Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator for the Cocoa program
Do you want to be involved in the international dynamics of sustainability, where ideals and pragmatism meet?
UTZ CERTIFIED is a trustmark and program for sustainable farming worldwide. Our mission is to create a world where sustainable farming is the norm. Sustainable farming helps farmers, workers and their families to fulfil their ambitions and contributes to safeguard the world’s resources, now and in the future.
UTZ CERTIFIED is one of the largest programs for responsibly produced coffee, tea and cocoa in the world, working across all continents with leading brands and retailers, such as Sara Lee, Mars, Nestlé, Heinz, Ahold and IKEA.
UTZ CERTIFIED is headquartered in Amsterdam and works closely with its partner network in Africa, Asia and Latin America. UTZ CERTIFIED is looking for a:
Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator for the Cocoa program
The UTZ Standards & Certification Department is responsible for developing the sustainability criteria UTZ CERTIFIED stands for, for managing the UTZ certification program and the monitoring and evaluation activities. The UTZ codes are voluntary standards that are developed in a transparent, credible and balanced multi-stakeholder approach You will be assigned specific geographical and content areas to manage. Your main focus is on cocoa. You handle multiple priorities and deadlines in a very dynamic and international work environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Implement and monitor the international UTZ certification procedures
- Certificate management: review and assess UTZ certificates and audit reports
- Participate in the multi-stakeholder dialogue and revision process of UTZ’s sustainable production codes
- Develop and revise Chain of Custody requirements for sustainable commodity supply chains
- Facilitate local documents for origin countries
- Participate in content discussions and assess relevance for standards of sustainability issues
- Prepare and hold internal and external trainings, assist local partners and coordinate certification workshops in origin countries
- Participate in impact monitoring of the certification program.
The Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator reports to the Standards and Certification Manager.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:
- MSc in agronomy, environmental science, international development or related
- 3 years relevant work experience
- Experience in auditing and certification
- Good knowledge of sustainability and agricultural and social standard systems and smallholder production systems.
- Knowledge of cocoa production and sustainability challenges.
- Understanding of commodity supply chains and the various needs and interests in market dynamics
- Experience with multi-stakeholder processes
- Work experience in (sub)tropical countries and in the development sector
- Result oriented, analytical and a very good eye for detail
- Self-managing team player with sensitivity and excellent intercultural skills. Fluency in English and French. Knowledge (verbal and written) of Spanish. Portuguese or Vietnamese is a plus.
UTZ CERTIFIED offers you a challenging position in a dynamic and international working environment, with entrepreneurial drive and an innovative approach. Employment is based upon minimum 32 hours/week. We can only consider candidates who have a work & residency permit for the Netherlands/EU. The position implies close co-operation with our partners in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. You should be willing to travel two to three times per year.
Please send your application to application@duurzaamheidwerkt.nl before February 13 2012, mentioning Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator Cocoa in the subject line. For more information about this position please contact Thamar Zijlstra: +31 (0) 6 41 89 98 46. More information about UTZ CERTIFIED: www.utzcertified.org.
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