Sustainability Coordinator

Frontier Agriculture; Sandy; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Sustainability Coordinator to join their dynamic team. This role offers a unique opportunity to support sustainable agricultural practices while working in a collaborative environment. You will engage with farmers, manage data collection, and implement funding initiatives that drive positive change in crop production. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this company fosters a culture where every employee can thrive. If you're passionate about sustainability and agriculture, this position could be your next career step.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus purchase option

Dedicated Learning & Development support

Employee Assistance Program

Increased parental leave benefits

Life Assurance scheme

Pension plan with employer contributions

Paid volunteer leave

Employee network groups

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee retail discount scheme

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage varied workloads.
• Intermediate level understanding of Word and PowerPoint.
• Previous agricultural experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of private sector funding programmes.
• Collect data and evidence from Growers for monitoring requirements.
• Administer sustainability-related workshops and training days.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Self-Motivation

Teamwork

Data Collection

Education

Degree in Agriculture or Environmental Science

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Data Collection Databases

Job description

We are looking for a Sustainability Coordinator to join the Sustainable Crop Production Delivery (SCPD) team at Frontier, based at Sandy, on a permanent, full-time basis. We are open to hybrid options for this role, with the right candidate working 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. Travelling to other Frontier sites and event venues across the UK will be required at times.

You will support the facilitation and delivery of private sector initiatives which work in conjunction with global supply chain funding partners. You will build excellent customer relationships, and provide advice and administrative support to colleagues, farmers, and supply chain partners to ensure successful implementation at both the farm gate and landscape scale.

The Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)
• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements)
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women’s network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Excellent organisational skills, including prioritising workloads, meeting deadlines, and managing a varied workload in a busy environment.
• Flexible approach to work and managing changing priorities
• Demonstrate problem solving ability
• Excellent attention to detail
• Solution focused
• Self-motivated and tenacious
• Able to communicate with impact at every level
• An effective team player
• Intermediate level understanding of Word and PowerPoint
• Able to use Excel at an advanced level. Experience of using data collection databases.
• Able to develop effective and supportive relationships with our Growers.
• Previous field agronomy or agricultural experience is desirable

Your Role

As a Sustainability Coordinator your role will involve:

• Working within the SCPD team to support the implementation of private sector funding programmes.
• Communicating with Growers to collect data and evidence to agreed timelines for monitoring, recording and verification requirements.
• Working with the SCPD Commercial team to deliver communication to farmers on private funding, contract issuing and data collection.
• Working with Sustainability Operations Manager to review & continuously improve the systems and processes used to collect and collate data.
• Working with the Sustainability Operations Manager to ensure necessary tools for data collection and collation are kept relevant and effective.
• Administration and record keeping for all business processes within the SCPD Operations team.
• Administration and organisational support of sustainability related workshops and training days.

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion. With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values – Integrity, Customer First and Expertise – or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.