Identifying critical cross-departmental and external alliance growth opportunities as well as having the expertise and communication style to positively influence these successful collaborations is key to the success of this role.
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;
- Proactively lead and support the organization in achieving its 2030 Strategy, promoting speed, scale and simplification in design, implementation and impact creation;
- Complete organization and effective operating of the new department, in close collaboration with the team leaders of its functional areas and the Chief Program Officer;
- Promote Rainforest Alliance’s initiatives and impacts to stakeholders in a compelling way that resonates with their interests, supporting the organizations’ fundraising efforts;
- Represent Rainforest Alliance at key events, presentations, policy forums and roundtables;
- Ability to use research, findings, impact data, and qualitative sources to make data driven decisions, to guide program design and implementation;
- Cultivate a culture of positive and proactive collaboration, consult widely and inclusively across the organization, clearly demonstrating having taken broad perspectives into consideration, and embed continuous learning and simplification into all aspects of programmatic work;
- Ensure tangible activation of the concept of producer centricity that underpins all of Rainforest Alliance’s work, by defining, designing, and supporting its implementation in collaboration with the regional and other departments, as well as delivering appropriate and efficient tools enabling effective Producer Support Programs in the Rainforest Alliance Landscapes;
- Maintain a continuous assessment of Rainforest Alliance’s global programs and partnerships, ensuring that those existing are tightly integrated and mapped to our strategy, while identifying new opportunities to achieve speed and scale of impact; always ensuring consistency, coordination, accountability and continuous learning between global programs;
- Ensure that the programmatic specialists provide thought leadership and support the design and development of regional projects and global programs that integrate and improving Rainforest Alliance’s offerings and are based on standard methodology in their field;
- Ensure that Rainforest Alliance’s Impact framework is designed and implemented to enable cost-effective measurement of impact that delivers the Enterprise Goals;
- Support the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning function to interact effectively with other teams for the gathering and dissemination of data to build an organizational wide focus on impact;
- Ensures Appropriate and efficient tools enabling Producer Support Programs in the RA Landscapes
- Participate actively in meetings of the Programs and Departmental heads;
- Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies applicable laws and corporate behavioural framework- responsibilities include hiring; mentoring and evaluating; guiding professional development opportunities; and addressing employee relations issues; and;
- Other duties, as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Degree in Agriculture, Biology, Social Sciences or related field; master’s degree highly preferred;
- At least 15 years of progressive relevant experience, with at least 10 years developing and driving department level strategy and budgets and leading senior staff in multiple countries;
- At least 10 years of senior-leadership level experience facilitating industry collaboration, strategic alliances, and systems change methodologies improving producer and market value;
- At least 7 years of demonstrable experience in the successful oversight, design and implementation of innovative global programs;
- Extraordinary commitment, energy and a positive attitude;
- Knowledge of sustainable development issues and commitment to Rainforest Alliance’s goals of strengthening livelihoods and securing human rights; conserving forests and other high-value ecosystems; restoring production systems and rural landscapes; and mitigating climate change and building climate resilience;
- Direct experience working with producers (small, medium and large) and/or forest communities;
- Key competencies: Transformational leadership, innovation, adaptability, persuasion, critical and reflective thinking, public speaking, resourcefulness, relationship builder based on trust, empathy and openness, and strong organizational skills to lead multiple priorities in a time critical manner;
- High quality spoken and written English, preferably with knowledge of other languages.
Job Level: 1A*
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Deadline: June 30, 2023
Notes: Only candidates authorized to work in Ghana, Kenya or Guatemala will be considered.
