Company Profile
Established in 2005, Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is the independent non-profit umbrella organization representing all Fairtrade certified producers in Africa. Fairtrade Africa is owned by its members, who are African producer organizations certified against international Fairtrade standards producing traditional export commodities such as flowers, coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, bananas, mango, and non-traditional commodities including shea butter and rooibos tea. Currently, the organization represents over 1 million smallholder farmers and workers across 33 countries in Africa.
Our Vision
A world in which all producers can enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods, fulfill their potential and decide on their future.
Our Mission
- To support our members to strengthen their organizations in line with Fairtrade standards.
- To improve and increase our members’ ability to access Fairtrade markets.
- To empower our members to advocate for their interests and take active ownership of the global Fairtrade system.
WHAT WE DO
Our Strategic Plan 2016-2020 provides a comprehensive long-term outline towards achieving our commitment to smallholder farmers, workers, and artisanal miners. By working within the Fairtrade system and with strategic partnerships through country and producer networks, we will deliver on the following:
- Deliver relevant valued services to Fairtrade smallholders and workers
- Build, secure, and sustain access to the market for our members.
- Advocacy.
- Build a strong, settled producer network as part of a global system
WHERE WE OPERATE
We operate four regional networks: Eastern Africa Network (FTA-ECAN) based in Nairobi, Kenya; West Africa Network (FTA-WAN) based in Accra, Ghana and Southern Africa Network (FTA-SAN) based in Cape Town, South Africa. The North Africa & Middle East Network is through partnerships that are coordinated from the secretariat in Nairobi.
Job Description
- TEAM: West Africa Network
- LOCATION: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
FAIRTRADE AFRICA PURPOSE
To improve the socio-economic conditions of African producers through increased access to better trading conditions.
REPORTING LINES
- Post holder reports to: Regional Cocoa Manager
- Staff reporting to this post: Cocoa BDAs and BSOs
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: Yes
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
- He/she will coordinate and lead a team of Business Development Advisors (BDAs) and/or Business Support Officer(s) in the implementation of all field level activities and producer services under the “West Africa Cocoa Programme”.
- He/she will work with their team to ensure enhanced standard compliance, capacity development and growth in the professionalism of the Fairtrade cooperatives under their mandate, to maximize revenues, business development opportunities and added value benefits through offering support, advice and guidance to existing and potential members and producer organizations.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Planning and implementation
- In liaison with the Regional Cocoa Programme Manager, the post holder will lead his/her team in planning, budgeting and implementation of field level activities and producer services under WACP
- Provide administrative and logistical support to his/her team under WACP
- Coordinate and support field staff in his/her to receive all logistics required for activity implementation
- Prepare draft annual work plans in line with WACP’s objectives for approval
- Develop, submit and update field activity implementation guidelines based on learnings from implementation and producer needs
- Reporting and Communication
- Lead in preparing all field level reports on progress of implementation and submit to Regional Cocoa Programme Manager
- Receive incoming calls/inquiries about the WACP field activities and effectively respond to all queries concerning the field implementation of WACP
- Ensure effective two-way communication between producer organisations and WACP field staff
- Facilitate joint planning and review with producer organisations and ensure timely gathering and distribution of information to producer organisations
- Regularly make telephone calls and collect feedback/information from producer organisations for monitoring & evaluation of services receive under WACP to inform improvements
- Prepare summaries for the programme’s (i.e. WACP) annual plans and reports. In liaison with the Communications team and Regional Cocoa Programme Manager, draft articles about WACP for newsletters
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
- Closely monitor programme performance (Financial and programmatic) and propose strategies for continuous improvement
- In close collaboration with the MEL team, support on all monitoring and evaluation related activities on WACP e.g. data collection
- Monitor capacity building efforts
- Submit high quality narrative and financial reports in accordance with project and organisational requirements (monthly, quarterly and annually)
- Provide information and data on a timely basis to the Fairtrade Africa MEL function including but not limited to quantitative and qualitative reporting
- Establish and maintain a database of all programme documents and reports area of operation
- Stakeholder and Partners’ Support
- Coordinate field trips for partners and other stakeholders
- In liaison with Regional Cocoa Programme Manager, increase partnership and networking between Fairtrade cocoa producers, government officials, civil society and the private sector
- Accounting Support and Resource Mobilization
- Effectively track WACP field level income and expenses
- Prepare and/or approve budgets for his/her team members’ WACP field activities and workshops
- Prepare monthly and quarterly budget report on WACP field level activities
- Support the Regional Cocoa Manager with resource mobilisation for cocoa work
- Administrative Support
- Support provide logistical support to the organisation for events and workshops
- Represent the FTA at meetings, events/forums, and conferences in and outside the country
- People management
- Works as a technical leader for the WACP field team and coordinate team members´ work
- Performance manage field BDAs and BSOs in his/her team under the WACP
Required Skills or Experience
Minimum Academic Requirement
Graduate in Agriculture, Economics, Rural Development Studies, Business Administration, Marketing or Business Management
Other Specialist Training or Certifications
Project Management
Minimum Years of Relevant Experience
At least 3 years’ experience in Programme/Project development and Management in the cocoa sector in Cote d’Ivoire or Ghana
Communication demands and competencies
- Good command of spoken and written English
- Experience in report writing
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact with individuals across multi-functional and cultural disciplines
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