Sustainability Associate

For over 27 years The Lakes has been committed to supplying free range and organic free range eggs to the highest ethical and welfare standards. We are constantly working to improve the welfare of our hens, and the environment in which we live and work. Sustainability is core to what we do, and we work hard to maintain our leading edge within the poultry industry and across the agricultural sector as a whole. Last year we were delighted to receive the Farmers Weekly Environmental Champion of the Year award and The Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Farm of the Future award in recognition of our efforts.

Tasks

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic self-driven person to conduct sustainability projects for The Lakes Free Range Egg Co Ltd. (The Lakes)

Constantly evolving, we have created a new role within our sustainability team specifically focusing on our sustainability development, accountability and management. This role will develop over time and reports directly to our Sustainability Manager.

If you have a passion for sustainability, a background in environmental science and desire to develop this exciting new role, we’d like to hear from you.

Location: This role is based at our head office near Penrith in the Lake District

The role: This new, flexible role would suit an ambitious graduate or someone already working in the sustainability sector. The successful applicant will play a key role in supporting the delivery of our sustainability strategy and must be able to communicate confidently with a wide range of stakeholders.

Key responsibilities will depend on our priorities, but will include some or all of the following:

• Working on all aspects of sustainability policy
• Assist in completing Carbon Disclosure Programme reports
• Assist in developing and obtaining acceptance of Science Based Target initiatives (SBTi)
• Progress assessment of carbon counting for farms and factory
• Assessing on farm carbon sequestration potential.
• Practical farm level development of assessment and Roadmap to Net Zero
• Keeping up to date with legislation and best practice
• Conducting farm assessments for ammonia reabsorption potential
• Analysing and developing environmental progress reports to feed back to key stakeholders

As part of our integrated agricultural team, you will be office-based, but will spend a significant proportion of your time on farms across the northern UK.

Requirements

What are we looking for?

Communication is a big part of this role, both internally and with farmers. The successful applicant will need to demonstrate:

• Knowledge and interest in sustainability issues
• Ability to think strategically, but also focus on performance delivery
• Self-motivated with good organisational skills
• Inclusive and collaborative approach, whilst working under own initiative
• Building and maintaining effective relationships
• Skills to manage a number of complex projects in tandem
• Computer literacy and adaptability (especially for excel and bespoke packages)
• Clean full driving licence
• Enthusiasm to learn

Desirable but non-essential experience includes:

• Previous project management experience
• Experience within the poultry and/or food production industries

Benefits

Additional info:

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Holidays: 29 days including bank holidays

Company pool car: available for use during working hours

Closing date for applications is 16/02/2025.

We will then invite a select few candidates for interview and progress from there.