International Consultant for SNV

SNV seeks 01 qualified International consultant to explore the role of certification in ensuring no deforestation and provide suggestions on what needs to be improved.

The overall purpose of the consultancy is to explore the role of certification in ensuring no deforestation and provide suggestions on what needs to be improved. The focus for SNV is on 4 supply chains: Palm Oil, Cocoa, Coffee and Shrimp. Forest and FSC should also be explored as a possible example.  User friendly tools should also be developed for companies to help them better integrate no deforestation into their commodity supply chains.

Qualifications Requirements:

•           Master degree in Forestry, Natural Resource Management, and/or Agriculture

•           Sound knowledge and experience working with certification standards;

•           Knowledge of REDD and/or Carbon;

•           Knowledge of SNV; experience of SNV Inclusive Business Tool would be preferable

Please see TOR for your further information.

Interested individual consultants and may obtain further information from the SNV by contacting Richard McNally at [email protected]. Interested consultants should submit their application letter and latest CV, by email no later than 12 July 2013.