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  • Posted: Dec 20, 2024
    Deadline: Jan 10, 2025
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    The Rainforest Alliance is a growing network of people who are inspired and committed to working together to achieve our mission of conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. Through creative, pragmatic collaboration, we aim to rebalance the planet by building strong forests and healthy communities around the world.
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    Communications Manager, Business Solutions

    POSITION SUMMARY:

    At the Rainforest Alliance we are looking for a collaborative and organized Business Solutions Communications Manager to join our Corporate Affairs team and position the Rainforest Alliance’s corporate services and business innovation solutions. The focus will be on developing targeted communications to ensure our markets partners are informed of the full range of our solutions, that compliment and go beyond our certification program. This person will develop detailed communications strategies to ensure companies understand how they can partner with the Rainforest Alliance and work with us to reach their sustainability goals. This person will work in close collaboration with the entire Marketing and Communications team as well as Corporate Engagement & Partnerships colleagues to ensure that all output is streamlined and complimentary.

    RESPONSIBILITIES:

    This role is key to positioning the Rainforest Alliance as a thought leader in sustainable business interventions, and preferred partner to support companies on their sustainability journeys. The communications manager will support by:

    • Developing messaging and communications plans to ensure our corporate stakeholders understand our solutions, how they complement each other, and the ways in which they can support business sustainability goals;
    • Mobilizing and engaging internal stakeholders to ensure all relevant audiences are targeted through the communications plans;
    • Working in partnership with our Corporate Engagement & Partnerships department to create and implement communications strategies for specific solutions including, but not limited to, EUDR, regenerative agriculture, consultancy services, Core and other topics as defined by the 2030 strategy;
    • Leading production of engaging communications materials for business audiences including Q&As, brochures, decks, support for speaking engagements, website content, videos with support of our Creative & Editorial team;
    • Ensuring seamless execution of plans in collaboration with relevant Marketing and Communications colleagues (social media, media, website, consumer engagement)
    • Working closely with other communication managers to ensure that all output is aligned and complimentary to all of the Rainforest Alliance's external positioning and vision and mission.

    QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Communications or related field, or equivalent of education and experience;
    • Demonstrated ability (5-7 years) in communications;
    • Experience in FMCG, international development or CSR is a plus;
    • Consistent track record in development and delivery of effective communications plans;
    • Consistent track record to create effective business-to-business communication;
    • Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English. Other language(s) are an asset;
    • Strong planning and organizational skills;
    • Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and deadlines;
    • Strong relationship management skills, effective at negotiating and influencing and proven ability to build relationships with staff across organizations;
    • Affinity with sustainability;
    • Dependability, diplomacy and ability to work independently;
    • Self-motivated, ability to juggle responsibilities;
    • Understanding of working in an international organization, including cultural sensitivities;
    • Good team player.

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    Senior Manager, Quality of Implementation (Africa & Europe)

    POSITION SUMMARY:

    At the Rainforest Alliance, we are looking for a team builder, impact-driven leader to lead all aspects of the operation of the Rainforest Alliance offerings in the countries within their scope of work. This position ensures that the Africa Quality of Implementation team operates efficiently and effectively with a strong collaboration with local teams and other colleagues to achieve the success of the Products to be implemented. Addresses the challenges between on the ground reality and Assurance related work in Africa, and channels them to the other managers.

    The official job title for this role would be: Team Manager, Quality of Implementation, which is the equivalent level of a Senior Manager.

    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;
    • Represents the Africa & Europe Quality of Implementation team in internal and external meetings;
    • Identifies the need and leads the creation of contextualized policies, rules, procedures, guides and exceptions.
    • Collaborate in the alignment of the region as stipulated by the Quality of Implementation leader.
    • Proactively supports, answers question, give information and advice to the local teams, departments heads, CBs and CHs on the RA standards and implementation of the Assurance Systems Rules.
    • Provides training, support and aligned interpretation to assurance providers and internal teams on the Rainforest Alliance offerings and their rules;
    • Engages with relevant internal and external stakeholders to anticipate, address and follow up on reputational risk cases;
    • Contributes to identify key sector or country-specific challenges, and to the development of risk assessments and specific action plans related to the offerings;
    • Leads consultation processes and permanently gathers feedback from internal and external stakeholders about our offerings criteria and their assurance systems;
    • Review periodically the operational risks of the region to ensure that key risks are appropriately managed;
    • Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. This include hiring; mentoring and evaluating; guiding professional development opportunities; and addressing employee relations issues.
    • Strengthen the team's capabilities and monitor its performance against a range of performance indicators; and
    • Other duties, as required or assigned.

    QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Education: Degree in environmental or social sciences.
    • Work experience: Demonstrated ability (7 years’) in second or third-party sustainability systems related to agriculture or forestry.
    • Leadership/ People Management skillset, with management experience for at least 5 years leading diverse and multicultural teams.
    • Foreign Language Skills: Fluency verbal and written communication skills in English, preferably good knowledge of French.
    • Computer Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
    • Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a time sensitive manner.
    • Strong Stakeholder Management, with excellent interpersonal skills to interact culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically with diverse people;
    • Initiative, self-motivated, resourceful, detail-oriented, dependability, strong attention to detail.
    • Demonstrated capacity to communicate impacts in a visually appealing way and that focuses on the key information required; and
    • Extraordinary commitment, energy and a positive mindset.

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