Closing Date:

Jun 6, 2016

Salary:

to be determined, confirming the market

How to Apply:

If you are interested in this position, we invite you to send your resume and cover letter to Tessa van der Meiden before June 6th 2016. For questions regarding the position please refer to Tessa van der Meiden on +31 30 234 8218

Job Description:

SCOPEinsight believes in farming as a business in emerging economies. We see farmer professionalism as the key to structural transformation of the agricultural sector. Professional farmers can sustainably increase production levels, have better business opportunities and provide better livelihoods for those involved. As a social enterprise (est. 2010), our mission is to transform agricultural markets by increasing the market inclusiveness of small and medium-sized agricultural businesses. Through our innovative services, we define and assess their level of professionalism. We make the assessment data actionable and easily accessible to our partners.

SCOPEinsight’s assessment tools create a common language between producer organizations (POs) and financial institutions (FIs), NGOs, and other value chain players in order to create market transparency. Through its assessments, SCOPEinsight provides insights into the key strengths and weaknesses of the producer organizations. This provides input for more effective and efficient capacity building of POs. With the assessments, SCOPEinsight can also provide a pipeline for FIs at lower information cost and reduced investment risk. At the same time, the assessments provide transparency for value chain players to establish stronger supply chains. www.scopeinsight.com.

Profile

You are a self-starting, versatile, for-profit and entrepreneurial professional with a strong affinity for agricultural challenges in developing countries. You have a 'can do' and hands on mentality, and are able to focus on content and details, maintaining the overview while managing several projects simultaneously. You are able to connect and communicate clearly with people from different (rural) backgrounds and countries. You take initiative and are analytical and practical at the same time; and you are inquisitive, like to get things done and actively seek to improve processes. You like the challenge of multi-tasking various projects in an international context;

Tasks and responsibilities

Your role will be to provide operational support to our clients on a daily basis. As part of the operations unit, you will manage projects in close collaboration with our clients: plan assessor trainings, provide practical support during assessments and liaise with colleagues of Business Development when clients require more products or services. In cases where SCOPEinsight is responsible for the execution of assessments, you will ensure that assessments are executed on-time and in a uniform manner, manage the quality control of the assessment reporting and the timely delivery of the reports to the client. During all your activities you will adhere to and, where possible, improve on quality procedures. You will report to the Operations & Quality Manager and further support the operations unit in IT and product development.

General: as SCOPEinsight is a small and entrepreneurial company, each team member will be involved in various tasks beyond the formal job description.

We ask

  • Education level at least Bachelors degree, Masters is a plus

  • Minimum of one-year work experience

  • Independent personality, self-starting and self-motivating

  • Interest in our field of work and enthusiastic about our mission

  • Experience in agricultural sector

  • Analytical, ability to grasp abstract concepts and turn them into practical and actionable tools

  • A hands on, accurate and practical mentality with an eye for detail

  • Willingness to travel incidentally to developing countries

  • Experience in international businesses is a pre

  • Excellent knowledge and use of the English Other languages are a plus such as French, Spanish and Portuguese.

  • Comfortable with Office Software, especially Excel.

We offer

We offer a professional and informal working environment in a young and highly dynamic social enterprise, with a small team of motivated and dedicated colleagues. SCOPEinsight has broad international exposure and the potential to have substantial global impact in the agriculture sector in developing countries and in other social areas. We are active in a sector of great importance in today’s global issues.