Job Description

• New delhi,

Apply by 10 February 2023

Description

Who we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for

This role is ideally suited for someone with 2-5 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in farm project auditing, certification, or voluntary verified programmes, in (organic) cotton. As the Programme Officer \xe2\x80\x93 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning you will report to the Programme Manager, South Asia as well as the International MEL Manager located in both India & Amsterdam. Based in India your role will majorly be providing guidance and support to the Third-Party Verifiers in the organization\'s Farm programme. You will coordinate & align your work with internal & external stakeholders focusing on building the core indicators off the programme.

Key responsibilities

25% Farm Programme and Project Coordination To fully understand the projects, you are monitoring you engage and support the local Farm programme team and their activities. You identify areas for improvement and specific capacity needs and conduct regular needs assessments and gap analysis of projects to ensure they get the support needed for continuous improvement including but not limited to capacity building for field staff. This vacancy involves travel to project locations, together with third-party verifiers\xe2\x80\x99 field staff. You maintain good communication to the Programme Manager about at-risk deliverables and monitor budgets and associated timelines regularly. You work closely with the Programme Manager to flag non-performance and initiate improvement plans for all third party and implementation partners.

50% Impact Validation and Verification Guidelines Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with the organization\'s third-party verifiers and relevant organizations to meet programme deliverables. Understand, improve and communicate relevant guidelines and SOP\xe2\x80\x99s and serve as a response problem-solver for verifiers. You will be the first point of contact and decision maker for third-party verifiers for each project. You document and develop clear, detailed, and timely reports with the organization\'s third-party verifiers, including identification of non-conformities and supporting evidence. Ensure timely flow of data from participating projects and ensure that the data received is checked and verified with support from the organization\'s data analyst. Support the analysis of agronomic and project data, to ensure accurate referencing to regional contexts. Share the results report with project partners to facilitate learning and encourage the continuous improvement of partners involved. Work closely the data analyst to provide system input, knowhow and maintain a consistent and uniform global data set. Work with the international MEL team at the organization to develop timely and relevant reports and progress updates. Manage the deliverables and relationships with the organization\'s third-party agency as per the MEL frameworks developed here. Update and schedule due diligence audits for new Implementing Partners.
25% Organization\'s Platform Representation and Participation You will support in the report writing for the organization\'s grant and stakeholders and liaise with the communications team to develop material and assets from India. You coordinate annual TPV alignment meetings including but not limited to in-person events, webinars etc. Serving as an ambassador of the organization\'s mission and activities and be comfortable presenting us externally.

Additional ad hoc tasks as assigned by the Programme Manager, South Asia within the scope of the organization\'s programmes.
What you bring

Critical

• Relevant university degree (Master\'s or Bachelor\'s degree) ideally in Agriculture or Sustainability. (Degree level will be evaluated in combination with relevant work experience)
• Minimum of two to five years\xe2\x80\x99 work experience. Understanding of agriculture voluntary validation, auditing or certification standards.
• Experience in working with a Certification Body, preferably in certification of Organic Cotton.
• Multi-disciplined and strong internal and external communicator with confident presentation and excel skills
• Can demonstrate strong project management skills and work collaboratively with external & internal stakeholders
  

Desirable

• Excellent interpersonal skills, along with the ability to work in a collaborative manner with a team
• Sensitized to working with multi-cultural communities
• Energized by working for a not-for-profit organization in agriculture
• Experience using and providing consultation on (field) data tools and Microsoft applications

Functional details:

Program Management Stakeholder Management

SDGs

Salary range (Annual CTC)

0 - 0

Role Type

mid level

Job Type

Full time

Asked questions

• Do you have an understanding of agriculture voluntary validation, auditing or certification standards?
• What experience do you have in working with a Certification Body, preferably in certification of Organic Cotton?
  

Prefered candidate details

REQUIRED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

3

Notice Period

1 months

Skills

• Program management,
• Stakeholder management,
• Communication,
• Analytical reasoning,

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Master\'s Degree

Other Details