Six Spring 2001 internships are also available:

Title:		SmartWood Director
Client:		The Rainforest Alliance/SmartWood (www.smartwood.org)
Location:		Richmond, VT
Date position is available:		January, 2000

SmartWood and its forestry certification program were pioneered by the Rainforest Alliance in 1989. The mission of the SmartWood program is to reduce the negative impacts of commercial forestry by awarding its seal of approval to responsible forest managers. SmartWood's regional experts work in tropical, temperate and boreal forests to reduce the environmental damage caused by wood harvesting and to maximize the positive impacts of commercial forestry on local communities.

The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests for the benefit of the global community. Our primary mission is to develop and promote economically viable and socially desirable alternatives to the destruction of this endangered, biologically diverse natural resource. We pursue our mission through education, research in social and natural sciences, and the establishment of cooperative partnerships with businesses, governments and local peoples.

The SmartWood Director is ultimately responsible for the overall sustainability of the SmartWood program, from financial, technical and programmatic perspectives. This includes development and maintenance of a financially viable forestry certification operation, and continuation of SmartWood's historic emphasis on ensuring equity and environmental quality in forest certification. SmartWood's forest and chain of custody certification activity is currently a $1.5 million business serving 450 certified companies. In addition, SmartWood has a separate division, Trees, that is devoted to training, research, education, extension and systems development that will ensure equitable access to certification. Trees is supported largely through grants and services provided to other SmartWood divisions on a case by case basis.

Responsibilities: Represent overall SmartWood certification business to stakeholders in 30 plus countries around the world and coordinate efforts with a network of SmartWood regional managers and non-profit partnerships in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Oceania Australia/New Zealand/PNG and Europe.

• Increase sales revenue for the SmartWood program from $1.5 million to $3 million in year one.
• Financial oversight and reporting of a $2 million dollar operation, including management of loans and grants.
• Overall capital allocation, business strategy development and implementation.
• Maintain and define SmartWood management and business partnerships in a competitive and multinational certification industry.
• Supervise: Regional (U.S./Canada and International) Division managers who develop and meet business development targets with a team of Regional Managers, one Quality Control/Technical Systems Manager who oversees all certification systems (technical and administrative), one Director of Finance and Administration, and the Trees Division Manager.
• Develop and implement a global strategy for the SmartWood certification program.
• Perform public relations and representation activities on behalf of SmartWood and the Rainforest Alliance
• Oversee development of marketing materials, web site, and advertising materials

• Strong experience in forestry, forest industry or forest-related businesses and demonstrated interest and visibility in the forestry/natural resources industry
• Business strategy and implementation experience
• Successfully demonstrated consulting or service management experience (preferably in the forestry/natural resources industry)
• Successfully demonstrated performance managing business profit and loss responsibly
• Strong financial skills and experience managing multi million dollar budgets
• Successfully demonstrated business building experience, MBA or equivalent business management experience (at least 3 years, preferably in environmental/Natural Resources industry)
• Staff supervisory experience
• Willing to travel 25% a year
• Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese or French is not required, but useful

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