Sustainability Assistant Coordinator

Guidant Global; Leeds; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global is seeking a Zero Waste assistant to join the Zero waste team tackling waste management and compliance reporting across stores and depots. You will engage with suppliers, support depot teams, and help deliver zero waste commitments in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasises strong admin skills, customer communication, and the ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail. Experience in waste/recycling is a plus.

Qualifications

• Interest or experience in waste management and recycling.
• Strong admin and Microsoft Office skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Zero waste role focusing on operational, food and customer waste and recycling.
• Communicate with and support waste suppliers, stores and depots on a daily basis to ensure compliance and service support.
• Manage the waste and recycling query inbox and respond to all queries.
• Arrange service, signage and guides for new stores
• Coordinate and arrange charity collections of surplus products from Home offices
• Work with the Salcayion army and waste management companies to clear fly tipping in a timely manner

Skills

Waste management

Recycling knowledge

Customer communication

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Time management

Organised

Team player

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Zero waste team. This team is involved in helping the business adapt to the changing business requirements in waste management, legislation , reporting and operations. The Zero waste assistant will report directly to the Senior Manager but will support the full team to deliver the zero waste commitments, with particular emphasis on store and depot engagement, compliance reports, supplier survey.

Ideally, you will have an interest, experience or qualification in this field, along with strong customer communication and admin skills and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

Specifics of the role

• You will work on the zero waste part of the sustainability agenda focussed on operational, food and customer waste and recycling . You will:
• Communicate with and support waste suppliers, stores and depots on a daily basis to ensure compliance and service support.
• Manage the waste and recycling query inbox and respond to all queries.
• Arrange service , signage and guides for new stores
• Coordinate and arrange charity collections of surplus products from Home offices
• Work with the Salcayion army and waste management companies to clear fly tipping in a timely manner

What you’ll need:

As Zero Waste assistant , we require an organised individual with good attention to detail and action orientated.

• Waste, recycling, and commercial appreciation
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
• A self-motivated individual with ability to think and act on their own
• A team player with a can-do attitude
• Organised with good time management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload with daily, weekly, and monthly tasks