Job Vacancy THE FOREST TRUST : Program Officer

The Forest Trust

TFT (The Forest Trust) is an international fast growing non-profit organization which helps companies transform their supply chains across the world for the benefit of people and nature.

TFT is seeking an experienced and motivated professional

Program Officer

Based in Jakarta, Indonesia

About The Forest Trust (TFT)

TFT currently has presence in 19 countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, India, and several locations within West Africa, Europe and the Americas. We employ 230 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 fast-growing and dynamic non-profit directly impacting the conservation of the environment and improvements in human rights and social equity through supply chains.

·         A dynamic environment with the chance to work in a multicultural team.

·         The opportunity to lead complex projects, build customer relationships and develop new business, with exposure to different tasks.

Responsibilities and Scope

The ‘Respect’ team at TFT Indonesia works to help identify, develop and deliver practical solutions to the issue of exploitation of workers in global supply chains. Currently the team is engaged in the Palm Oil and Tin Mining supply chains, with some support activities in Pulp and Paper. Through its work on assessments and client engagements, the ‘Respect’ team is now focusing on finding issues to key labout issues such as Occupational Health and Safety, Wages and Working Hours and Workers’ Contracts. For this, TFT Indonesia is running several projects focusing largely on field assessments, capacity development and stakeholder engagement in clients’ supply chains.

In addition to this, the team is also creating document resources and developing strategies to create impact at scale for the transformation of labour practices in the palm oil industry. In Indonesia, TFT is looking for candidates to support the work of the Respect team, having the following responsibilities:

·         Undertake desk research, including legal research and documentation to support project work;

·         Support the Programme Manager and Senior Officer in the development of high quality project proposals, reports and external communications;

·         Support the Senior Programme Officer in the preparation of training materials, and assessments, site visits etc.

·         Support project consultations with external stakeholders;

·         Support and participate with the field teams for all field work to be undertaken for the project;

·         Contribute to discussions on project strategy ;

·         Assist and support coordination efforts with other TFT teams and initiatives;

·         Carry out any other duties or responsibilities as required.

Requirements – Candidate Profile Minimum Qualifications

·         Bachelor’s degree in Law, Economics or Political Science

·         1-2 years of work experience on labour focused issues

·         Experience in field work

·         Experience in undertaking desk studies and research

·         Experience in coordination and project cycle management

·         Experience in engaging with a variety of stakeholders from the government, private sector as well as social sector.

Language skills:

·         Strong spoken and written skills in Indonesian and English

Personal characteristics:

·         Ability to work in small teams with varying workloads

·         Capacity to initiate work and manage deliverables independently

·         Willingness to learn

·         Excellent communication skills and a friendly nature

·         High levels of adaptation to a fast paced work environment;

·         Committed to TFT values:

○           Focus on action and on-the-ground results;

○           Entrepreneurial spirit;

○           Client-focused;

○           Open collaboration and communication;

○           Humble;

○           Respect for each other.

Working conditions / Physical effort:

·         Based in Jakarta, Indonesia

·         1 year contract, extendable

·         Willing to travel throughout Indonesia

To Apply

Only qualified candidates fully meeting the above criteria, are invited to apply. They are encouraged to send their cover letter and resume via email to indonesia.recruitment@tft-earth.org by 30 November 2018 at the latest. The position will be open until filled. Only selected candidates will be contacted.