Summary

Enveritas is looking for exceptional talent to join our global team and help lead our operations in Brazil.

Background

Enveritas provides sustainability assurance for the coffee industry, assessing social, economic, and environmental practices in the coffee supply chain. Enveritas operates in 27 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

We work with leading coffee roasters to understand the sustainability issues in their supply chain, based on our sustainability standards. Coffee roasters pay for these assessments, not coffee farmers. This permits many smallholder growers to access sustainable coffee markets who might otherwise have been shut out due to the prohibitive cost of sustainability audits which can cost thousands of dollars.

We believe this represents a pragmatic approach with integrity that offers a path to protect the environment and improve the livelihoods of coffee farmers.

Enveritas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2016.

The Role

As Brazil Country Manager, your role will be to lead stakeholder engagement and set the strategic direction for operations in Brazil, while helping to ensure that Enveritas’s integrity and quality standards are maintained and actionable insights are surfaced.

Specifically, you will:

Build strong connections with local partners and stakeholders, including government, exporters, farmers’ organizations, NGOs, and research institutes; we need the support, expertise and goodwill of various partners.
Develop deep expertise in local sustainability issues; this will enable you to shape policy discussions, farmers’ behaviors, and the decisions of major actors in the Brazilian coffee sector.
Help draft, review and present sustainability scorecards and reports to key stakeholders.
Surface the trends and insights that will help coffee roasters make data driven decisions about how they strengthen their supply chains in a sustainable manner.
Manage contracts: Familiarity with negotiating the terms, conditions, costs, and other specifications of a contract while making sure they comply with legal requirements and are legally enforceable. Oversee the execution of the contract, agree on and document any changes.
Work on new initiatives in collaboration with members of the Enveritas global team, which includes program & field operations managers, data scientists, product managers, software engineers, agronomy and coffee industry experts.
Lead ad hoc special projects, which may not necessarily be related to coffee (i.e. cocoa, oil palm)
Other duties as assigned, including outside of Brazil.

Enveritas will invest heavily in your growth and success. We recognize that we will need to attract and retain exceptional talent in order to fulfill our vision of reaching 100% of the world’s coffee farmers across 30+ countries. You will have the backing of a global team with deep experience in coffee sustainability and technology to help you reach your goals. We offer a fun, open, flat, and agile work culture that mitigates the communication challenges posed by being a global organization.

Qualifications

Research shows that people of different backgrounds read job postings differently. If you don’t think you meet all of the qualifications but do think you’d be a great match for us, please consider applying and sharing more in your cover letter. We’d love to talk with you to see what skills you can bring to our team. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications listed below:

Demonstrated track record of dealing with C-suite.
Excellent communication and analytical skills with strong ability for effectively conveying concepts through effective written and oral presentations to diverse stakeholders.
Entrepreneurial problem-solving attitude with a high level of rigor and attention to detail.
Based in Brazil with native proficiency in Portuguese and professional proficiency in English. Proficiency in Spanish is desirable.
Availability for regular travel.
Ability to work independently and balance priorities in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
Willing to make a commitment of a minimum of 3 years to the role and location.

Compensation is competitive for the sustainability sector. We are a multicultural organization, we look to hire employees who reflect the communities we serve and we strongly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply. We embrace the unique experiences, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds that each individual brings. We work hard, focus on results, but always with enthusiasm and a positive attitude.

How to apply:

Please apply here with your resume and a short cover letter that answers to the requirements of the role.

Enveritas is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging an inclusive and diverse workforce. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

We will unfortunately not be able to answer all applications but will get back to you if your experience could be a fit!

Feel free to contact us at jobs@enveritas.org should you have any questions about the position, the interview process, or if you require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable application process. Questions about this opportunity or process will not reflect negatively on your application.

A few notes about our communications: We are not able to reply to messages sent to staff outside of either our application process or our jobs email address, as this is unfair to other candidates. Also, Enveritas has been made aware of fake job postings by individuals pretending to hire persons seeking employment. These individuals are looking to collect personal information about you for fraudulent purposes. All legitimate Enveritas job openings are posted on our Greenhouse board at https://boards.greenhouse.io/enveritas. All recruiting emails from Enveritas team members will come through Greenhouse or from @enveritas.org. If you have any concerns about employment opportunities or contact from someone supposedly representing Enveritas, please reach out to us at jobs@enveritas.org

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