Starting Date: ASAP/Mid-Month December/January 2024/25
Contract type: Full-time and open-ended
Salary: GBP 57’400/year if in London; CHF 95’450/year if in Geneva, INR 3’042’400/year if in Delhi or PKR 6’773’600/year if in Lahore, commensurate with relevant experience and skills
Location: London, Delhi, Lahore or for Swiss residents only: Geneva, Switzerland
Application closing date: 11 November 2024 at 23:59 UK time
Please note that the applications to be reviewed on a rolling basis and recruitment will be closed when the suitable candidate is identified. We encourage interested candidates to apply ASAP.
Reports to: Director of Farm Programmes and Partnerships
About the Job
Better Cotton is a voluntary sustainability standard organisation, but we are more than just a standard. Our role is also to build the capacity of farming communities worldwide by promoting socially and environmentally sustainable cotton growing practices. A significant part of this involves meeting and exceeding the Decent Work requirements of our Better Cotton Standard. Today, over 2 million farmers participate in Better Cotton’s programmes globally.
In this role, you will be part of the Global Programmes & Partnerships team, supporting our programme partners to achieve this ambitious objective and helping Better Cotton producers improve their labour practices. As part of the global partnership team, you will work closely with country teams to translate Better Cotton Standard requirements into context-appropriate action plans and set producers on the path towards continuous improvement.
More specifically, this role involves:
Responsibilities
We are seeking a motivated Partnerships Manager – Labour Rights to join our Global Programmes & Partnerships team. In this role, you will:
Standard Implementation Support
Country Programmes Support
Partner Due Diligence and Performance Management
Complaints Management
Profile
This role requires a proactive, detail-oriented professional with a passion for advancing social sustainability and a proven track record of implementing human rights and labour standards in a development or agricultural context.
The selected candidate will have the following attributes, skills, knowledge, and experience:
Attributes
Essential
Desirable
What we offer
Working arrangements
The position is full-time (40 hours per week). Better Cotton offers flexible working, with core hours being 10 am – 4 pm. The position will require international travel (15% of time or 8 -10 weeks in a year).
About Better Cotton
Better Cotton is the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. Our 200+ colleagues of 37+ nationalities are united by a shared passion and commitment to achieving the Better Cotton mission: to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. Through our network of field-level partners a quarter of the world’s cotton is now grown under the Better Cotton Standard. We have united the industry’s stakeholders behind our efforts, from ginners and spinners to brand owners, civil society organisations and governments. Everyone who cares about cotton and its sustainable future can now be part of something better.
About our Values
The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our workplace values which are:
Being you @ Better Cotton
Better Cotton is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to good practice and transparency in the management of natural, human, and financial resources.
We have a zero-tolerance approach to any attitudes or behaviours that put children or adults at risk of harm. Safeguarding incidents are acts of serious misconduct and are grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including, dismissal and referral to relevant authorities for criminal prosecution. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks.
Apply now
To apply, please submit your CV (maximum 2 pages) and a brief cover letter (maximum 1 page) by the deadline, via this link: https://ats.rippling.com/en-GB/better-cotton-careers/jobs/37557245-e350-4e99-afca-7ab2edec89ce
In your cover letter, tell us why your experience makes you a great fit for this role at Better Cotton. We’re interested in your unique perspective—share what drives you and why you believe this opportunity is the perfect next step in your career.
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