Job description:

At the Rainforest Alliance, we are building an alliance to create a better future for people and nature by making responsible business the new normal. To advance our mission, we focus on amplifying our impact on the ground through systemic transformation: change across the entire supply chain, change in the relationship between people and nature, and change within our own organization. We achieve this transformation by working in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders to create a stronger Alliance. Together, we amplify the voices of farmers and forest communities, improve livelihoods, protect biodiversity, and help people adapt to climate change in bold and effective ways. We embrace transparency because we believe that the best way to build trust across our alliance is through openness about our tactics, our impact, and partners on the ground. Together, we can achieve our vision of a world where people and nature thrive in harmony.

Position summary:

Rainforest Alliance’s Tailored Programs support companies to establish and implement commitments on responsible sourcing, that lead to positive social and environmental impacts within priority supply chains. As part of a multiyear partnership agreement with one of the world’s largest coffee brands, you will perform risk assessments of their supply chains, analyze developments made with newly set up improvement projects and unlock the value of a large pool of collected data to link it to informed decision-making. You will play an integral role in conveying the story behind the data to a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You enjoy working in multi-disciplinary teams and using your data management skills for reporting, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), visualization of results, and other support activities. Finally, you take initiative to suggest areas for improvement in current reporting techniques and practices.

Responsibilities: 

Analysis of supplier self-reported data:

You will lead the data analysis crucial to our corporate partner’s supplier engagement strategy including:

• Perform quality checks of suppliers self-reported data
• Make targeted and tailored outreach with suppliers to improve the quality of the data and drive meaning out of it

Reporting of certification data

• Coordinate the analysis of tailored certified supply chain reporting of our corporate partner’s certification footprint, reach and performance against the Rainforest Alliance standards.

Integrated Reporting 

• Maintain and update PowerBI dashboards to a high quality
• Support the integration and visualization of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of sustainability projects in key sourcing origins
• Create and distribute supplier profiles and country risk reports
• Support our corporate partner with their own internal reporting requirements

Qualifications: 

• At least a bachelor’s degree with solid analytical components
• At least 2 years of progressive experience working with data
• Able to tie high level thinking to hands on delivery
• Able to understand the business needs behind the data requests
• Comfortable engaging with non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical and entrepreneurial mindset
• Strong attention to detail
• Familiar with BI tools such as PowerBI, or willingness to learn; highly experienced with Excel
• Clear verbal and written communication skills in English

Salary:

Commensurate with experience.

Deadline: February 18 2021

Notes: Only candidates authorized to work in the Netherlands will be considered.

The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability and any other protected group.

If you have any questions about the job vacancy, please contact the HR department: recruitment@ra.org