We are looking for a Sustainability Coordinator to join the Sustainable Crop Production Delivery (SCPD) Operations team at Frontier, based at Witham St Hughs, on a permanent, full-time basis.

You will need to build excellent working relationships to support the implementation and delivery of Sustainable Supply Chain privately funded programmes. You will provide advice and administrative support to both our internal colleagues and farmers.

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.

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 5 more days
• 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 Womens network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Strong 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.
• Able to develop effective and supportive relationships with our Growers.
• Previous field agronomy or agricultural experience is desirable
• Comfortable working with digital systems for data input.

Your Role

As a Sustainability Coordinator your role will involve:

• Working within the SCPD team to support the implementation of a number 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.
• Administration and record keeping for all business processes within the SCPD Operations team.
• Writing and updating Standard Operating procedures.

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. xbpsjku

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