Sustainability Manager

Sustainability Manager
£58,000 - £66,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)
Remote, based in Manchester with occasional travel to our Manchester city centre office where required

We’re looking for a Sustainability Manager to join our Co-op Sustainability team. In this role, you’ll help develop and deliver the Co-op sustainability strategy, reporting and governance activity. We’ll look to you to work cross functionally with colleagues from across the business to create a One Co-op view of Sustainability activity and priorities to ensure Co-op remain on track to achieve our sustainability commitments and goals. This is a great opportunity to build a rewarding career as well as making a real difference to the sustainability of our Co-op.

What you’ll do

• Manage the Co-op sustainability strategy and delivery plan to ensure activity aligns to our overarching goals and we meet our mandatory and voluntary commitments
• Co-ordinate Sustainability activity across the business, ensuring accurate reporting on workstream progress to support delivery of our Coop sustainability goals
• Support the management and evolution of pan Co-op governance structures and reporting to ensure regular progress updates to Op Board and Board
• Support the development of appropriate prioritisation approaches for sustainability activity across our Co-op
• Build positive relationships with internal partners, engaging with technical experts and translating information into clear and easy to understand language
• Lead working groups, and collaborate with colleagues and supply chains across multiple teams
• Nurture relationships with external stakeholders to build knowledge and understanding of market insight and innovations

This role would suit people who have

• The ability to build strong relationships with senior partners
• Excellent communication skills and to be able to deliver information easily and clearly
• Strong organisational skills
• Experience in change or project management with the ability to manage complex initiatives
• The ability to interpret data and generate insights

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
• Private healthcare
• 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

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.

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.

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

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes.If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.