Business Associate

Department: Traidcraft India

Location: Siliguri/Kolkata

Reports to: Supply Chain Specialist Traidcraft India

Role Type: 24 month fixed term

Hours of Work: Full Time, Flexible

Role Purpose:

To support the project team and the partners in facilitating sustainable livelihoods options & resilience of 6000 tea worker communities in 3 districts of North Bengal and 250 Small Tea Growers (STGs) in 2 districts of Assam. Specifically, the position holder will bring his/her passion in building practices in the tea sector that are climate resilient. Additionally, the person will support the project team in monitoring of different climate initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Stay abreast of developments pertaining to climate resilient best practices in tea sector and make appropriate implementation plans in coordination with the supply chain specialist and other project staff in the field
• Monitor and hand hold the implementation of the plans as pilots in select tea gardens & STGs in collaboration with the management, the project partners and other key stakeholders.  
• Partake in relevant surveys and studies from time to time as per the need of the project
• Update MIS and other reporting formalities of the project on a monthly and quarterly basis.    
• To assist in development of actionable monthly/Yearly plans and partake in team reviews and coordinate with Project Coordinators, resource persons and community mobilizers for implementation of the plan
• To carry out other duties, which may or may not be related to the job, as reasonably requested by management

Person Specifications:

You will be: A self-driven professional having demonstrated experience in managing climate resilient practices in tea or similar sectors such as agriculture and allied sectors. Good understanding of best practices in sustainability & ability to draw the relevance with tea sector is desirable.

You will have:

• Experience in working on climate resilient practices/Regenerative agriculture/Natural Farming either in Tea sector or any similar sectors such as agriculture
• Experience in managing/working with partners in monitoring or undertaking similar collaborative work with range of stakeholders
• Minimum of 2-3 years of professional experience in similar role
• Experience of implementing climate friendly practices and conceptualizing and implementing climate resilient pilots/models
• Strong interpersonal skill & ability to work & coordinate with different stakeholders
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, good IT (including familiarity with Microsoft Office), and numeracy (including budget management) skills
• Willingness to travel extensively.

You may have:

• Bachelor’ s/Master’s Degree in Environmental science/Agriculture/Rural Management/social work/ Economics/MBA
• Experience in working with large national/international NGO’s, foundations, professional advisory/consulting firm or government programs 
• Knowledge of tea sector will be an added advantage 

The last date for application is 06 september 2024. Interested candudates may send their resumes to surya.chakravarthi@traidcraft.org

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