Introduction:
The Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) is a non-profit membership organisation working with tea companies, development organisations and governments to improve the lives of tea workers, farmers and the environment in which they live and work.
Much of the worlds tea is grown in places that face significant sustainability challenges. ETPs programmes are focused on driving forward long-term systemic changes in three impact areas - economics, equality and environment. These programmes aim to improve the progress that is being made towards attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in tea-growing regions.
With the support of almost 50 members, including the biggest multinational companies in the tea sector, ETPs programmes to date have reached over one million people. As well as supporting communities on the ground, the organisation leads the sustainability agenda through business innovation and influencing.
ETP holds a strong track record in driving and delivering change in tea-growing regions through a range of partnerships; these span national tea boards and tea research institutes, producer associations, local and international NGOs, UN agencies such as the FAO and UNICEF, institutional donors such as IDH - Sustainable Trade Initiative, GIZ, and others.
The organisation is made up of small, but dedicated, expert teams across most tea-growing regions, including Africa and Asia, as well as a London-based secretariat.
The Role
ETP envisions a thriving tea industry that is socially just and environmentally sustainable. The priority challenges that they seek to address are the economics of tea (including living wages and living incomes), equality (especially for women and children), and the environment (including climate change mitigation and adaptation).
As one of the worlds leading tea producing countries, India is of strategic importance to ETP and its members. Therefore, the Country Manager (India) will oversee some of their most important work, in a region that is notoriously complex, dynamic and unique. The successful candidate will represent ETP at senior levels within private sector, government, civil society and donors.
Reporting to the Head of Programmes, and with a dotted line to the Executive Director, the Country Manager (India) will work closely with the project teams in India and less directly with ETPs global network of specialists in Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Kenya, Rwanda and Malawi, to ensure optimal impact in the following areas:
The incumbent will oversee the timely and effective implementation of projects, identify and nurture business pilots, advise on policy, support excellent communication of ETPs work, enable shared learning, build partnerships and drive forward ETPs strategy for India. The global ETP team will provide technical support and expertise; the Country Manager (India) will implement the strategy in-country.
Whilst the global ETP strategy has already been agreed by the Board, the Country Manager (India) will be required to bring this to life, in a contextually-appropriate approach, in India. In future, the Country Manager will be a responsible for drafting the country plans for ETP in India.
Responsibilities
Candidate profile
To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter most:
Required Skills & Qualifications:
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Third Sector Partners, a leading senior management and board search firm in the Not for Profit sector has been retained for this position.