Head of Africa

About Enveritas

Consumers increasingly want to know whether the brands they trust are genuinely “sustainable”—produced under acceptable social, economic, and environmental practices. In response, many companies have set targets to become 100% sustainable. However, traditional certification and verification approaches struggle to reach farmers who are too small, too remote, or too informally organized to be captured by existing systems.

Enveritas (www.enveritas.org) builds solutions for smallholder coffee farmers who fall outside the reach of existing sustainability certification and verification programs. We’ve developed a rigorous, scalable, and transparent verification method built specifically for this underserved space—and it’s the backbone of our Responsible Sourcing platform, which helps companies meet their sustainability targets by directing investment to where it’s needed most.

About the Role

Enveritas is looking for a Head of Africa to join our global team and lead our operations across the region. You’ll be responsible for ensuring our operations run smoothly and consistently, driving the development and adoption of new operational products, and managing the teams and relationships that keep our work credible and effective on the ground.

What You’ll Do

Operations Leadership

• Ensure smooth, effective operations across African countries of operations.
• Standardize operating procedures across African countries to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Lead the development of new operational products and drive their successful adoption across markets.
• Develop and execute strategies to optimize operational costs.

Team & Relationship Management

• Manage the various African teams, including budgets, staffing, and operational processes.
• Lead the Machine Labelling Operations team, including budgets, performance, and operational workflows.
• Manage the regional team overseeing tailored client deliverables, including annual country summaries and key issue prioritization across all countries.
• Manage the Operations team, providing leadership to streamline processes, improve efficiency, maintain operational excellence, oversee contract review, and manage global coverage data and client deliverables.

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Manage key relationships with core supply chain partners.
• Represent Enveritas to external stakeholders, regional authorities, ensuring the organization delivers on its mission.

Other

• Support additional projects and activities as needed.