Officer
Sustainable Agriculture Officer, Industry Solutions
Solutions
The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform (SAI Platform) is a not-for-profit
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organisation transforming the global food and drink industry to source and produce
more sustainably. With over 160 members, from companies and organisations in the
food and drink value chain, SAI Platform is at the forefront in pioneering solutions to
common challenges and promoting sustainable agriculture through industry
collaboration
SAI Platform’s industry leading solutions are fundamental to to drive the
transformation of the agricultural sector towards the adoption of better agricultural
practices. Our systems help guide, measure and enable sustainable and
regenerative agriculture outcomes, with the objective of helping farmers to
overcome the challenges they face in the implementation and scaling of solutions.
Sustainable Agriculture Officer
SAI Platform is recruiting an Industry Solutions Officer. This is an exciting role and a
unique opportunity for a high calibre individual to support SAI platform’s industry
solutions and programmes, at a very crucial time. SAI Platform’s tools and solutions
play an important role in shaping the sourcing standards and approach of the food
and beverage industry. Given SAI Platform’s scope and breath, we operate at the
centre of sustainable agriculture and agricultural supply chains and the role
represents a great opportunity to learn and develop.
The Industry Solutions Officer will support the Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA)
Director and wider SAI Platform Secretariat in delivering core services and systems
that allow our solutions and programmes to grow and be used at scale. They will
also help to develop important new features that support the work programmes of
member workstreams.
The role involves remote working with a virtual team.
Responsibilities
Support the Farm Sustainability Assessment Director to:
- Ensure that all user support requests are managed correctly and in line with
agreed levels of service.
- Developing the effectiveness tracker and reporting on key metrics for growth
- Assist with the delivery of key meetings and events.
- Prepare or support the preparation of PowerPoint presentations and
reviewing training material.
Officer
Sustainable Agriculture Officer, Industry Solutions
Solutions
- Support the development of IT solutions including the FSA web-app and
- Prioritise and resolve any bugs within the system.
- Support users and service agents such as verification bodies, endorsed
advisors, as well as benchmarked scheme owners.
Support the development of the regenerative agriculture programme and its
- Co-ordinate on farm pilots.
- Co-ordinate online consultation process.
Candidate requirements
- Minimum of 1 years relevant work experience, preferably within the field of
food supply chains or sustainable agriculture OR hold a highly relevant post-
graduate qualification.
- Service-oriented attitude with excellent organisational and interpersonal
effectiveness.
- Good attention to detail and problem-solving ability.
- Strong IT literacy and confident in learning about new IT systems.
- Native or near-native level English speaker with excellent verbal and written
skills; additional languages are an asset.
- Self-motivated and able to work remotely with a virtual team.
- Existing knowledge of sustainability scheme management in the food sector is
preferred.
Applications
The role will occasionally involve travel. SAI Platform invites candidates of all
nationalities to apply.
Please send your application (a CV of no more than two A4 pages, and a one-page
cover letter) to jrushton@saiplatform.org mentioning ‘SAI Platform Industry Solutions
Officer in the subject line. For more information about this position, please send an
email with your queries to jrushton@saiplatform.org
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