Role purpose
- Support and enable the Sustainable & Responsible Business agenda, including stewardship, partnerships and product defence
- Develop and implement specific projects in support of sustainability and FTO purposes
- Work with digital team to develop and implement digital capabilities for sustainability and stewardship.
- Provide project support for a variety of initiatives relating to safe use training, stewardship effectiveness, portfolio innovation and sustainable agriculture initiatives
Accountabilities:
- Be a key contributor and focal point for various initiatives across the region, including stakeholder engagement and country coordination, to support sustainable outcomes
- Support the Freedom to Operate agenda through implementing analysis for foresight of issues and supporting the evaluation of the potential impacts of changes to relevant policies
- Support engagement and development of partnerships with value-chain, retailers, NGOs in service of Freedom to Operate, Reputation building
- Lead the development and implementation of digital innovations for stewardship and sustainability (measurement tools, engagement and outreach platforms, etc)
- Connect and ensure alignment of S&RB approaches in product management in the field, including support of the
- Work with commercial teams to identify opportunities for enahcing the portfolio value of sustainability initiatives
- Support the development of materials used for safe use trainings and farmer engagement
- Support ESG reporting of relevant metrics
Knowledge, experience & capabilities
Critical knowledge
- General understanding of major sustainability topics like biodiversity, climate and regenerative agriculture
- Good working knowledge of social, environmental and political concerns held by external stakeholders that influence Freedom to Operate in agriculture
- General knowledge of agriculture and/or food production, particularly in smallholder environments
Critical experience
- Experience implementing or supporting partnerships across multiple countries
- Strategic planning and project management
- Regional experience working with multiple functions would be useful
Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Ability to influence and work across a matrix environment
- Strategic thinking and analytic skills balanced with a commitment to action
