Verification and M&E officer

UEBT Vacancy Announcement

The Union for Ethical BioTrade is a non-profit association that promotes the “Sourcing with Respect” for ingredients that come from biodiversity. Registered in Geneva, with offices in Amsterdam and Sao Paulo, UEBT manages the Ethical BioTrade standard. UEBT is a member of ISEAL. Members of UEBT are companies working in cosmetics, food or pharma. They are committed to gradually ensuring that their sourcing practices promote the conservation of biodiversity, respect traditional knowledge and assure the equitable sharing of benefits all along the supply chain. To implement the Ethical BioTrade standard, UEBT members set up a biodiversity management system that ensures the standard is integrated in relevant company departments (e.g. R&D, sourcing) and throughout their natural ingredient portfolio. Members identify priority supply chains to which the Ethical BioTrade standard is being applied in an accelerated way. Third party auditors periodically verify these commitments of UEBT members.

For the Amsterdam office UEBT is looking for a

Verification and M&E officer

Under the supervision of the Coordinators for verification and impact measurement, the successful candidate will provide support on the following issues:
• Drafting of internal UEBT verification and certification procedures
• Development of training materials for the UEBT verification system
• Back-stop verification bodies, including checking of auditor qualifications, feedback to auditors and audit quality assurance
• Collection of M&E data from UEBT member companies
• Improving the UEBT M&E system, including the revision and development of M&E data collection protocols, indicator testing and development, undertake consultative processes
• Preparations for and facilitation of ISEAL code compliance evaluation processes
• Any other issue related to verification and M&E

The incumbent will spend 50% on the verification system and 50% on the M&E system.

Candidate requirements
• At least three years work experience in relevant area of work, such as in internal company auditing, third party auditing, certification, or with a standard setting organization
• Proven experience in drafting and/or designing internal and external documents such as SOPs, guidance documents, reports
• Advanced working knowledge of Excel
• Relevant higher education degree
• Fluent in English. Working knowledge of French, Spanish or Portuguese would be an asset
• Excellent writing skills in English

Employment is based upon 32 to 40 hours a week. The position is based in Amsterdam. Candidates should have a valid work & residency permit for the Netherlands. The initial contract is for 6 months, which may be renewed.
Please send your application (max 1 page letter, 2 page CV) tobertjan@ethicalbiotrade.org  before 19 May 2014, mentioning Verification and M&E officer in the subject line.

For more information about this position, please contact Bertjan Bouman at the UEBT office +31 (0) 20 22 345 67.
For more information about the Union for Ethical BioTrade, please visitwww.ethicalbiotrade.org