Public Affairs Manager

EDF Energy; Banbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sustainability organization based in the UK is seeking a Chief Programmes Officer to shape and deliver its global programme portfolio. This influential role demands significant experience in senior programme leadership and expertise in sustainability areas such as food systems and resource management. The ideal candidate will inspire teams, build strong partnerships, and ensure impactful delivery across multiple geographies while driving accountability and innovation.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex, multi-geography sustainability/impact programmes.
• Expertise in areas like food systems, packaging, or behaviour change.
• Ability to manage large, global multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver WRAP's global programme portfolio.
• Lead the team to ensure impactful programme delivery.
• Build partnerships with government and international partners.

Skills

Senior programme leadership experience

Expertise in sustainability/circular economy

Strong strategic and operational leadership

Excellent communication skills

Ability to influence relationships

Passion for sustainability

Job description

As our Chief Programmes Officer (CPO), you will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and delivering WRAP's global programme portfolio. Sitting on the Executive Team and reporting directly to the CEO, you will provide strategic direction across all programme areas and all geographies — from resource management and circular economy initiatives to food system transformation, packaging, and textiles. WRAP has 25 years of experience designing and delivering environmental programmes that make a difference. It'll be your job to build on this incredible legacy and reputation, and grow WRAP's impact, ensuring that our programmes deliver impact across many more geographies globally, and that they deliver for the moment we are in now: accelerating progress on climate ambitions whilst also delivering on economic and social imperatives. Together we are creating a movement around Circular Living and our partnerships and programmes are at the heart of that. As Chief Programmes Officer, you'll lead the team to deliver impact, delight our partners and funders, and ensure that our programmes are rooted in a deep understanding of commercial, economic and social drivers, as well as the very best environmental evidence. A key focus of the role is managing WRAP's dual delivery model, ensuring the quality, consistency, and impact of both our direct delivery work and the programmes we deliver through strategic partners. Pivotal to much of this is embedding behavioural insights into programme design and delivery (including WRAP's Behaviour Change subsidiary). This is a highly influential role with the opportunity to shape WRAP's long‑term strategy, strengthen international programmes, and drive real, measurable environmental and societal outcomes at scale.

We're looking for an exceptional senior leader who can drive high‑impact programmes, inspire teams and build strong partnerships across multiple countries and sectors. You will bring:

• Significant senior programme leadership experience delivering complex, multi‑geography sustainability/circular‑economy/environmental programmes (direct delivery + with partners).
• Expertise in at least one core WRAP programme area, such as food systems, packaging, textiles/fashion, behaviour change, or resource management (NetZero).
• Proven ability to build and influence relationships with government, business, philanthropy, and international partners.
• Strong strategic and operational leadership, with experience managing budgets, contracts, and large, global multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication, partnership‑building, and convening skills, with credibility across diverse audiences.
• A passion for sustainability and impact, with a collaborative, inclusive leadership style, able to inspire teams and embed a culture of learning, innovation, and accountability.