Director Mexico

The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes.Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.As an international nonprofit organization with more than 30 years of experience in sustainability transformation, we understand that the social and economic well-being of rural communities is tightly connected to ecosystem health. This knowledge has shaped our rigorous programs to advance sustainable land-use and commodity production.At the Rainforest Alliance we combat climate change, protect forests and biodiversity, promote human rights, and improve livelihoods. The enormity of the social and environmental challenges we are facing requires working together in a broad alliance. This is why we bring farmers, forest communities, companies, and consumers together to change the way the world produces, sources, and consumes.**Why**To protect nature and improve lives it’s becoming increasingly urgent that we approach the way we use our land and produce food and other products in more sustainable ways. For this to succeed we need to fundamentally change the way that businesses operate and source, and the choices we all make as consumers.**How**Our growing global alliance aims to transform our relationship with our natural resources and each other, to create a better future for people and nature together.**The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on gender, race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability and any other protected group.****Position summary**:At the Rainforest Alliance we are looking for a pro-active, collaborative, and innovative Country Director who will provide strong leadership to manage the strategic planning, fundraising and implementation of RA’s activities in Mexico, overseeing a team of 40+ and annual operating budget over US$3,000,000. S/he harnesses the institutional strategy of driving landscape and sector transformation to develop and execute a national strategy and country plan that responds to local needs; ensure excellence in all aspects of our mission delivery (technical, financial, compliance); and safeguards RA’s reputation and the quality of implementation of our certification programs. S/he will guide and lead a high-performing team, creating a culture that is aligned with RA’s values and maintaining deep collaboration bonds with colleagues in other countries and functional areas such as Markets; Communications; Global Programs; Standards Assurance; Institutional Relations; Sustainable Supply Chains; Global Administration; HR; and Finance Accounting. S/he will be responsible for ensuring the financial viability and sustainability of the country program. S/he will be responsible for building functional alliances to scale-up our impacts. S/he will serve as Mexico legal representative.**Responsibilities**:Leadership and Management:- Steer the integration of the combined activities of the new Rainforest Alliance within his/her jurisdiction.- Build a high-performing, results-oriented and mission-driven team that reflects the Rainforest Alliance’s vision and culture, creating a positive work environment for personnel.- Guide, motivate and develop personnel, seeking opportunities for professional advancement and ensuring they understand how their work relates to RA’s global mission strategy.- Delegate authority to staff, ensuring that they are supported and connected to the broader organization, and ensure planned objectives are met in line with organizational policy and budgets.- Align programmatic work in the region with the Rainforest Alliance’s strategic plans (global, regional, sector-based, etc) through developing a country strategy and annual plan.- Deliver effective and impactful implementation of RA’s mission, regardless of funding source, by fostering a culture of implementation excellence and ensuring that RA attains its technical, financial, and contractual commitments.- Foster structures and processes for effective collaboration within Mexico and with all other relevant RA units, at the regional and global level.- Ensure the timely and high-quality completion of organizational, government and donor annual workplans, budgets, reports and audits.- Foster and supervise compliance with RA an