Job Description

Farm Sustainability Manager- 12 month FTC

UK: South-West Region

Please note: This is a home-based role with frequent travel required.

Are you passionate about sustainability and looking to make a meaningful impact? Join our leading dairy cooperative as a Sustainability Manager and be part of a team that's dedicated to building a positive future for our farmers and the environment.

Benefits

* Competitive salary (salary discussed at application stage)

* 26 days holiday & Bank Holidays

* Pension contribution matched up to 6%

* 4 x annual salary life assurance

* A car to support with travel to farms and customers

* Free to use onsite Gym

* Access to discounted products in our Staff Shop

* People agenda commitment to training and development

* Flexible Benefits- buy up to 5 days annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.

* Most importantly - Cheese hamper at Christmas!

* Working in a flexible, inclusion focussed culture

What will the role look like?

In this farmer-facing role, you'll be responsible for developing strong relationships with our farmer owners and gaining a deep understanding of their sustainability needs. Drawing on your expertise in sustainability and our cooperative's credentials, you'll support farmer-owners across a number of sustainability initiatives such as the FarmAheadTM Check (carbon footprint) and FarmAheadTM Incentive (an incentive model linked to actions on farm which is also linked to milk price).

As one of a team of five Sustainability Managers, you'll play a critical role in delivering emission reductions on farm and driving increased Incentive points for farmer owners.

Your key responsibilities will include;

* Building strong relationships with the Sustainability Team and our wider Ag Team members in order to understand the needs of the business and develop shared long-term plans.

* Understanding the global (Arla) business and connect with colleagues from our other main markets (Denmark, Sweden and Central Europe).

* Be the contact point for farmer-owners around all things ‘sustainability’.

* Driving the FarmAheadTM Check agenda forward in order to support our emissions reductions targets.

* Driving the FarmAheadTM Incentive agenda forward in order to support our farmer owners gain more points, thereby reducing on-farm emissions, improving sustainability on farm and helping our gains gain as much value as possible in the milk price.

* Planning, organising and delivering Knowledge Building Events across the year.

* Develop and maintain external stakeholder relationships.

Overall, the Sustainability Manager will need to be a change agent and strong leader who can effectively support the delivery of Arla’s sustainability goals and ambitions – as well as provide support to farmer-owners in how they can go about achieving these.

What you’ll need in order to be successful in the role

* You’ll be farmer-oriented, with experience working with people and within and across teams.

* Strong background in sustainability

* Ability to communicate complex challenges clearly

* A full UK driving license with the flexibility to travel as required

Collaboration and relationship building skills are essential, as you’ll be working closely with stakeholders across our organisation to develop insights and drive sustainability.

Things We’d Love To Tell You About Arla

* We are a farmer- owned cooperative. That means we are committed to partnering with farmers so they are guaranteed a fair price for their milk.

* We experimented with poo powered trucks (google it- you won’t regret it), and built the world’s first ever 100% carbon neutral dairy. All as part of our ongoing commitment to combatting climate change.

* We are the producer of Lurpak, one of the world’s most iconic butter brands.

* We are a Danish business, operating across the UK, Europe, Asia, The Middle East, North America, South America and other regions across the globe.

Next steps

The closing date for this role is the 14th of November- for any queries you have please reach out to Olivia Pine, Talent Partner at Arla Foods.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency’s terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels