to work in the Global South where we are registered will be considered.

If you have any questions about the job vacancy, please contact the HR department: recruitment@ra.org

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.