Verité’s mission is to ensure that people worldwide work under safe, fair and legal conditions. Verité is a pioneer in monitoring and improving labor conditions globally. Our expertise reaches 65 countries in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Our approach is to work in partnership with multinational corporations, their suppliers, the NGO community, trade unions and governments to improve working conditions. Our work increasingly focuses on advocacy and communications to mobilize the public and key institutions. We were recognized as a winner of the 2007 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

Verité seeks an experienced professional to manage all aspects of our supplier programs, including delivery of our state-of-the-art social audits, impact-oriented remediation and facility-level consulting. The Director is in regular contact with Verité Regional Offices and partner organizations worldwide. The Director plays a significant role supporting client understanding of audit outcomes, and more generally of the role that Verité programs play in improving working conditions.

Key tasks

• Supervise the process by which audits and other supplier programs are planned and coordinated, in conjunction with other program staff (including two supervisees) in Amherst.
• Ensure the successful delivery of audits and remediation programs, through staff and partners in dozens of countries worldwide.
• Serve as prime contact with clients related to supplier-level program delivery.
• Develop and manage implementation of audit tools, reporting protocols and management systems frameworks.
• Ensure Verité remains at the cutting edge of supplier programs delivery.

Qualifications

• Four-plus years of experience managing the delivery of corporate social responsibility programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing collaborative international partnerships.
• Superb organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional team leadership abilities.
• Creativity, flexibility, and the ability to multi-task.
• Proven ability to work independently, set and meet goals and deadlines, organize time and priorities, and to collaborate with others in the delivery of complex programs.
• A passion for social justice and good work.
• Chinese or Spanish language skills are preferred, in addition to excellent English.

To Apply:    Please see full job description and do not hesitate to contact me for more information or to appreviate the description if necessary.  Please send a letter outlining your credentials with reference to the above list of qualifications, together with a resume, by email to: verite@verite.org.  Please put SUPPLIER PROGRAMS in the subject line of your email. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Verité is an independent, non-profit social auditing, training and research organization established in 1995. Our mission is to ensure that people worldwide work under safe, fair and legal working conditions. We work to identify violations of workplace human rights and develop concrete steps to correct them through a combination of training for management and workers, education programs and remedial intervention.

Verité works with corporations, workers, investors, governments, labor unions and advocacy groups internationally. We operate through a network of Regional Offices and NGO partners in over 60 countries throughout Asia, Latin America, Africa, the United States and Europe. The organization has been supported largely by fee-for-service contracts and we now seek to increase our impact by diversifying our sources of funding.

Verité seeks a Director of Development to shape and implement an outreach and fundraising strategy for our dynamic and entrepreneurial global organization. The Director will be expected to put in place an effective strategy that leads to sustained funding for key programs and which provides for consistent outreach to key clients and supporters. The Director will have specific responsibility for Verité’s non-fee-for-service fundraising programs, including major gift fundraising, foundation grants, special events and planned giving.

A successful Director will undertake short-term efforts to seize immediate opportunities and lay the groundwork for exciting larger efforts in the medium term. Larger efforts include the possibility of membership programs, and joint fundraising with institutional members of Verité’s international network of partner organizations. There is ample room for creativity in the position.

The position calls for an innovative and skilled professional who takes initiative, has strong organizational skills and is an excellent writer and speaker. The ability to collaborate effectively is of the highest priority. Experience with building or serving a broad organizational membership, and major event planning, are positives. The position will report to the Executive Director.

Send a cover letter (one page maximum) and a resume.
Mail submissions can, if necessary, be sent to:
Emily Task
Verité
44 Belchertown Road
Amherst, MA 01002