About Us
Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving a positive impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry. It guides a growing community of brands, manufacturers, and farmers towards more purposeful production from the very start of the supply chain.
By 2030, its goal is to guide the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production. Its focus is holistic and interconnected, accelerating the adoption of practices that improve the state of our water, soil health, and biodiversity too.
For real change to happen, everyone needs a clear path to positive impact. That’s why Textile Exchange believes that approachable, step-by-step instruction paired with collective action can change the system to make preferred materials and fibers an accessible default, mobilizing leaders through attainable strategies, proven solutions, and a driven community.
At Textile Exchange, materials matter. To learn more, visit TextileExchange.org.
Working at Textile Exchange
We work remotely with a team located in 20+ countries. We are a diverse group committed to harnessing the strengths of the global textile industry to accelerate change toward climate and other key environmental goals.
We work collaboratively on important environmental issues around the world by working and interacting with farming groups, processors, brands, retailers, and environmental experts in the textile and fashion industries around the world. We offer an opportunity to join a cutting-edge global environmental nonprofit and to help strengthen the impact of our organization.
Each Textile Exchange employee is offered a competitive compensation package with paid time off, yearly bonus, opportunities for continuing education, and more.
Job Summary
We are looking for a Cotton Senior Coordinator to join the Cotton & Fiber Crops Team as part of our Engagement and Partnership Department.
The Cotton Senior Coordinator will be ready to take on a diversity of tasks from administrative support to the development of communication media, event planning, and coordination.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a mission-driven organization. You will be a positive person interested in sustainability and passionate about scaling solutions to address the climate crisis. You will have a proven ability to remain flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient, with a high level of professionalism. Expert-level written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to plan, strong decision-making capacity and attention to detail are all needed. You will be a confident communicator, who works easily with people from all parts of the supply chain and the globe.
Key Responsibilities
- Support for the cotton team:
- Support the development and execution of the cotton strategy, ensuring adherence to project goals and timelines.
- Support the arrangements of complex meetings concerning multiple stakeholders and/or teams.
- Supporting the development of documents for internal and external use:
- Creating base decks for PowerPoint presentations.
- Formatting and spell-checking papers.
- Help with building reports and information in a digestible and presentable format.
- Provide summary notes from external meetings, and minutes in internal cotton team meetings and following up on action points.
- Managing the cotton inquiries mailbox and responding to basic enquiries about cotton, with the ability to refer to different Textile Exchange tools and standards and other teams as appropriate.
- Collaborate with team members to build relationships cotton stakeholders.
- Pathway to advancement by gaining progressive experience in direct stakeholder management by support engagement efforts, and participating in strategy development.
- Providing insights into new innovations and research into Cotton topics to refine engagement strategies:
- Carry out self-directed research into key themes and upcoming trends in cotton.
- Present findings of research together with key takeaways and next step recommendations.
- Provide input to the Cotton team on relevant upcoming topics, opportunities, and areas for future research and development.
- Build effective relationships across all levels of the organization from the leadership team to junior colleagues to ensure you are connected on what is going on.
- Advisory group, working groups and round table engagement:
- Being the key point of contact for members of the Cotton Advisory Group, and any cotton working groups to include:
- Arranging meetings to meet the agreed cadence.
- Taking meeting minutes.
- Sharing information and keeping group and sub-group members up to date.
- Ensuring follow up actions are taken (from internal team or group members).
- Collecting and compiling feedback received from different group meetings.
- Managing the application process when new groups are set up.
- In conjunction with the other members of the Cotton team, supporting the Industry Activation Team on planning and management of round tables for cotton.
- Preparing agendas with the Cotton team, contacting speakers, collating presentations, managing any follow up after
- Supporting the maintenance of the Cotton Round Table Community pages on The Hub, and increasing engagement activity through frequent posting of relevant information.
Experience and Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree or 3 years of experience in a relevant field.
- Passion for sustainability and a commitment to driving positive change in the fashion industry.
- Demonstrated interest in Textile Exchange’s vision, mission, and goals.
- Team player, resourceful, eager to learn and able to work independently in a virtual workplace.
- Highly attentive to detail with strong organizational and planning skills.
- Self-starting and proactive about thinking what is needed.
- Strong customer service mindset.
- Strong work ethic and self-motivation with the ability to work effectively remotely.
- Honest, professional, responsible, and discreet, acting with the utmost confidence.
- Ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent communication, written, and grammatical skills in English (native or bilingual proficiency).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and the ability to quickly learn new systems.
- Willingness to undertake occasional travel, if needed.
Preferred:
- Knowledge about the cotton sector, value chains, and landscape of programs.
- Experience collecting and analyzing feedback from a global audience using a variety of tools (email, webinars, strategic conference calls, etc.).
- A second language relevant for engagement with stakeholders in key cotton producing regions.
Employment Package
- Reports to: Cotton and Crops Lead
- Full Time Position, 40 hours a week
- Location: Virtual/Remote
- Salary Range: 46,000 - 58,000 USD per year, depending on experience.
- To be filled as soon as possible (start date to be agreed between both parties).
- Our offers for salary and benefits are dependent on the region of the final candidate. We post most positions based on a US-based Team member, but final offers are made in alignment with the final candidate's permanent residence and in line with Textile Exchange's regional employment package.
- To see if we hire in your country and for more information, please visit: https://remote.com/country-explorer
How to Apply
Please apply here with your resume and a cover letter.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis as they are submitted. Early application submission is strongly encouraged.
Textile Exchange is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Compensation46,000 - 58,000 USD
