Verification Management Expert (Cashmere) – (m/f/d)

Join our team as an expert for verification management for „The Good Cashmere Standard®“ by the Aid by Trade Foundation in Hamburg – initially limited to 2 years with the possibility of permanent employment

The Aid by Trade Foundation brings together various partners from business, politics, science and NGOs with its initiatives Cotton made in Africa® (CmiA), Regenerative Cotton Standard® (RCS) and The Good Cashmere Standard® (GCS) and builds demand alliances for the purchase of sustainably produced raw materials in the spirit of a „social business“.

The Good Cashmere Standard® is an independent standard for sustainably produced cashmere developed by the Aid by Trade Foundation and first implemented in 2020. It was created to improve cashmere goat husbandry, the lives of farmers and farming communities in Innner Mongolia, China, and the environment in which they live in.

Your responsibilities

• You plan and coordinate the implementation of the GCS verification
• You control the entire verification process and ensure that the defined processes are adhered to.
• You are responsible for the partner management of the GCS Units („Managing Entities“, primary processors of cashmere and herders) in the planning and implementation of the verification cycles.
• You are responsible for the selection and qualification of the commissioned assurance provider (control body) and are responsible for the training and further qualification of the auditors.
• The management and quality monitoring of the verification missions are in your hands.
• You coordinate the development of a suitable software solution for the verification management – from self-assessments of partners, to verification reports, to the creation of continuous-improvement plans following the verification cycles.
• You will oversee the evaluation of the verification results of the GCS units and be responsible for issuing certificates.
• You will work closely with AbTF’s Expert in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and the GCS representative based in China on the evaluation of data and results from the verification rounds in order to jointly draw conclusions for project priorities and other support measures within the Standards & Outreach Team.