About the Company:  Cascale is a global, non-profit alliance of 300 leading apparel, footwear, and textile brands, retailers, manufacturers, sourcing agents, service providers, trade associations, NGOs and academic institutions.

Job Overview

Assist the Stakeholder Engagement team with practical/analytic/desk study activities. This mainly includes contributing to (external) (policy) stakeholder- and existing/potential member mapping to ultimately inform Cascale’s strategic goal delivery as per our 2020-2025 Strategic Plan.  

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Desktop rating of stakeholders in 2023/2024 non-corporate  Stakeholder Mapping in close collaboration with Manager Stakeholder Engagement and Administrative Assistant
  • Leverage technology platforms to streamline communications and operations for the Stakeholder Engagement team.
  • Attend relevant meetings and draft minutes as appropriate

Ideal Qualifications & Experience

  • Academic background in sustainability studies, international relations/political science, international business/supply chains (highly preferred). 
  • Familiar with G-suite and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint)
  • A flexible mindset in supporting a team with diverse needs and displays a strong willingness to lean
  • Good written and verbal communication skills, can articulate clear responses in meetings and through e-mails.
  • Good teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Learning opportunities

  1. Understanding Higg Index tools and indices the industry utilizes to measure sustainability
  2. Best practices for Stakeholder mapping
  3. Identifying opportunities for increased and more impactful engagement between members, partners and prospective stakeholders in line with SAC Strategic Plan 2020 - 2025
  4. Learning real world industry applications of sustainable practice

Reporting Structure, Job location, Timeline, and Compensation

This is a 6 months contract role, reporting directly to the Manager, Stakeholder Engagement.  

Envisaged start date: 1st April
 
The assignment can be conducted fully remotely or, to facilitate an in-person work experience, from the Cascale office in Amsterdam (Netherlands). 

Cascale utilizes salary bands based on country location and aims to be competitive in each market. Actual compensation will also vary depending on factors including (but not limited to) relevant experience and performance. Salary is just one component of Cascale’s Total Rewards package for employees. 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Cascale is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.