The International Tin Association (ITA) is a focal point for action and engagement on important regional and global issues affecting tin, promoting the industry worldwide and providing authority, leadership, and voice. The organisation has a strong focus on sustainability, with the association, and members working to positively impact social, economic, and environmental outcomes in the sphere in which they operate.
Acre is now recruiting for a Sustainability Specialist to join their dynamic team to implement technical projects and actions to encourage sustainable development in minerals supply chains and representing the industry in a variety of communication scenarios.
In this role you will be responsible for:
Understanding and communicating how locations, technologies and other characteristics of tin production and supply relate to ITA's ESG tools, initiatives, and work with stakeholders.
Developing specialist knowledge regarding artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) business and technical needs and methods for improvement to deliver guidance documents and practical project actions.
Contributing to activities to promote responsible supply chains, including explanation and application of practical due diligence.
Monitoring, reporting, and proposing necessary actions on potential issues impacting tin and tin metal in the EU and globally, including chemical compliance related to impacts on environment and human health.
Developing climate change and de-carbonisation actions for tin production including working with external providers to update and report findings on the tin life cycle assessment (LCA/LCI).
Coordinating the ITA Responsible Tin Supply (RTS) quarterly stakeholder group to achieve regular engagement with international supply chain actors and stakeholders.
Delivering general and written communications for members and others within the industry to achieve improved understanding of human rights and sustainable development and to measure results.
You'll bring:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (e.g sciences, environmental studies, chemistry).
Demonstrable experience of working in a sustainability role ideally within mining, extractives, or commodities.
Demonstrated communication skills including translating technical and policy information into relevant, concise and effective reporting for internal and external audiences and to enjoy extensive stakeholder engagement.
Ability to understand varied business environments and a track record of delivering on tasks to a high degree of accuracy as required and according to agreed priority.
Previous experience in working with supply chains, small and medium-sized companies, or due diligence systems (desirable).
This position represents a unique opportunity to play a signature role in furthering one of the critical materials for the energy and technology sectors, and ultimately being a key information source for the applications, sustainability, and market development.
If you have read this and didn't realise this was what you were looking for in 2022 and you haven't looked at your CV for ages, but you feel compelled to find out more, please do contact Samantha Calvey via samantha.calvey@acre.com and we can discuss further.
