The Research department of Fairfood is currently recruiting a:

Project Assistant Assurance

• Unpaid position
• 16-32 hours a week
• Starting date: Immediately or to be discussed
• Good internship possibility

What is Fairfood?
Fairfood is an international non-profit campaign and lobby organisation, which prompts the food and beverage industry to make its production and trade more sustainable. In this way Fairfood contributes to the fight against hunger and poverty across the globe.

Research
The Research department is Fairfood’s centre of knowledge. The department collects and organizes up-to-date information and knowledge concerning global trade and food- and beverage production. The central focus of the department is this research, which leads to Fairfood’s annual shopping guide with products Fairfood advises to buy or not to buy. The department is responsible for five projects: Fairness Criteria, Sector Analysis, Product Analysis, Assurance and Solution Analysis. The projects are led by six paid Project Leaders, each with the help of two to six unpaid Project Assistants.

Assurance
Fairfood asks brand owners of food and beverage products to be transparent about their production chains. By means of an annual questionnaire based on international standards, Fairfood evaluates run-of-the-mill supermarket products on their sustainability. Fairfood advises consumers what to buy and what not to buy in the supermarket. According to Fairfood, buyable products are those whose production processes are above average sustainable or make more progress in this field than its competitors’ counterparts. This means that the products Fairfood advises to buy are not necessarily perfectly produced or traded, but relatively better for people, planet, and profit.
The project Assurance aims at a higher lever of trustworthiness of the answers given by companies. The Assurance team asks companies for additional information to substantiate the answers given on the Product Fairness Questionnaire. The Project Assistant Assurance has to be critical about the information given by companies. The result of this research can lead to withdrawing certain answers given on the questionnaire by companies, or it can lead to the adjustment of Fairfood’s advise to buy or not to buy a certain product.

What are the responsibilities of the Project Assistant Assurance?
As Project Assistant Assurance you will be part of the Assurance team.
Your tasks will be, among others:

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Analytical
• Objective
• Critical
• Independent
• Accurate

Qualifications

• Minimal HBO (higher education) working- and thinking level
• Excellent verbal and written skills in English (Dutch is not required, but a plus)
• Able to work well both independently and within a team
• Affinity with Fairfood’s goals
• Knowledge of development aid and/or the food and beverage industry is an asset

What do we offer?
A versatile position in an enthusiastic and fun team. We do not pay you any wages or allowances. However we offer you a free lunch and reimburse travel expenses.
For Fairfood, unpaid employees are equally important as paid employees. They receive the same employee accompaniment (e.g. progress meetings) and the same possibilities as paid employees.

Interested?
If interested, send a short motivation letter and your CV to one of our HR-employees at hr@fairfood.org. For more information about the function contact Tommaso Chiamparino, Project Leader Assurance by mail (tommaso.chiamparino@fairfood.org) or by phone: 31 (0)20-6188062