Environment & Sustainability Manager

Environment and Sustainability Manager

£38K-£45K plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)

Manchester city centre. In this role you'll work in a hybrid way - splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy)

We're looking for an Environment and Sustainability Manager to join our Ethics, Sustainability and Policy (ESP) team here at Co-op. You'll be joining a team that leads our business wide Sustainability strategy, performance management and policy. ​Our purpose is to support the Co-op to be successful by doing the right thing, and so be clearly recognised as the UK's most ethical retailer.

We'll look to you to support the design and implementation of Co-op's environment agenda, specifically for food waste and water security. You'll lead on key strategies and policy development towards achieving our One Co-op Sustainability Plan objectives. Your passion and work will help us make positive change to ultimately make the world a better place to live.

What you'll do

• Lead on the development and delivery of Co-op's strategy, targets and action plans to reduce food waste from farm to fork and tackle water security challenges in our supply chain
• Co-ordinate business engagement with Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), The One Foundation, Water Unite and other key external partners
• Build and maintain relationships with teams and partners across Co-op and Federal Retail Trading Services (FRTS), to deliver food waste and water security objectives.
• Own reporting and monitoring of public commitments and targets on food waste and water security.
• Maintain knowledge of developing and emerging issues including legislation and find opportunities to continually reduce the impacts of Co-op products.
• Work closely with ESP colleagues to support our wider sustainability agenda and specific support for cross functional projects assigned

This role would suit people who have

• The ability to work collaboratively and build relationship with internal and external partners
• Food industry experience, working specifically in sustainability and environmental issues
• Great organisational skills, managing your workload independently whilst working on long term projects
• A good understanding of food supply chains and environment and sustainability issues relevant to the UK and global food production sector
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to draw conclusions from data

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
• YuLife app - rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building a diverse environment

We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

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