Sustainability & Compliance Assistant

5 months ago


Barnsley, United Kingdom Lucy and Yak Full time

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Sustainability & Compliance Assistant to join our growing Production Team

This is a great opportunity to join a forward-thinking company who cares about people and planet. If you think this role could be for you, then we would love to hear from you

**_
What you’ll be doing:_**

**Role Purpose
Work closely with our Sustainability Manager to support the implementation of our Environmental, Social and Governance strategy. The assistant will support with a variety of tasks, from collating product certifications, assisting with sustainability initiatives, collecting and reporting on sustainability related insight through data management and analysis. The role also supports stakeholders and working groups with our CO2 reduction initiatives and the business trajectory.

**Key Responsibilities**

Support the department and internal teams to ensure the product range is compliant with all têxtiles & packaging legislation and other sustainability standards. This includes management of product certifications such as GOTS, GRS, OCS, etc and EPR packaging labelling and têxtile responsibilities.

Liaise with Lucy & Yak’s global supply chain to ensure compliance to the standards, mentioned above.

Work with SM to monitor compliance throughout the supply base; investigations and remediations of any non-compliances through supplier auditing.

Utilise our UKFT membership to ensure the business is kept up to date with global trends and legislations.

Contribute to updating our annual impact report.

Assist SM with the implementation, monitoring and improvement of Lucy & Yak’s sustainability roadmap over time. This will include some project management of sustainability projects & implementation of sustainability initiatives

Support direct team and internal working group with environmental projects and CO2 reduction planning to outline the business trajectory to net zero.

Support the working group with driving forward initiatives to align the supply base with shared environmental responsibilities. This would include monitoring of progress through data management (analysis and reporting on CO2 emissions, water usage, waste management and chemical management across the supply chain).

Support with any further CSR memberships if required.

**Key Skills & Experience**
- 2 years experience desired in a similar sustainability/compliance role
- Knowledgeable and passionate about sustainability
- Strong communication skills and able to communicate with a range of stakeholders (including international)
- Excellent written communication skills
- Good presentation skills
- Ability to promote and inspire others on the topic of sustainability
- Strong organisation, analytical and project management skills

**_
What you should know_**
- Based in our Head Office in Barnsley.
- Permanent full-time role
- 30 hour/4 day week with full time salary



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