Specialist Sustainability

Requisition ID: 187137
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Corporate Sustainability
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

This is a contract role that ends December 31, 2025.

The Sustainability Specialist will support, facilitate, and advance Sobeys’ Sustainability Strategy and related programs by designing, implementing and/or facilitating the design and implementation of initiatives and programs. This is a hybrid role and there is an in-office requirement of 3 times a week.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

• Build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders for data gathering, calculating, reviewing analyzing and organizing for over 140 Environmental Social Governance (ESG) metrics in priority areas for internal reporting and external disclosure (e.g. annual Sustainable Business Report, ESG metrics, SASB and CDP).
• Key contact for business teams as it relates to ESG metrics and data.
• Support project management of annual publication of Sustainable Business Report and managing internal and external relationship for a successful release.
• Identify gaps in ESG-related activity and disclosure and engage with internal stakeholders to close gaps over the short-term and long-term.
• Leading education and awareness on ESG metrics and process.
• Leading the GHG Inventory for calendar and fiscal year data, managing and supporting consultants in completing organisation emission calculation.
• Develop a more efficient system for GHG data collection and accounting, continuously work on process improvement and data evolution.
• Lead the establishment and management of a central database (i.e. “data warehouse/ ESG platform”) to collect ESG-related metrics and track KPIs.

What you have to offer:

• Motivated, proactive and passionate about making positive change.
• Minimum of 1-3 years experience in sustainability related field related to GHG accounting (e.g. GHG Protocol) and reporting & disclosure.
• Post-secondary Degree in climate or environmental science, sustainability, Data analysis or related field of study.
• Provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership in ESG.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Excel), managing databases, and data analysis.
• Excellent communication skills in providing reports/briefings and presentations to inform decision-making.
• Ability to multi-task, organize and plan effectively, and work with multiple deadlines.
• Strong research skills and resourcefulness are essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills and effective team player.
• Forward-thinking mindset with a demonstrated ability to be innovative and “think outside the box.”
• Positive attitude, with an optimistic outlook.

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up.
• Paid Vacation and Days-off.

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.