US Program Officer
Contract: Consultancy Contract, home based. Two avail
Location: Dallas or other Cotton Belt locations are preferred.
Closing date: Midnight 10 February GMT
Number of positions: 2 positions available
https://bettercotton.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ToR-USA-Program-Officers-Dec-2018-draft.pdf
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) — the largest cotton sustainability
programme in the world — aims to reach 5 million farmers worldwide with
more sustainable agricultural practices, and account for 30% of global
cotton production by 2020. In less than 10 years, the Better Cotton
Initiative and its Partners have supported over 1.6 million farmers in
23 countries in adopting more sustainable agricultural practices. Thanks
to these efforts, Better Cotton accounts for around 15% of global cotton
production. We are truly a joint effort, encompassing stakeholders all
the way from farms to fashion brands and civil society organisations,
driving the cotton sector toward sustainability. BCI aims to transform
cotton production worldwide by developing Better Cotton as a sustainable
mainstream commodity.
Job Description
The main focus of this role will be to support the successful, rapidly
expanding Better Cotton
program in the United States. The Program Officers will help to
coordinate and execute training
and farm-level verification activities. These include helping to
administer an online self-assessment for participating farmers,
scheduling and carrying out second-party credibility
checks on farmers (to ensure compliance with the BCI standard) and
ongoing support to BCI’s
network of Group Managers, who organize and support participating
farmers. The Program
Officers will manage online databases, monitor the activities of
Implementing Partners (IPs),
and support the evaluation of projects.
The Program Officers may also play an important role in helping to
coordinate BCI programs in
Brazil, Australia and/or Israel, where BCI operates through strategic
partners. Applicants with
Portugese language abilities are strongly preferred for the Brazil
coordination functions.
Once filled, these two new positions will complete a team of three
Program Officers whose
work will be managed by the Program Coordinator. Brazil coordination
will be overseen by the
Americas Operations Manager, while Australia and Israel will be overseen
by the Head of
Large Farms and Field Performance.
This is an exciting and challenging role that will involve regular
travel to the field to verify
sustainable practices and collaborate with farmers to identify
improvement opportunities.