Gerente técnico de agricultura regenerativa (café) – São Paulo/SP

SP | São Paulo, Exterior
Efetivo (CLT)
Engenheiro Agrônomo

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and roll out of verification and evaluation frameworks on regenerative agriculture transition, ensuring alignment with a selected strategic coffee corporate partner project goals and objectives;
• Contribute to technical protocols and guides on regenerative agriculture, with support from technical experts;
• Design and conduct benchmark and evaluation framework of sustainability programs and standards, in line with organization standards framework and the Regenerative Agriculture strategy;
• Analyse field data related to regenerative agriculture performance in the countries of implementation of the assigned project (at least 18 coffee countries across Asia, Latin America and Africa);
• Provide training on technical content and evaluation methods;
• Ensure data quality control and advise on data collection methods;
• Provide technical input and insights to teams that generate results-based claims;
• Offer IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and agronomic expertise to support partnership objectives;
• Support the administration of field assessments conducted by various field partners;
• Collaborate with Rainforest Alliance project and regional teams, and other internal departments as required, to synthesize and report out project activities;
• Communicate project activities and results to company partner and internal stakeholders;
• Provide guidance to market partners on incentives and techniques to improve sustainability performance from their sourcing regions;
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• First degree in agronomy and a master’s degree in agroecology or related field is highly preferred;
• Advanced knowledge of coffee agronomy, climate smart agriculture, and regenerative agriculture / agroecology;
• At least 5 years of post-degree hands-on field experience and progressively responsible work experience in conducting monitoring and evaluation of agricultural supply chains, overseeing data collection, synthesizing and analysing data;
• Knowledge of certification and verification sustainability standards;
• Strong excel and analytical skills; results oriented; attention to detail;
• Ability to work independently and with multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary teams, multi-task and work under tight deadlines;
• Fluency in English, Spanish and Portuguese (if based in Brazil) is required.