Preferred by Nature
201 - 500 employees
Founded 1994
🤝 Non-profit
🌾 Agriculture
💼 Consulting
Non-profit • Agriculture • Consulting
Preferred by Nature is an international sustainability organisation that helps businesses and land managers improve environmental and social outcomes through certification, standards, advisory services, training and due diligence tools. Working across 100+ countries and multiple commodity focus areas (timber, palm oil, cocoa, coffee, soy, rubber, cattle, and others), it operates certification programmes including the Preferred by Nature Seal, runs projects to support better land management, and provides resources and client services to guide responsible sourcing and compliance with sustainability regulations.
Agriculture Manager
🕒 September 25
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Preferred by Nature
201 - 500 employees
Founded 1994
🤝 Non-profit
🌾 Agriculture
💼 Consulting
Non-profit • Agriculture • Consulting
Preferred by Nature is an international sustainability organisation that helps businesses and land managers improve environmental and social outcomes through certification, standards, advisory services, training and due diligence tools. Working across 100+ countries and multiple commodity focus areas (timber, palm oil, cocoa, coffee, soy, rubber, cattle, and others), it operates certification programmes including the Preferred by Nature Seal, runs projects to support better land management, and provides resources and client services to guide responsible sourcing and compliance with sustainability regulations.
📋 Description
• Lead agriculture services across Africa, ensuring quality, timely delivery and compliance with accreditation requirements • Dedicate 70% of the role to leading agriculture services and 30% to serving as Regional Engagement Lead • Manage regional performance, resources and budgets, supporting financial targets and effective operational processes • Lead and develop geographically dispersed teams through goals, coaching, workload planning and performance reviews • Strengthen relationships with clients, certification schemes, auditors and regional stakeholders • Identify and mitigate business, operational and certification risks, including dispute resolution and crisis response • Provide technical expertise through auditing, task management and report review within qualification scope • Pursue business opportunities, support marketing and promotion, and share market intelligence • Represent Preferred by Nature externally and collaborate across teams • Understand Africa’s agriculture portfolio, team capacity, accreditation requirements and operational priorities • Establish team and stakeholder relationships and agree agriculture and regional engagement priorities • Deliver regional service, quality and financial targets, with effective risk management • Demonstrate progress in client retention, service growth and regional visibility • Review team performance and development and agree priorities for the following year
🎯 Requirements
• Graduate or postgraduate degree in Agriculture, Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Natural Sciences or Environmental Science • 6–10 years of leadership experience, including business development and leading dispersed or multicultural teams • Good working knowledge of English • Strong client, stakeholder and public communication skills • Experience managing operational performance, budgets and business growth in certification, assurance or sustainability environments • Experience in sustainability certifications such as Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, RSPO, FSC, ISO, Organic or Carbon • Strategic planning, networking, sales and marketing skills, including proposals, negotiation and closing deals • Established network across NGOs, business, donors and the public sector • Commitment to the organisation’s mission and values
🏖️ Benefits
• Global work culture • High degree of flexibility - remote work, work from home • In-depth onboarding and professional training • Excellent opportunities for growth and professional development • Potential future international travel opportunities • Friendly, international team of colleagues and pleasant work environment • 20 days of vacation leave per year
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