Forest Positive Project Manager

Earthworm Foundation (EF) is an international, dynamic non-profit organization which helps companies transform their supply chains across the world for the benefit of people and nature.

EF is seeking a motivated **Forest Positive Project Manager **based in Nyon, Switzerland or Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

**About **Earthworm Foundation**

Earthworm Foundation currently has presence in more than 16 countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, India, and several locations within Africa, Europe and the Americas. We employ more than 200 people worldwide and work with big and small companies, communities and producers of raw materials to create compelling cases of transformation. With an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, we work on the ground with people to create inspiring transformation stories. We focus on creating value, engage without judging and carry hope and a positive vision of the future.

**What Makes Us Unique**

Beyond providing advice on policy set up based on our strong technical expertise, we see the world through interactions and relationships. Operating between two worlds (NGO-Companies/Buyer-Supplier), we encourage our partners to look inside, and are not only their environmental conscience. In addition to traceability and assessments, we create and innovate solutions to the challenges companies and communities face.

**What We Offer**
- A unique work experience in a dynamic non-profit directly impacting the conservation of the environment and improvements in human rights and social equity through supply chains.
- An organic environment with the chance to work in a multicultural team with passionate people.
- The opportunity to lead complex projects, build customer relationships and develop new business, with exposure to different tasks.

**Responsibilities**:
The main areas of responsibilities for the **Forest Positive Project Manager **are as follows:

- Strategy development: Lead the creation strategy in close collaboration with internal stakeholders and our member companies;
- Member engagement: proactively engage with our members, internal stakeholders to create alignment around the vision, prioritization of needs, and proactively drive project activities. Be the key point of contact for various counterparts within our member companies;
- Analysis and reporting: support internal stakeholders with complete specific analyses related to forest positive and forest footprint actions and support the development of reports to present results;
- Supplier engagement: support supplier engagement as it relates to sharing vison/methodology/results and defining next steps. Provide guidance and support to the regional strategic analysts on running the supplier engagement locally, as well as ensuring alignment of the engagement across suppliers and commodities;
- Project management: Lead the management of project activities in close collaboration with EF teams globally to ensure high-quality delivery of all related project deliverables. Provide regular updates to relevant project stakeholders;
- Budget management: Ensure projects are delivered within budget and provide reporting to project stakeholders regularly;
- Communications: Develop materials and lead opportunities to share EF’s work externally with key industry, government and NGO groups.
- 5-10 years’ relevant professional working experience with global supply chain experience from a sustainability and/or innovation perspective;
- University degree or higher in a field related to business management, the environment, sociology/anthropology or international development;
- Strong understanding of business supply chains and sourcing issues; especially as it relates to land-use change impacts. Knowledge of natural raw materials and agricultural commodities an advantage;
- Exemplary relationship management skills, with proven track record of managing and developing existing clients and developing new ones;
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels;
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to work with large data sets, synthesise findings and identify key issues and risks. Excellent attention to detail;
- A natural planner and organizer, able to prioritize and organize own work schedule, with proven project management skills and experience, effectively driving multiple projects simultaneously;
- Excellent team player, with emotional stability, ideally used to working with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams in a matrixed global organization, used to fostering cross-boundary collaboration;
- Experience with managing conflict situations, including having difficult conversations with external or internal team if needed, in a constructive way to achieve the desired outcome;
- Comfortable in fast-moving, high-pressure, complex and changing environments;
- Positive attitude and high level of initiative;
- Willingness to learn and adapt;
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