About the role

 

The Sustainability Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Expert facilitates important discussions at a global level on sustainability data collection processes and definitions, and supports the reporting and learning on sustainability. By managing definitions, processes, data pipelines and learning initiatives, the monitoring, evaluation and learning expert will contribute directly to the Forever Chocolate ambitions: zero child labor, farmers out of poverty, being carbon and deforestation positive.

 

Key Responsibilities include

 

Align with stakeholders to define what sustainability data is required, how that data will be collected, what the definitions are, what the quality rules are, and how the data will be reported.

Build data processing pipelines to do quality checks, consolidate and report on sustainability data

Lead projects to implement or change processes and/or data elements

Build and drive learning initiatives and advanced analytics to better understand (the impact of) our sustainability programs

Participate in sustainability projects for customers, donors or countries, as an expert on the monitoring and evaluation deliverables.

deliver reports to show our sustainability activities and their impact on customers, donors, and the general public

Document processes, definitions, tools, and data rules

Participate in audits where 3rd party bodies verify and challenge our sustainability data, reporting and strategy

 

About you

 

University level degree

Fluency in English. Strong preference for French, other languages are an asset

Previous Experience with performing data analysis and reporting

Previous experience with development or sustainability work (human rights, agricultural development, climate)

Experience with data management or data governance

Previous experience with ‘learning’ in an academic or NGO environment

Technical experience with data lakes, data pipelines and advanced analytics

Strong analytical. process and project management skills

Knowledge of SQL and/or Python. 

Knowledge of PowerBI, Databricks and/or Microsoft Azure are a plus

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Able to operate in ambiguous and multi-stakeholder environments 

Able to perform under pressure, self-organized and a proven strong team-player

Able to communicate across cultures, for example with cocoa growing countries

Calm, patient and persistent

Genuine passion about the different domains of sustainability: human rights, carbon emissions, deforestation, poverty as well as in data processes, data and reporting

Open with occasional travel to cocoa growing countries