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UTZ CERTIFIED is seeking a Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator for its Cocoa program to be responsible for the implementation & monitoring UTZ certification procedures; certificate management; participation in multi-stakeholder dialogue and development and review of Chain of Custody requirements.

Deadline for Applications: 13 Feb 2012

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Sustainability Standards & Certification Coordinator for the Cocoa program

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 You will be assigned specific geographical and content areas to manage. Your main focus is on cocoa. 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 relevant work experience
• Experience in auditing and certification
• Good knowledge of sustainability and agricultural and social standard systems and smallholder production systems.
• Knowledge of cocoa production and sustainability challenges.
• 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, analytical and a very good eye for detail
• Self-managing team player with sensitivity and excellent intercultural skills. Fluency in English and French. Knowledge (verbal and written) of Spanish. Portuguese or Vietnamese is a plus.

Employment is based upon minimum 32 hours/week. Only candidates who have a work & residency permit for the Netherlands/EU can be considered. The position implies close co-operation with 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 Cocoa 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.