Cafédirect / Producer Partnership Liaison Officer

[FabianPattberg]

Deadline: September 9th 2007


Description
We have the following permanent, full-time job vacancy in London. If you know someone who may be interested, please kindly forward the details to your contacts.

All the information is on our website at Cafedirect - largest UK Fairtrade hot drinks company, ethical products Cafedirect coffees, Teadirect teas and Cocodirect drinking chocolate

About Cafédirect:
Our mission statement is "To be the leading brand that strengthens the influence, income and security of producer partners in the south and links them directly to consumers."

We were founded in 1991 and are the UK's largest 100% Fairtrade hot drinks company, with a turnover of £21.6m (2006) and 35% share of UK Fairtrade tea and coffee sales. Cafédirect doesn't just buy from growers; we develop long-term partnerships with them. We work with over 250,000 coffee, tea, and cocoa growers in 37 registered Fairtrade grower organisations across 12 countries.

Current Vacancy
Producer Partnership Liaison Officer

Do you have excellent project management skills, experience within development programmes, superb relationship-building and communication skills, cross cultural sensitivity and speak Spanish or Swahili (or have the aptitude & willingness to learn)? You may be the person we are looking for to develop direct communication with our grower partners and assist with implementing our producer partnership programmes.

Salary: £21,000 to £27,000 per annum plus excellent benefits, depending on skills & experience

Closing date: 9th September 2007

To apply: E-mail your CV and covering letter setting out how you meet the job requirements to jobs@cafedirect.co.uk by the closing date, quoting the job title in the subject line. Please also enclose information on your current pay and where you first saw the job advertised.