TERMS OF REFERENCE

Title (male/female): FSC China Intern (1)
Organizational Unit: FSC China Office

FSC is an independent, not-for-profit, non-governmental multi-stakeholder organization, established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. Today, FSC is the leading certification system for responsible forest management in the world. FSC works by bringing people together to promote responsible forest management and to find solutions to the problems created by bad forestry practices. FSC does so by providing standard-setting, trademark assurance, accreditation services and business value for companies and organizations interested in responsible forestry.

Products carrying the FSC label are independently certified to assure consumers that they come from forests that are managed to meet the social, economic and ecological needs of present and future generations.

FSC is registered as an international NGO in Mexico, but has its operational headquarters in Bonn, Germany. FSC has 5 Regional Offices and is represented through National Offices or Network Partners in more than 40 countries across the world.

Mission Statement / Objectives of the Function:
The FSC China Intern supports marketing through desk research, data collection, and information analysis.

Main Roles and Responsibilities:
1.    Collect information from public database of Forest Management Units and analysis;
2.    Research on pulp and paper, packaging industries trend and Chain of Custody Units development;
3.    Research viscose market progress;
4.    Research of leading companies financial statement;
5.    Additional Tasks as agreed with the Marketing and Integrity Assistant.

Expected Outputs
1.    A collated list of wood species, productivity, area, etc. of China along with the major trading countries.
2.    A collated list of the industries’ output and the leading companies outputs, plus the analysis presentation of domestic pulp and paper, and packaging industries development.
3.    A brief report of global viscose market history, the current status, and the future trend with an emphasis of China’s role within the progress.

Start of Service: ASAP ideally within Oct. 2017
Duration of Service: 1-month (duration of service can be flexible and adjusted based on the availability of the Intern)
Supervision: FSC China Intern reports to FSC China Marketing and Integrity Assistant

Experiences: Research and/or market investigations;

Skills:
Research and analytical skills;
Good communication skills, both written and oral English and Chinese;
Problem solving skills;
Proficient use of Excel or other databases.

Qualities:
Strong interests in international trade, standard, and supply chain.
A strong sense for diligence and accuracy.

Education and training:
University degree in a relevant field (supply chain, business management, or forestry.)

Remuneration: Lump sum of CNY2200 or at daily rate of CNY100, plus an accident insurance policy during the service.
Location: Beijing, the intern can work in the FSC China office, or work distantly at own place.
Application Deadline: Mid-day, Oct. 20th 2017

Interested applicants please send CVs to FSC China at info@cn.fsc.org, and indicating time of availability.
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