The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes.

Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests  and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.

As an international nonprofit organization with more than 30 years of experience in sustainability transformation, we understand that the social and economic well-being of rural communities is tightly connected to ecosystem health. This knowledge has shaped our rigorous programs to advance sustainable land-use and commodity production.

At the Rainforest Alliance we combat climate change, protect forests and biodiversity, promote human rights, and improve livelihoods. The enormity of the social and environmental challenges we are facing requires working together in a broad alliance. This is why we bring farmers, forest communities, companies, and consumers together to change the way the world produces, sources, and consumes.

Why

To protect nature and improve lives it’s becoming increasingly urgent that we approach the way we use our land and produce food and other products in more sustainable ways. For this to succeed we need to fundamentally change the way that businesses operate and source, and the choices we all make as consumers.

How

Our growing global alliance aims to transform our relationship with our natural resources and each other, to create a better future for people and nature together.

The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability and any other protected group.

Position summary:

Over the past few years the HR department of Rainforest Alliance has taken significant steps in developing and professionalizing the function as a whole. There is still a clear need to further professionalize our Talent Management efforts. Rainforest Alliance is also setting ambitious targets to further diversify its staff base and to hire significantly more staff in the three geographical regions where we create our impact. The Senior Manager Talent Management is a new role, reporting directly into the Chief People Officer, tasked with designing and implementing a robust global strategy for talent management & learning. Establishing Rainforest Alliance as a strong employer brand, attracting a diverse talent pool so that our workforce represents the communities we work in. And establishing an effective learning environment where our employees will feel engaged and will have the opportunity to develop their professional capabilities to effectively contribute to our mission. This position will work in close collaboration with the international HR team, that is based in various countries across the globe, and the various departments of our organisation.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Provide professional expertise and support in the delivery of talent strategies that are required to achieve business goals and results in the continued development of talent;
• Initiate and maintain effective programs for workforce retention, promotion and succession planning;
• Support enterprise performance management practices to include standards of performance and performance evaluation instruments.
• Identify trends in performance data and make recommendations for action.
• Train and coach managers, supervisors and others involved in employee development efforts.
• Develop and implement training, learning solutions, and development offerings to support individual growth
• Build the employer branding to align with the corporate branding and strategy, in collaboration with the communication team;
• Develop a global onboarding approach, aligned with the culture of the organization and the specific needs from each business portfolio and region;
• Lead initiatives to improve employee engagement, closely aligned to our employee value proposition;
• Advise and shape capability transformation, working with senior stakeholders in the business;
• In partnership with the Chief People Officer, develop succession plans for senior roles;
• Leading the design, delivery and evaluation of individual and organisational learning, including leadership development and career progression.
• Work in close collaboration with the Chief People Officer and other members of the HR leadership team to determine the HR priorities and needs per region and business portfolio in order to drive the design and implementation accordingly.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management or related field;
• Minimum 10 years’ relevant experience in human resources within an international/global environment; working experience within NGO or sustainable industry is a plus;
• Minimum 5 years’ of people management experience;
• Knowledge of trends and cutting-edge HR strategies;
• Inspired by our mission and always looking for the best way to make the organisation stronger;
• Experience with talent management and learning concepts and strategies;
• Fluent in English and additional language welcome (French or Spanish);
• Must be pro-active, creative and self-driven.

Salary:

Commensurate with experience.

Deadline: 1 August, 2022

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