Job
Title: Gold Network Coordinator
Team:
Programmes
Job
Family: Programmes
Category:
National/
International
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Budget
Responsibility:
Yes
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.
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