Better Cotton Hiring for Compliance Officer – India at Delhi, Delhi Full Time

Starting Date: ASAP

Contract type: Fixed term (1 year renewable)

Number of positions: 4

Location: Delhi, India with some travel within the country

Salary range: Starting INR 1,348,900 (Annual)

Application closing date: 30 June 2023

About this role

At Better Cotton we are continuing to increase the amount of monitoring and oversight of how Better

Cotton flows through the supply chain. We are introducing traceability into the Better Cotton Standard

System which will mean new CoC requirements for suppliers and likely new procedures and practices

in the trading and processing of cotton. With these changes come additional integrity risks to be

managed and this role will play a key part in ensuring assurance and helping to bring increased supply

chain transparency and credibility to the global cotton supply chain.

Responsibilities

The Compliance Officer will be responsible for delivering the following body of work:

1. Support the on-boarding of organisations into the Better Cotton Chain of Custody programme

• Screening organisations seeking to enter the programme for integrity risks
• Reviewing supplier registration forms and submitted evidence
• Responsible for answering enquiries on self-assessment via calls and emails
• Developing, using and improving systems to track supplier enrolment progress

2. Support assurance activities relating to the Better Cotton Chain of Custody Standard

• Review annual self-assessments submitted by supply chain organisations.
• Following up on actions required from annual self-assessments, such as documentation

requests, answering queries on the self-assessment process, and following up on

corrective actions.

• Support assurance activities to implement onsite 2nd party verification based on the CoC

Standard, such as follow up on closing NCs, and ensuring supporting evidence is

appropriate.

• Support the wider compliance and integrity team.
• Assist wider supply chain team to follow up on closing of Minor NCs founds during 3rd

party assessments.

3. Conduct Remote Transaction Monitoring Audits for Better Cotton Supply Chain Actors

• To work as part of a wider Compliance Desk conducting remote transaction monitoring

audits and to proactively investigating irregular transactions detected via the Cotton Cloud

or Digital Platform.

• Monitoring outputs of the remote transaction monitoring audits and ensuring effective

close out of any non-conformities.

• Ensuring smooth reporting of audit outcomes using the dedicated tracking system.
• Provide regular inputs to help improving the overall monitoring processes.

4. Team support

• Assist in updating the related process and training materials
• Support in supplier and site data cleaning on existing Better Cotton systems

(Salesforce, Better Cotton Platform)

• Attend and participate in regular team meetings.

The Compliance Officer is expected to carry out any additional ad-hoc tasks as planned and

communicated by their line manager.

Profile

The selected candidate will have the following skills, knowledge, and experience: Candidates with

some but not all the preferred attributes but strong related experience and enthusiasm for this

challenge are encouraged to apply. For the right candidate training will be provided to fill knowledge or

skill gaps.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Minimum 3 years relevant work experience

University degree, or equivalent higher education qualification, in a relevant field

Demonstrated communication skills and adaptability

Strong ethics and integrity

Team player

Able to multi-task and work with lots of information inputs

Comfortable working with global teams

Excellent written and spoken English

Strong organisational skills

Able to work independently and is self-motivated

Good IT skills, including but not limited to MS Office suite (PowerPoint, Word and Excel)

Desirable

Work experience in auditing

Chain of Custody auditing experience in the textile industry

Experience in financial auditing

Good understanding of local laws and policies

Experience in standards and certification programmes

Additional language expertise

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Working arrangements

The position is full-time (40 hours per week) and will be based in Delhi India.

Travel may be required within the country. Better Cotton offers flexible working – staff are required to

come to the Better Cotton Delhi office as per flexible working policy (currently minimum one week in

every 6 weeks) and can work from home accordingly.

This role will report into a Compliance Coordinator.

Roles will be hired through Better Cotton’s Employer of Record, Omnipresent.

Applications

Interested applicants with the required attributes are asked to apply through the below link;

Application for Compliance Officer

Application deadline: Rolling – accepting applications now

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates short-listed for a telephone

interview will be contacted. Better Cotton is currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits,

and candidates need to have a pre-existing right to work in the location where they will be based.

Better Cotton is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to good practice and transparency in

the management of natural, human, and financial resources.

About Better Cotton

Better Cotton is the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. Our mission: to help cotton

communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. In challenging times,

we are meeting the challenge head on. Through our network of field-level partners we have trained

over 2.5 million farmers – from the smallest to the largest – in 23 countries in more sustainable

farming practices. A quarter of the world’s cotton is now grown under the Better Cotton Standard. We

have united the industry’s stakeholders behind our efforts, from ginners and spinners to brand

owners, civil society organisations and governments. Everyone who cares about cotton and its

sustainable future can now be part of something better.

We work across all kinds of farm types, sizes, and geographies. It is crucial that these producers, and

the Better Cotton they produce, can continue to access international markets in the face of changing

regulatory and business expectations.

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