Sustainability Auditing Expert

il y a 4 jours


Brussels, Belgique amfori Temps plein

Open since 09/10/23

Brussels

Permanent

**About amfori**:
At amfori we believe in a world where all trade delivers social, environmental and economic benefits for everyone. We call this Trade with Purpose.

As the leading global business association for open and sustainable trade, we bring together over 2,300 retailers, importers, brands and national associations representing a combined turnover of more than one trillion euros.

We offer our members a practical framework and world-class tools that enable them to manage the social and environmental performance of their supply chains and anticipate trends. We also advocate for progressive policy and collaborate with high-level stakeholders to achieve common aims.

Our work enables organisations to enhance human prosperity, use natural resources responsibly and drive open trade globally. These are major challenges across the world which require a collaborative effort to tackle. So, while our members can’t solve them on their own, together we can influence and drive positive change at scale.

**About the role**:
As **Sustainability Auditing Expert** at amfori you will develop and manage operational support to amfori’s contracted auditing firms, scheme managers and auditors in order to provide members with the possibility to conduct the due diligence for their supply chain and generate value for amfori. Develop and implement audit quality and integrity assurance.

Core Duties
- Building relationships with monitoring partners to ensure delivery of audits due to amfori quality standards and procedures, ensure that the contracted auditing partners deliver audits properly in order to offer quality services to members
- Work with auditing partners to increase global coverage and build capacity in order to offer more coverage for members and generate more revenue for amfori
- Oversight of auditor management, including auditor acceptance, qualification, training & CPD
- Continuous improvement of Audit methodology with a cross-functional team
- Manage and supervise the Audit Quality & Integrity activities
- Complete investigations into allegations of unethical behaviour and poor standards
- Assure quality and conformity of the auditing processes and the auditors in order to better monitor risks
- Handle grievance related to audit aspects in order to ensure compliance and maintain healthy relationships
- Control the monthly invoicing cycle in order to collect the amounts due
- Ensure efficient delivery processes (internally and externally)
- Accompany, motivate and train employees in order to improve their performance and contribute to their development

Support Duties
- Ensure annual calibrations to meet requirements and define the topics to implement
- Ensure the delivery of local and regional calibration meetings, and auditing project groups
- Support amfori members with technical guidance on audits
- Ensure amfori publications are relevant and up to date
- Make sure tools are in place and work properly to ensure smooth handling of files
- Support the amfori wider network
- Support the development and delivery of training to auditors/scheme managers
- Non-complex data analysis

Challenges:

- The Sustainability Auditing Expert has a cross-departmental expertise for operations and member support
- The Sustainability Auditing Expert is expected to maintain up to date knowledge of relevant issues, trends and publications

**About you**:
Key Qualifications
- Strong stakeholder management and decision making skills
- Attention to detail
- Experience conducting and reviewing ethics investigations.
- Can demonstrate experience making, justifying and implementing difficult decisions
- Master’s degree in social studies, political science, international relations, labour or human rights law or related fields
- At least 5-8 year of working experience in supply chain sustainability consultancies, sustainability schemes or certification (e.g. SMETA, SA8000, UTZ),
- Working knowledge of international sustainability regulations and business initiative (amongst other UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; ILO’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work), and international organizations active in social and environmental sustainability
- Understanding of audit quality and integrity processes and experience completing investigations
- Great intercultural communicator, understands and respects cultural sensitivities
- Near native level English, other languages a plus
- Experience in interpreting legal requirements for auditing and remediation purposes
- Customer and quality oriented
- Strong international programme and project management skills
- Able to prioritise and work under short deadlines
- Able to work with a wide range of stakeholders (members, services providers, experts,)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel

Desired Qualifications
- CFO Certification, or similar qualifications/experience
- MSI experience we



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