Sustainability Coordinator

Medik8; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing: 25 days holiday + bank hols

Hybrid working

Private Medical Insurance

Mental Health support

Discounts

Annual bonus

Job summary

Medik8 is seeking a Sustainability Coordinator in Aylesbury to drive operational sustainability initiatives across materials, packaging, and data systems. You will manage raw material approvals, carbon data, and green claims while ensuring compliance and data integrity.

You will collaborate with R&D, Marketing, and Procurement, mentor a Sustainability Apprentice, and contribute to the company’s ESG strategy through rigorous governance and reporting.

Qualifications

• Sustainability & Carbon Operations: experience collecting carbon data and PCF inputs.
• Claims Substantiation & Compliance: evidence gathering for environmental claims.
• Technical Assessments & Traceability: packaging recyclability and material traceability workflow.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Team Leadership: collaborate cross-functionally and mentor juniors.
• Data Systems & Accuracy: manage sustainability data and audit trails.
• Packaging regulations knowledge: familiarity with EPR, PPWR, and plastics tax.

Responsibilities

• Operational Management & Approvals: manage day-to-day sustainability approvals with R&D and suppliers.
• Carbon Inventory & PCFs: collect data for PCFs and audit carbon data for anomalies.
• Green Claims & Anti-Greenwashing: ensure substantiation files for claims are complete.
• Data Integrity & Systems: audit packaging/chemical sustainability data in our systems.
• Reporting & Compliance: support end-to-end sustainability reporting and regulatory reporting.
• People & Internal Engagement: line-manage a Sustainability Apprentice and train teams.

Skills

Sustainability Ops

Carbon data

Stakeholder leadership

Data accuracy

Packaging regulations

Job description

At Medik8, we are transforming the skincare industry through science, innovation, and an unyielding commitment to environmental and ethical integrity. As a B Corp™ certified brand, we set high standards in quality, sustainability, and transparency. We operate with low egos, high standards, and a shared ambition to deliver results without compromise.

Location: Aylesbury Innovation Centre

Salary: £30,000 - £32,000

Hybrid working - Monday to Friday

The Role

We are seeking a Sustainability Coordinator to serve as the operational engine of our Sustainability team. In this pivotal role, you will manage the technical and administrative building blocks that support the delivery of Medik8’s overarching Sustainability Strategy. From managing raw material approvals and packaging recyclability assessments to maintaining carbon primary data and green claim substantiation files, you will ensure high standards of environmental integrity are embedded across every product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational Management & Approvals: Manage day-to-day sustainability approvals for raw materials in alignment with R&D, partner with suppliers to trace natural raw materials, conduct global recyclability assessments, and sign off on product artwork.
• Carbon Inventory & PCFs: Own input data collection processes for carbon footprinting, compile data for Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs), proactively audit carbon data for anomalies, and engage suppliers on carbon data initiatives.
• Green Claims & Anti-Greenwashing: Own evidence gathering for environmental marketing claims to ensure strict adherence to global directives (e.g., ECGT, ASA/CMA), maintaining complete and transparent substantiation files.
• Data Integrity & Systems: Act as data guardian for all packaging, chemical, and ethical sustainability information, conducting regular audits in Odoo to maintain a single source of truth and ensure audit readiness.
• Reporting & Compliance: Manage accurate end-to-end sustainability reporting suites, provide technical briefs to internal Data teams, and coordinate compliance reporting for EPR regulations and Plastic Taxes across key territories.
• People & Internal Engagement: Directly line manage and foster the professional development of one Sustainability Apprentice, while designing and delivering training for R&D, Marketing, and Procurement teams.

What We Are Looking For

Essential Criteria

• Sustainability & Carbon Operations: Demonstrable experience handling carbon inventory data collection, compiling underlying data for PCFs, or managing environmental metrics.
• Claims Substantiation & Compliance: Proven experience gathering and structuring evidence files to support environmental claims and prevent greenwashing.
• Technical Assessments & Traceability: Practical knowledge of conducting packaging recyclability assessments, artwork checks, or raw material traceability workflows.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Team Leadership: Strong collaborative skills across cross-functional teams (R&D, Marketing, Procurement). alongside the capability to mentor or manage junior team members.
• Data Systems & Accuracy: Experience managing sustainability data (collecting, manipulating in Excel or similar, veryfing integrity) for internal and external reporting. And put that at the top before carbon
• Stakeholder Engagement & Team Leadership: Strong collaborative skills across cross-functional teams (R&D, Marketing, Procurement) alongside the capability to mentor or manage junior team members.
• Understanding of packaging regulations such as EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility), Plastic Packaging Tax and PPWR (Eu packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation).

Desirable Criteria

• Experience operating within a fast-paced FMCG, cosmetics, personal care, or manufacturing environment.
• Direct experience handling EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) or Plastic Packaging Tax compliance submissions.
• Familiarity with third-party certification frameworks (such as the Vegan Society, Cruelty Free International, or B Corp standards).
• Claims Substantiation & Compliance: Proven experience gathering and structuring evidence files to support environmental claims and prevent greenwashing.
• Direct experience handling EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) or Plastic Packaging Tax compliance submissions

About us

Founded in 2009 by UK scientists and brothers, we are a British, B Corp™ certified skincare brand renowned for clinical results without compromise. Our mission is to simplify the route to great skin through our pioneering CSA Philosophy®: Vitamin C plus Sunscreen by day, and Vitamin A by night.

Culture & Benefits

We are a team of collaborative go-givers fuelled by a purpose-driven mentality. Innovation is at our core; we pride ourselves on doing everything in-house, challenging the norm and pushing the boundaries of possibility. We work with integrity and agility, ensuring our commitment to sustainability and quality is never compromised. Above all, we believe in community. Our diverse talents work cross-functionally because we know we achieve more together. It’s just who we are!
Some of the perks of being part of the Medik8 team include:

• Wellbeing: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Flexible & Hybrid working, Private Medical Insurance, Mental Health support.
• Rewards: 75% Discount, Annual Performance Bonus, Long Service Awards.
• Growth: Up-skilling support, regular Lunch & Learns, Flexible Career opportunities.
• Impact: 2 Volunteering days per year, Matched Charitable Giving Scheme.

Our BCorp Commitment to JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion)

At Medik8, we are committed to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where every individual feels respected, valued, and empowered. We believe a rich tapestry of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives fuels the innovation behind our products.

Research shows many candidates only apply if they meet 100% of a job description, however, we use the "60% Rule": if you meet over 60% of the requirements and have the passion to learn the rest, we want to hear from you.

Our Inclusive Hiring Standards:

• Fair Chance Hiring: To support systemic justice, we do not request criminal record or credit checks during the application stage (unless legally required for the role).
• Blind Recruiting: We use anonymised CV screening to focus purely on your talent and reduce bias.
• Disability Confident: As a Level 2 employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum role criteria.
• Immigration Integrity: We welcome all applicants within current Home Office guidance on sponsorship and Right to Work. We never artificially manipulate role scopes or salaries to meet requirements.