Company description

Preferred by Nature is a non-profit organisation that works for sustainable land use and climate-friendly solutions. With 260+ staff around the world, our activities build capacity, raise awareness, conserve nature and streamline sustainability through innovation.

Job description

The overall function of this position is to uphold Preferred by Nature’s mission to support better land management
and business practices that benefit people, nature, and the climate, and contribute to identifying, pursuing, and
implementing opportunities where Preferred by Nature can have a positive influence in line with our mission.

The coordinator role supports the successful operation and development of agricultural certification services in the
United States and Canada. This position manages the certification process for clients, which includes conducting
audits against Preferred by Nature’s approved agriculture certification standards and assists in the overall growth
and development of these services. This could include facilitating training events, attending tradeshows, and
soliciting new clients.

This position is multi-faceted and includes the tasks below:
• Manage the execution of Chain of Custody (CoC) audits to include budgeting, service contracts, team
identification, logistical planning, support to consultants, report review, liaison with clients and finalize
reports for approval.
• Develop and implement annual audit schedules and ensure timely and efficient completion of annual
audits.
• Act as auditor on selected assessments and audits.
• Ensure efficiency, quality control and adherence to technical and administration certification protocols for
all jobs directly under his/her responsibilities.
• Coordinate with consultants on agreement scope of work and subsequent deliverables.
• Provide customer service to current and potential clients to include, but is not limited to, providing
information about certification, guidance on interpretation of certification standards and trademark use.
• Develop strong expertise in Preferred by Nature, Rainforest Alliance, RSPO, and other certification policies
and protocols.
• Act as primary point of contact in client correspondence and responding to inquiries.
• Provide monthly expense and progress reports to line manager.
• Provide input for policy development and technical improvements to the certification system.
• Manage and maintain technical and administrative databases (e.g., Salesforce, other Preferred by Nature
databases services).
• Monitor and maintain the status of the certificate client portfolio (activations, suspensions, terminations,
changes in scope, updating customer data, etc.).
• Assist in technical discussions with scheme owners and relevant stakeholders (Rainforest Alliance, RSPO,
SRP, etc.).
• Assist in assessing risk and applying risk management.
• Other related assignments as necessary.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, varies DOE, $47,000.00 - $57,000.00

Location

job can be done remotely

Application instructions

Deadline

October 15, 2021