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UTZ CERTIFIED is looking for a Standards & Certification Coordinator for their Coffee/Tea programme.

Deadline for Applications: 13 Feb 2012

Location: Netherlands

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The UTZ Standards & Certification Department is responsible for developing the sustainability criteria UTZ CERTIFIED stands for, for managing the UTZ certification program and the monitoring and evaluation activities.

The UTZ codes are voluntary standards that are developed in a transparent, credible and balanced multi-stakeholder approach. As a Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator you will be assigned specific geographical and content areas to manage. Your main focus is on coffee. You handle multiple priorities and deadlines in a very dynamic and international work environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement and monitor the international UTZ certification procedures
• Certificate management: review and assess UTZ certificates and audit reports
• Participate in the multi-stakeholder dialogue and revision process of UTZ’s sustainable production codes
• Develop and revise Chain of Custody requirements for sustainable commodity supply chains
• Facilitate local documents for origin countries
• Participate in content discussions and assess relevance for standards of sustainability issues
• Prepare and hold internal and external trainings, assist local partners and coordinate certification workshops in origin countries
• Participate in impact monitoring of the certification program.

The Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator reports to the Standards and Certification Manager.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• MSc in agronomy, environmental science, international development or related
• 3 years of work experience
• Experience in auditing and/or certification and strong understanding of the issues therein
• Good knowledge of sustainability and agricultural and social standard systems

as well as smallholder production systems

• Understanding of commodity supply chains and the various needs and interests in market dynamics, experience with multi-stakeholder processes
• Work experience in (sub)tropical countries and in the development sector
• Result oriented, very analytical and a good eye for detail
• Self managing team player with excellent intercultural skills. Fluency in verbal and written English and good knowledge (verbal and written) of Portuguese, preferably also Spanish. French or Vietnamese is a plus.

UTZ CERTIFIED offers you a challenging position in a dynamic and international working environment, with entrepreneurial drive and an innovative approach. Employment is based upon minimum 32 hours/week. We can only consider candidates who have a work & residency permit for the Netherlands/EU. The position implies close co-operation with our partners in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. You should be willing to travel two to three times per year.

Please send your application to application [at] duurzaamheidwerkt [dot] nl  before February 13 2012, mentioning Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator Coffee & Tea in the subject line. For more information about this position please contact Thamar Zijlstra +31 (0) 6 41 89 98 46. For more information about UTZ CERTIFIED visit www.utzcertified.org.