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Description
Join the leader of the nation's fast-growing Fair Trade movement!
Fair Trade is an exciting alternative business model that guarantees fair prices and a better quality of life for farming families in developing countries, as well as encouraging sustainable farming practices for producers of coffee, tea, chocolate, fresh fruit, sugar and rice.
TransFair USA is a nonprofit organization that provides the only certification for Fair Trade products in the US market. Fair Trade is an exciting alternative to "business as usual" that guarantees fair prices for farmers and farm workers around the world.
We partner with over 1.1 million farming families in the developing world and with over 400 businesses that market and sell Fair Trade Certified products in the US. In the last four years, Fair Trade coffee has become the fastest growing segment of the $18.5 billion coffee industry, and TransFair is currently in an exciting strategic phase of growth to continue to increase the sales of Fair Trade products in the mainstream market. We invite enthusiastic, qualified individuals to join us to change the world one cup at a time.
Overview of Position:
The Global Producer Services division of TransFair USA works to strengthen farmer organizations through quality improvement, business training, and market linkage opportunities. GPS is launching work with cooperatives in Indonesia, East Timor, Thailand, and India.
Working with the Global Producer Services (GPS) Director, fellow Project Manager(s), Associates and Interns, this position will be responsible for overseeing capacity building projects for multiple farmer organizations to augment their Fair Trade market opportunities.
As a start-up program, the GPS Project Manager for Asia will be responsible for identifying potential producer partners, building relationships with donors, producers, and technical assistance providers, mapping out strategic priorities, and implementing start-up projects. GPS projects in Asia will always involve our producer partners, and will often involve one or more of our 500 industry partners.
Specific duties include:
* Plan and execute a portfolio of targeted capacity building and market development projects for Asian producer organizations, and provide a baseline level of support to other Fair Trade producer groups as needed
* Develop and manage relationships with technical assistance advisors to ensure on-the-ground services to producer groups
* Visit producer groups and project partners in Southeast Asia to monitor project implementation and provide periodic evaluations and recommendations for project improvement
* Implement standard project management processes, tools and evaluation methodology for the GPS Department to monitor producer involvement and activities
* Actively engage in new business development for GPS by identifying and marketing to funders, and securing investment
* Gather information for reporting to funders, measuring Fair Trade impact, and informing GPS strategy and services
* Carry out market linkage activities with producer representatives
* Investigate Asian producer needs and industry opportunities to create Global Producer Services proposals for development agencies, foundations and multilateral development banks
* Coordinate trainings and seminars for Fair Trade producers at origin and in the U.S.
* Coordinate with other departments to generate Fair Trade impact reports, co-op profiles and other marketing material
* Supervise Associate staff
QUALIFICATIONS:
* Three years of Project Management work, involving complex projects and multiple functional groups, is required.
* Must have in-depth knowledge of at least one Southeast Asian country, preferably derived from residency.
* Experience in international trade with exposure to capacity building projects in developing countries with producers of commodities is desired.
* Experience in the coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar, rice or fresh fruit industry preferred. Other relevant experience, including work with cooperatives and smallholder farmers at origin, is a plus.
* Proficiency in a Southeast Asian language preferred.
* Detail orientation and multi-tasking capabilities are essential. Must be proficient using the applications of Microsoft Office.
To Apply:
Please email, fax or mail a resume and cover letter A.S.A.P. No phone calls please.
TransFair USA,
1611 Telegraph Ave. Suite 900,
Oakland, CA 94612.
More information available: www.transfairusa.org .
TransFair USA is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We actively encourage all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation to apply.