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Programme Officer - New Delhi, India - Better Cotton

Better Cotton

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New Delhi, India

1 month ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

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Description

Programme Officer -

Assurance (India)

Starting Date:
As soon as possible

Contract type:
Permanent

Location:
New Delhi, India

Salary:
Competitive salary commensurate with experience

Application closing date:
Midnight 09 April 2023

Background
Better Cotton is the world's largest cotton sustainability programme

Our mission:
to help cotton
communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. In challenging times,
we are meeting the challenge head on. Through our network of field-level partners we have trained over
2.5 million farmers - from the smallest to the largest - in 23 countries in more sustainable farming
practices. A quarter of the world's cotton is now grown under the Better Cotton Standard. We have
united the industry's stakeholders behind our efforts, from ginners and spinners to brand owners, civil
society organisations and governments. Everyone who cares about cotton and its sustainable future
can now be part of something better.

About this role
Better Cotton is now seeking a qualified individual to serve as Programme Officer to contribute to two
critical components within the Better Cotton Standards System that support continuous improvement
of more sustainable practices at the farm level. Under
the line management of the Senior Coordinator
Assurance and the matrix management of the Standards & Assurance team, the Programme Officer

Assurance will support the successful, rapidly expanding implementation of the Better Cotton

programme in India.***Assurance covers the auditing and monitoring systems to ensure farmers participating in the Better
Cotton programme meet essential requirements. S/he will support in ensuring that assurance activities
are carried out in a consistent and credible way at country level, in line with global processes.

The Programme Officer - Assurance will monitor the activities of programme partners (PPs), feed into
PP evaluations and funding mechanisms. Programme Partners are organisations with local expertise
who oversee the setup and management of farming groups (Producer Units) under the assurance
model. S/he will ensure the credibility of the information collected from the field and contribute to the
understanding of the Impacts of Better Cotton in India.
Frequent travel to cotton-growing states and
regions will be required. Some international travel may be required.

The New Delhi office supports & coordinates the work in India and works closely with the
Geneva/London offices, which represent Better Cotton globally.

This challenging role offers excellent opportunities for personal and professional development, together
with a competitive benefits package.

1 Programme Officer - Assurance (India) - March 202

Responsibilities
Assurance
Conduct verification visits on farmers to assess whether they comply with the Better Cotton (BC)
Standard around sustainable cotton production.

Develop clear, detailed, and timely reports after verification visits, including identification of

nonconformities and supporting evidence.

Through field visits, identify areas for improvement and specific capacity needs of farmers

participating in the BC programme.

Carry out frequent travel to project locations during the growing and harvest season to conduct

partner support visits and verification activities.

Review Corrective Action Plans and conduct visits for verification of their compliance.
Review readiness check reports prepared by PUs and provided feedback to partner and ensure to

develop their understanding as per Assurance requirement.

Review PU support visit reports and provide feedback to partner and ensure their understanding of

requirement as per Assurance manual.

Information, Results and Data management

Support the analysis of agronomic, economic, and social indicator data, to ensure accurate

referencing to regional contexts.

Support in collection of data from project and control famers by Producer Units to ensure BCI

requirements and deadlines are met. Conduct online trainings/webinar, if required.

Effectively contribute to field level data quality management especially the quality management of

farmers lists that includes desk review, finding error, communication potential error for physical
verification.

Update Sales Force and Project Database on need basis.
Review Corrective Action Plans and their implementation by Producer Units.

Capacity building and support to Implementing Partners and Producer Units' staff

Helping India Assurance team to execute trainings, i.e., 3PV, Readiness Check, PU Support Visit, etc.
Support the Coordinators to develop training content and deliver training and capacity building

activities around PP staff capacity building training on standard, sustainable farming practices, and
participate in PP trainings where needed.