Policy Officer

vor 2 Monaten


Bonn, Deutschland FSC Global Development GmbH Vollzeit

**The Mission**

To effectively meet the challenge of protecting the world’s forests, we are committed to ensuring we have the world’s most skilled people working with us. This commitment extends to everyone that works in FSC around the world: from those that lead the design of policies and standards, to those that roll out those same policies and standards on the ground, and to those that provide us with backbone to do our work.

We are looking for an engaged **Policy Officer **who brings solid expertise and a passion for FSC’s mission, to work with us in a multinational environment.

**The Scope**

To support activities related to the development, maintenance, and implementation of requirements and tools of Country Programmes, with a focus on process data management.

**Main Roles and Responsibilities**
- Manage and monitor a database of country processes and develop progress reports.
- Monitor reports submitted by standard developers from various countries and report progress status to the team.
- Extract data for reporting the progress towards achieving FSC Global Strategy.
- Responsible for communication and publication related activities (e.g., public consultation announcements, news items, updates to FSC website content and publication of forest stewardship standards).
- Analyze and compile data relevant for country processes (e.g., examine numbers and types of stakeholders participating in such processes and conditions issued by body approving country processes).
- Support the editorial review of the forest stewardship standards.
- Support the development of contracts and procurement activities.
- Coordinate and support development of interpretations to approved forest stewardship standards, including:

- Organize meetings, develop agenda, and record decisions.
- Manage registry of interpretation requests.
- Implement communication activities.
- Participate in FSC internal competence and accreditation programme.
- Additional tasks as assigned by the formal supervisor.

**Qualification, Experience and Skills**

Education and Training:

- A minimum of a MSc or MBA degree.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in forestry, natural resource management, environmental sciences, social sciences, sustainability, or related field is a plus.
- Training in forest certification, project management, or tableau are strong assets.

Working Experience, Style and Skills:

- At least 2 years of professional experience in one or more of the following: project management (including support functions), certification, report writing and proof-reading, research and analytical tasks, communication solutions, quality management systems, record keeping, etc.
- Experience in forest management or standard setting is a strong plus.
- Ability to perform well while handling simultaneously several functions.
- Solutions and service-oriented attitude to work.
- A very strong sense for diligence and accuracy.
- Proven ability to plan, prioritise and organize work (professional project management experience is a plus).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective communication with peers and external stakeholders.

Language & Communication Skills:

- Fluency in English (spoken and written).
- Fluency in Spanish (spoken and written) is a plus.
- Fluency in French (spoken and written) is a plus.
- Ability to explain complex topics to a layman’s audience.

Computer Skills:

- Good skills in the use of MS Office 365, especially MS Excel.
- Experience with Tableau is a very strong plus.
- Experience with Database management platforms and/or relationship management systems is a plus.

**Terms and Conditions**
- Location: Bonn, Germany.
- Working Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week.
- Starting Date: As soon as possible.

**How to Apply**
- Please do not send any photos of yourself.

**Job Types**: Temporary, Full-time, Contract
Contract length: 24 months

Work Location: Hybrid remote in 53113 Bonn

Application Deadline: 18/02/2024



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