PROJECT OFFICER: COFFEE QUALITY
CONTROL
(FULL TIME – BASED IN KIGALI)
Part 1: INTRODUCTION
Twin is a development through trade NGO working with 33 producer organisations
representing 300,000 coffee, cocoa and nut smallholder in 17 countries across
Latin America, Africa and Asia. Our coffee company Twin Trading, works to
access value-added markets for our producer partners and offers quality coffee
with
development impact.
We unlock the power of trade to strengthen producer organizations and delivery
social justice, economic development and environmental sustainability for small
farmers. We are engaged throughout the value change to balance producer support
with creating market demand, building partnerships that deliver sustainable,
scalable and meaningful change.
Twin registered an office in Rwanda
to facilitate its operations in Rwanda
and in the East African region.
Part 2: JOB PROFILE
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
The job is part of the Producer Partnership Programmes (PPP) team and will
focus on supporting small holders Producer organizations to produce high
quality coffee as per specialty coffee standards. The support will be extended
but not limited to quality control at cherries harvest level, processing
standards at coffee wet mills, dry mills and export level.
POSITION IN THE ORGANISATION
Reports to: Twin regional Coordinator
Based in: Twin, Kigali Office with extensive travel within EAC
Manages: n/a
Receives support from: other members of the PPP team
Part 3: KEY
RESPONSABILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Coffee quality control
• Technical assistance to producer organizations on: coffee
cherries harvest and processing at both wet and dry mill
• Strengthen the capacity of producer organizations in
complying with specialty coffee quality standard.
• Extend his technical support to producers’ Organizations on
green coffee quality control as per Green coffee quality standard of Specialty
Coffee Association of America.
• Conduct training evaluation;
• Prepare a report at the end of training with
recommendations that will improve future training exercises and practices.
• Propose a follow up Action plan that will ensure that the
knowledge acquired during the training will have positive impact on
performance.
Project management
• Project work planning and monitoring activities against
agreed plans
• Providing logistical support to project implementation
Other
• Providing support to African associates/consultants
• Collecting key data to track the performance of Twin’s
coffee programme
• Any other reasonable duty as may be assigned that is
consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility
Part 4: PERSON
SPECIFICATION
Skills and qualifications
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture essential,
development studies and relevant fields
• Good knowledge of coffee agronomy (essential)
• Good knowledge of coffee certifications scheme
• Proven ability to plan, coordinate and monitor project
activities (essential)
• Proven ability to work with financial information,
preparing and tracking budgets (essential)
• Having coffee tasting skills
Languages:
• Excellent command of Kinyarwanda, English and French
(essential)
• Working knowledge of Swahili (desirable)
Experience
• Minimum five years’ experience in coffee quality control
extension service
• Experience of strengthening the capacity of a producer
organisation in coffee quality control – (essential)
• Experience of developing and successfully carrying out
certification schemes (desirable)
• Experience in project monitoring and evaluation (desirable)
• Skills in coffee tasting ( desirable)
Other
• Excellent administrative skills including use of Ms Office
(Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Outstanding communication skills
• Highly developed, demonstrated teamwork skills
• Ability to travel within the East African region
Part 5: PROCESS TO APPLY
Applications to jobs@twin.org.uk
indicating the job title in the subject by 14th January 2016. Interviews to be held the
week commencing 18th January 2016 at our Kigali office
Part 6: PACKAGE
Hours of work: this is a Full Time contract (5 days a week)
Salary band: competitive salary based on experience
Contract conditions: fixed term (1 year renewable)