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SAI Platform is recruiting!

19th July 2022

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The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform (SAI Platform) plays an important role towards the transformation of food systems through the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices.

As an expanding organisation with over 160 members from the food and beverage industry, SAI Platform is recruiting and attracting the top talent among the sustainability professional community.

SAI Platform’s vision looks to a sustainable, thriving and resilient agricultural sector that protects the earth’s resources, human rights and animal welfare. This is no mean feat and to succeed in this agricultural transformation there is the need for a united industry working in collaboration alongside a skilled, professional and purpose driven core team.

Right now, SAI Platform is recruiting for three new positions: a Dairy Officer, an Industry Solutions Officer and a Finance Officer. As a global organisation and virtual team, applicants are welcomed from all nationalities. New recruits to the SAI Platform core team will benefit from a collaborative and innovative working environment.

Industry Solutions Officer

SAI Platform’s globally recognised industry solutions are fundamental to driving the transformation of the agricultural sector towards the adoption of better agricultural practices. Our programmes and tools 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.

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.

Full job specification

Dairy Programme Officer

The Dairy Working Group represents members responsible for about 30% of the global milk volume. Its focus has been the development and implementation of the Sustainable Dairy Partnership (SDP), a business-to-business industry solution to report dairy sustainability progress among dairy buyers and dairy processors.

The Dairy Programme Officer will support the Dairy Working Group lead in operationalising the
implementation of the Sustainable Dairy Partnership along with general activities of
the Dairy Working Group. This includes supporting projects that address sustainability
challenges faced by the dairy Industry including deforestation and GHG emissions.

Full job specification

Finance Officer

SAI Platform has experienced considerable growth in recent years and is creating a new role for a finance officer to manage the day-to-day financial requirements of the organisation. The successful candidate will be based in Geneva and will work closely with our accountants, also based there. The role offers the opportunity to work in an organisation with global leaders in the food and drink industry who are at the hub of food system transformation at this exciting and challenging time in the industry. The role involves office-based work with some remote working.

Full job specification

Applicants are invited to send a CV of no more than two A4 pages, and a one-page cover letter to acahill@saiplatform.org mentioning the job position in the subject line.

The deadline for all the new vacancy applications is 22nd August 2022.

For more information about any of the positions, please send an email with your queries to acahill@saiplatform.org