Social Standards Officer

TFT is a UK based charity that works in partnership with producers, importers and retailers to enable the delivery of responsible products to the market. TFT believe that ‘Responsible Products don’t destroy the environment or damage peoples’ lives so TFT works to identify and remove all social and environmental issues embedded in product supply chains.

TFT seeks to recruit a Social Standards Officer for their office in Delhi.

The successful candidate must be fluent in local dialects and English and prepared to travel extensively in India.

Duties will include:

- Conducting 2nd party audits using internationally recognized protocols ( SA8000, SMETA ), and the accurate preparation of audit reports

- Supplier remediation, for example supplier training or organising workshops for factory Managers, workers and representatives in order to ensure high standards

- Project management and coordination

- NGO and external stakeholder engagement

The role will report to the Head of TFT India and candidates should possess, as a minimum, the following skill sets and experience:

- Solid and demonstrable hands on experience of conducting social audits as well as related follow-up activity

- A good understanding of Ethical/Social and if possible Environmental issues and standards

- Exposure to SA 8000,SMETA and BSCI audit protocols

- Excellent communication skills, including very good verbal and written English

- Experience in helping run effective supplier training and workshop sessions

- Exposure in working through multi stakeholder engagement/initiative models

- Ability to work independently, self driven while at the same time being in constant communication with the team and line managers

- Proficiency in Information Technology tools (software applications) and Windows packages(Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Competitive salary based on experience

Please send CV and a covering letter in English to: l.malcom@tft-forests.org