Regenerative Agriculture Manager

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About the Organization

Better Cotton is a global not-for-profit organisation supporting the production of more equitable and sustainable cotton at farm level. We exist to catalyse the cotton farming community with partners, governments and others to continuously drive positive impact by setting standards and facilitating the supply and demand of more sustainable cotton from farm to brand. In just 15 years we have aligned more than a fifth of the world’s cotton with our standard and helped farmers and farming communities thrive. Join us in building a better, more sustainable future for cotton worldwide.

Job Description

Are you purpose-led and ready to embark on a journey to shape the future of sustainable cotton? Join us at Better Cotton as Regenerative Agriculture Manager and play a pivotal role in driving Better Cotton’s 2030 Strategy, ensuring measurable progress in sustainable farming practices for the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative – we support more sustainable farming practices and farm livelihoods for nearly 3 million farmers in the Better Cotton network in 23 countries around the world.

The individual will provide technical expertise, thought leadership, and foster innovation to meet strategic aims. They will collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, shaping the global regenerative approach, and supporting fundraising initiatives. 

Experience in delivering agriculture related programmes and managing partnerships at scale in a not-for-profit environment would be considered a definite asset for this role. Most Better Cotton farmers are smallholder family farmers. For this reason, the ideal candidate´s experience will encompass both the agronomic side of agriculture as well as working with smallholder farming – or at least a strong understanding of this context and the potential barriers to capacity strengthening and the adoption of regenerative practices.

This is a new, and exciting role which has the potential to fundamentally shape how Better Cotton embeds Regenerative Agriculture while also helping ensure that cotton farmers can survive and thrive and adapt to a growing climate crisis.

Job Responsibilities

We are seeking a motivated Regenerative Agriculture Manager to join our Programmes Team. In this role, you will be responsible for:

Technical expertise and thought leadership

• Ensure alignment of the Better Cotton regenerative agriculture approach with internal strategies, global agendas, retailer, and brand requirements, and evolving scientific research.
• Oversea and lead internal an internal working group to enhance knowledge sharing and cross functional collaborations. 
• Collaborate with external organisations, build complementary relationships and align with industry initiatives and metrics.
• Represent Better Cotton in working groups and cross-sector initiatives relevant to regenerative agriculture and textiles.
• Continuously monitor trends and developments in the field of 'regenerative' agriculture and textiles. Provide feedback on key opportunities and implications to Better Cotton teams and functions.
• Collaborate closely with the Better Cotton Communications team and other departments to develop and deliver compelling messages regarding our approach and provide thought leadership and share subject matter updates.
• Promote Better Cotton’s approach and activities through engaging in speaking events, conferences, or panels as relevant and suitable.
• Provide expert-level input for the development of guidance and training materials related to regenerative agriculture concepts in the Better Cotton Standard.
• Collaborate with other internal teams to design and refine impact indicators, baselines, and methodologies.
• Provide high level interpretation of technical data related to regenerative agriculture

Impact delivery and innovation

• Identify and pilot innovative solutions to meet 2030 targets, scaling cost-effective approaches with measurable impacts.
• Facilitate participatory design processes with stakeholders to align on opportunities and develop evidence-based solutions.
• Oversee and provide strategic guidance to Better Cotton program teams in developing and implementing localised action plans to encourage the adoption of regenerative practices.
• Collaborate with the other thematic leads to establish synergies and optimise field level impact though the GIF and novel projects
• Explore and promote global research efforts to contribute to the global knowledge base, including piloting trials of regenerative practices and innovative inputs such as alternatives to synthetic fertilisers, green fertilisers, and new seed and trait development.
• Partner with the Knowledge Management team to facilitate knowledge transfer and enhance capacity strengthening activities
• Support pilot testing of regenerative agriculture implementation and assessment frameworks 
• Support with data collection for baselines and on-going monitoring in order to track and communicate progress
• Manage cross-functional and multi-country regenerative agriculture projects, ensuring successful implementation and scaling of solutions.

fundraising and partnership building

• Provide technical input to support the fundraising team in developing proposals, managing donor pipelines, and securing partnerships to fund initiatives related to regenerative agriculture. 
• Collaborate with the fundraising team to strengthen and maintain relationships with institutional donors, retailers, and brands to advance Better Cotton’s fundraising goals related to regenerative agriculture 
• Take the lead in identifying and establishing new global partnerships with critical NGOs, multistakeholder groups, government actors, and other stakeholders to advance regenerative initiatives. Also, manage existing partnerships.
• Provide strategic guidance and support to country-level Better Cotton teams in identifying and cultivating effective regional partnerships.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

the following skills, knowledge, and experience:

Essential

• University degree, or equivalent higher education qualification, in a relevant field
• Demonstrated technical expertise related to regenerative agriculture 
• Proven and extrensive work experience, ideally in technical advisory or managing programmes, in a relevant field 
• Excellent organisational skills – ability to handle multiple projects in parallel, prioritise, and meet deadlines.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively (in-person and through use of virtual tools) across different teams and cultures, strong relationship building skills and service-oriented attitude
• Track record in brokering new partnerships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – ability to communicate clearly and concisely, as well as the ability to assimilate and process information for wide-ranging audiences
• Proven ability to work autonomously with a high level of personal effectiveness and ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Aptitude to appraise arguments critically and logically, organise ideas in a clear and concise manner, and draw conclusions and formulate arguments in way that is effective, concise, precise and specific
• Financial skills, particularly building and managing budgets 
• Excellent computer and IT skills, including: Word; PowerPoint; Excel, Outlook
• Fluent in English– ability to communicate clearly and concisely

Desirable

• Experience working with smallholder farmers, particularly cotton farmers  
• Experience developing and implementing a global approach / strategy for other organisations
• Knowledge across the textile value chain
• Expertise in fundraising or business development
• Experience in farmer training and capacity building 
• Experience with standards systems
• Competency in languages most relevant to Better Cotton countries, such as Portuguese, French, Hindi, Urdu, Mandarin and Turkish

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