About Earthworm

Earthworm Foundation is a global non-profit organization based in Switzerland with over 300 employees across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. With most of our staff working directly on the ground where issues arise, we believe that supply chains can become powerful engines of prosperity for communities and ecosystems. Guided by our core values of courage, humility, compassion, truth, and respect, we collaborate with companies and partners to address the environmental and social challenges of production practices. Our vision includes forests as boundless sources of materials and biodiversity, communities with respected rights and development opportunities, workers as valued partners, and agriculture as a means to feed a hungry planet and maintain climate stability.

Your Role

Being Global Relationship Manager, your day will be primarily focused (80-90%) on:

• Serve as global account manager for key partner company (‘member’), providing excellent project management, ensuring high quality on-time and on-budget deliverables, contributing to the provision of strategic support, and cultivating trusting relationships 

• Work closely with Earthworm’s US-based Global Relationship Manager, the member company, and local Earthworm teams across the globe to develop work plans that effectively advance shared environmental and social objectives connected to member’s supply chain 

• Collaboratively manage full life cycle of partnership activities, from initial proposal development and contract negotiation/signing to project management and reporting

With additional focus areas (10-20%): 

• Provide versatile support to member company, such as stakeholder, supplier and customer engagement; supply chain environmental and social risk & opportunity analysis; and communication pieces and opportunities. 

• Proactively seek opportunities both within and beyond the scope of partnership activities for Earthworm and the member company to deepen shared impact

• Effectively represent Earthworm Foundation at events and conferences relevant to and/or of strategic interest to member company 

• Become a subject matter expert on commodities and Earthworm projects of strategic importance to member company 

Your Profile 

Passionate about environmental management, forestry, social impact, and/or labor relations, you are genuinely motivated to contribute your skills and competencies to a cause that generates positive impact to address the global challenges of our time. 

Your proven track record of managing complex and multiple projects in corporate settings and across cultures is crucial. With your experience in international supply chains either from a relationship management, supply-chain management or sustainability perspective, and your good knowledge of natural raw materials, forest and/or food products, certification programs and agricultural commodities, your proposals are significantly adding-value to drive transformation. 

Being an outgoing relationship builder with excellent communication skills, a critical thinker though pragmatic and non-judgmental, you thrive on human relations and are able to engage with stakeholders at all level, explaining your field to a variety of audiences with natural ease and gravity. Your genuine curiosity toward others and natural empathy and ability to take a clear position and define a way forward in your field of responsibilities makes you a trusted partner and esteemed advisor. 

Over the years, you were increasingly exposed to coordinate international, multicultural teams, leading to successful delivery on complex projects across geographies. This strength is grounded in strong organisational skills, appetite for complex data analysis and keen attention to detail. Your intellectual pioneering traits brings you to enjoy taking initiative in a logic of continuous improvement. 

Principled and value driven you independently navigate into dynamic, organic and diverse work environments with resilience and self-awareness which will enable you to thrive within Earthworm. 

Ability to travel by air and to the field will be key to be successful as this position includes travel within Brazil to corporate offices and remote field project sites; with possible additional international travel to the United States or other countries where there are member activities (estimated 4 weeks per year); Scheduling flexibility required to accommodate calls and meetings across global time zones.  

Working Conditions

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in relevant field (preferable)
• Experience: 5 years minimum
• Language(s): Fluent in English and Brazilian Portuguese (required) 
• Employment: : Full-time (44 hrs/wk)
• Contract: Home based role
• Start Date: ASAP
• Other: Valid work authorization

Join the Team

If you are in search of meaning, with a desire to innovate and act for people and the environment, this offer is for you! At Earthworm, you will discover diverse personalities, all determined to regenerate ecosystems and help communities thrive.

If you are interested in this adventure, apply by sending your application (resume and cover letter) at brazil.recruitment@earthworm.org with the subject " MM-October-2024 " followed by your name.

Application will be accepted on a rolling basis until 06/10/2024. 

Only selected candidates will be contacted. Good luck!