Project Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean
Join the leader of the nation's fast-growing Fair Trade movement!
Supervisor: Global Producer Services Senior Program Manager
Schedule: Full time, M-F
Salary: Competitive; includes standard benefits package
Overview of Position:
The Global Producer Services (GPS) department of TransFair USA works to strengthen farmer organizations through quality improvement, business training, and market linkage opportunities. GPS is currently developing implementing work with coffee cooperatives in a number of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. Working with the GPS Director, Senior Manager, fellow Project Manager(s), Associates and interns, this position will be responsible for overseeing capacity building projects for multiple farmer organizations in multiple countries, to augment their Fair Trade market opportunities. The GPS Project Manager for LAC will be responsible for identifying potential producer partners, building relationships with donors, producers, and technical assistance providers, mapping out strategic priorities, implementing start-up projects and providing leadership in establishing program management structures in support of excellence in service delivery. GPS projects in LAC will always involve our producer partners, will target multiple commodities 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 Latin American and Caribbean producer organizations, and provide a baseline level of support to other Fair Trade producer groups as needed
Develop and manage relationships with technical assistance providers to ensure on-the-ground services to producer groups;
Visit producer groups and project partners in target countries to monitor project implementation and provide periodic evaluations and recommendations for project improvement
Implement industry-standard project management processes, tools and evaluation methodologies for the GPS Department to monitor producer involvement and activities
Conduct research, data collection and analysis for reporting to funding agencies, measuring Fair Trade impact, and informing GPS strategy and services
Carry out market linkage activities with producer representatives
Investigate producer needs and industry opportunities to create Global Producer Services proposals for development agencies, foundations and multilateral development banks
Supervise staff.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s Degree in International Development required, Master’s Degree Preferred
A minimum of four years combined experience in Project Management and Agricultural Development work.
Must include experience on the ground in international project management in Latin America, including complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
Experience managing USAID projects required. Related experiences such as work with cooperatives and smallholder farmers at origin will be considered.
Experience in international commodity trade, with exposure to capacity building projects in developing countries with producers of commodities is desired.
Experience in the coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar or fresh fruit industry preferred.
Fluency in Spanish and English is required. Additional fluency in Portuguese or French is ideal.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must and demonstrable capacity for multi-tasking and detail orientation is essential.
Must be proficient using the applications of Microsoft Office.
To Apply: Please submit a resume and cover letter A.S.A.P. to: TransFair USA,1500 Broadway. Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94612. Fax: 510 663-5264. Email: personnel@transfairusa.org.
More information available: www.transfairusa.org
No phone calls please.
About Us: 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.
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.
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