Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies Africa

Location:	Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Job Type:	Permanent
Posted:	28th May 2010
Closing Date:	1st Jan 2010
Posted By:	Fairfood International
Details:
Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies Africa Fairfood International is a non-profit campaign and lobby organisation, which encourages the food and beverage industry to increase the level of sustainability of its products. In this way, Fairfood contributes to the fight against hunger and poverty across the globe. Fairfood is in contact with more than 1300 companies in over 60 countries worldwide to encourage them to increase the level of sustainability of their products. The Lobby Department The Lobby department's main responsibility is to stimulate companies to make their brand products more sustainable. Fairfood has divided the world into nine regions. Each of these has a small lobby office that actively approaches all food companies that have their international head office located in that region. The Lobby Department of Fairfood is currently recruiting for the position of Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies Africa 32 - 40 hrs Main task of this position You will be in contact with several hundred food and beverage companies at the same time and will be responsible for selling them the idea of making their products more sustainable. This means you are capable of acting on an all-inclusive level, have a talent for selling and can prioritise well. To be successful in this role, you will direct a team of unpaid lobbyists (interns) and set up a network of relevant partner organisations. A day in the life of a lobbyist Lobbyists spend a lot of time contacting food and beverage companies. You will email, Skype and frequently visit food companies to make them fully aware of the message you promote: their products should become more sustainable! You will set deadlines and makes sure the company sticks to them. To be able to manage so many lobby trajectories simultaneously, you will be assisted by a team of unpaid lobbyists. You will direct and coach them and delegate as many of the tasks as possible. You will work together with other organisations and exchange information with them about lobby targets. You will also use other stakeholders to influence your lobby targets - all to try to keep public campaigning as truly the last resort for making brand owners act more quickly. As you will cover all relations in a large geographical area, frequent travel will be required. So who are you? You are a creative sales person! You find new ways to encourage food companies. You have a background in the profit sector, preferably in the food and beverage industry. You are a strong, persuasive sales communicator. You are an efficient networker. You take the initiative and are result-oriented, able to set priorities and organise. You also possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Obviously, you have a close affinity with Fairfood’s goals. What we offer? We offer a versatile position within a young international organisation. You will have the freedom and opportunities to continue developing yourself and achieve tangible results. Due to our desire to spend our funds mainly on our core business, the salaries within Fairfood are not excessive. The salary is fixed at ZAR 257,072 gross per year based on a 40-hour working week. You could possibly start with a training period at our head office in Amsterdam. Interested? If you recognise yourself in this outline and have seen your core qualities detailed above, we would like to meet you! For inquiries about the procedure, please contact Arjen Postma at Arjen.postma (at)fairfood.org. For inquiries related to the position contact Han Valk, Manager Lobby: han.valk(at)fairfood.org. Requirements for applying If interested, send us 100 words maximum describing your understanding of this job and why we should hire you, plus your CV (maximum 2 pages) to hr(at)fairfood.org by 11th June 2010. Only applications meeting these requirements will be considered. First round skype interviews will be held on 29th and 30th June 2010, second round interviews on 7th, 8th and 9th July 2010 in Johannesburg. Please keep your diary free on these dates. Internal candidates will get preferential treatment.

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