Job Title: Gold Network Coordinator
Team: Programmes
Job Family: Programmes
Category: National/ International
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Scale: Manager Level II
Salary Range (Gross): £9,000 per year (50% of a full time post – 20
hours per week)
Fairtrade Africa Purpose: To improve the socio-economic conditions of
African producers through increased access to better trading conditions.
Job Purpose: To ensure that a strong network of NGOs,
miners and practitioners committed to a common vision of responsible mining in
the region is established in East Africa.
Background: Since 2010 Fairtrade International and the
Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) have partnered to promote the
formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).
The partnership, with
Solidaridad as an allied, supports artisanal and small-scale miners in adopting
best practice in social and environmental standards and becoming Fairtrade and
Fairmined certified. It also provides consumers in the North with the opportunity
to be part of the positive transformation of this sector
Fairtrade and Fairmined
certified gold form artisanal and small-scale miners currently from Latin
American producers is now available to consumers across North America and
Europe in various jewellery products.
The initiative is now
expanding into Africa, building on gained experiences and scoping work by some
of the partnering organisations since 2007 and aiming to develop capacities
within Fairtrade Africa around ASM issues.
Project: Fairtrade Foundation, ARM, Solidaridad and Fairtrade Africa have
been awarded £800k to
extend Fairtrade and
Fairmined certification to ASM in Africa over 3 years from April 2012 under
Comic
Relief’s Trade
Programme.
The objectives of the
project are;
- 1,100
small-scale gold miners in 3 countries are enabled to mine gold in a fair
and responsible manner in compliance with the FT/FM standard
- Creation of
an African knowledge network that promotes responsible ASM practices
- Key
stakeholders in governmental and non-governmental sectors are influenced
in their policy and decision making towards ASM
- At least 5
European jewellers commit to sourcing Fairtrade & Fairmined gold from
Africa
- Increased
awareness of consumers in the UK and NL on ethical and Fairtrade issues related
to gold.
Reporting Lines:
Post holder reports to: The
Network Coordinator will have to manage input from and work closely with
all project stakeholders
and will report to ARM and FTA on network related issues. In terms of project
management, the position
will dually report into the overall project manager within Fairtrade
Foundation,
and Fairtrade Africa. From
November 2013 the position will report only to Fairtrade Africa.
Staff reporting to this
post: None
Key Responsibilities:
- Development
and coordination of an active network of at least 20 members including
local support organisations, mining organizations, governmental and
non-governmental stakeholders in the East African ASM sector engaged with
formalisation processes and with the Fairtrade and Fairmined project and
goals.
- Ensure
knowledge sharing among project partners and within the network.
- Organisation
of annual regional meetings of key project stakeholders with exchanges
between Latin American miners and Fairtrade agricultural producers.
- Assistance
with context sensitive training materials to Fairtrade Africa and ARM.
- Support the
development of a sustainability strategy for the network facilitating
discussions around how a longer-term collaboration FTA and ARM could be
established.
- Key link
between project partners.
- Regular
reporting to ARM and FTA on progress with the network development
(objectives 2 and 3)
- Communicate
the outcomes and lessons learnt of Objectives 1-3 within the network.
- Member of
Public Policy Committee which aims to increase the visibility of ASM
issues and the inclusion of miners in key policy spheres.
- Liaise with
ASM network in West Africa, Latin America and Mongolia.
- Occasional
travel in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya may be required.
Experience/ Skills and Competence: (E) Essential & (D) Desirable
Experience
- Graduate
level degree in Agricultural, Economics, Rural development or Development
studies(E)
- At least 3
years of work experience with artisanal and small scale mining, preferably
in developing countries
- Excellent written
and spoken English, some working knowledge of major languages spoken in
the region including Swahili will be an advantage.
- Established
network around artisanal and small scale mining (E)
- Experience
of building networks to promote market access and formalisation of
producers/miners.
- Interest and
background knowledge in Fairtrade
- Able to
handle varied, demanding and complex tasks(E)
- Willingness
to travel in very basic conditions and at short notices(E)
- Ability to
work independently (E)
- A flexible
and enthusiastic approach to work with the ability to be part of a team(E)
- Able to
juggle competing priorities to tight deadlines(E)
Skills
- Proactive
and can-do attitude.
- Project
Management
- Strategic
Engagement
- Strong
communication skills (written and oral).
- Interpersonal
Skills including negotiation
- Excellent
planning skills (E)
- Organised
and able to use their initiative to reach objectives set.
- Microsoft
Office computer skills(E)
Application
An application form (CVs
will not be accepted) can be found on the jobs and volunteering page of our
website.
If you have any queries,
please e-mail recruitments@fairtradeafrica.net or call +254 20 2721930 and ask
to speak to a member of the Admin team.
Qualified applicants will
be subjected to a background check as a condition of employment.
The final hiring decision
is anticipated end of July 2012 for a start date ASAP.
Completed applications
should be e-mailed to recruitments@fairtradeafrica.net not later than 14th July
2012.
All applicants should state
how they meet essential requirements of the job in the application form, and
should include email address and telephone contact details in their
applications.
Others: This job
description is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible
specification as it may be varied from time to time based on discussions with
the post holder.
The post holder will be
expected to work to agreed objectives, which should facilitate achievements of
key responsibilities in accordance with the Performance Review Process.
