Sustainability Officer

Sustainability Officer – Graduate Placement/Internship

We are pleased to be able to offer the role of Sustainability officer based within our friendly team at Tweed Valley Maltings, our Head Office, for Simpsons Malt Ltd.

We are looking for an individual with an agricultural background or a deep passion for sustainability who would join the Sustainability Team at Simpsons Malt.

The successful candidate will get the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of malt, the malting process, the raw materials supply chain and the implications of delivering our customers’ sustainability requirements. As the Sustainability Officer, the successful candidate will develop their teamwork skills to work collaboratively with other teams to deliver our Sustainability Strategy and our collective ambition. They will be required to work closely alongside the MSP agronomy and sales teams to provide technical advice to contracted wheat and barley growers, whilst supporting them to gain SAI Platforms FSA accreditation and complete Cool Farm Tool carbon assessments for all purchased grain. They will also be required to support the Sales and Grain teams in terms of customer and supplier technical queries. This role will be a mixture of based on-farm, office based and some home working.

The Sustainability Team is a relatively new team for Simpsons Malt so the ideal candidate will be able to communicate effectively, be willing to learn, be proactive and show good initiative. Strong teamwork, organisational and time management skills are also required as collaboration between suppliers, end users and other Simpsons teams will form a key part of the day-to-day.

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Key tasks:

• Farm Sustainability Assessment Delivery and managing improvement plans
• Cool Farm Tool Sustainability Assessments
• Agreed Sustainability improvement projects
• Being able to field customer and supplier queries

Desirable:

• Proactivity & Continuous Improvement – Actively identify problems and consider different solutions and deliver improved ways of working. Work using own initiative and demonstrate creativity and innovation, asking for help when needed, using internal and external help with issues.
• Effective Communication – Demonstrate effective communication skills, sharing information clearly and effectively. Being able to field customer and supplier queries.

Adapt style of communication to meet the needs of the individual and situation, recognising how and when to assert yourself.

• Planning and Organisation – Use time effectively and deal with requests promptly.

Meet deadlines on key tasks and set priorities based on the business plan. Adapt to setbacks and changes, using the available tools to plan and organise work.

Benefits

At Simpsons Malt, we believe in rewarding our people for a job well done. As an employee you will have access to the benefits below. Please note that not all would be available for an internship.

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme.
• Company Pension Plan.
• Death in Service benefits.
• 31 days holiday per annum including bank holidays, increasing with length of service.
• Employee Cashback Plan for medical and dental services.
• Learning and Development Opportunities.

This is an exciting new role for Simpsons Malt and needs someone who is as completely comfortable in dealing with farmers as they are data-inputting and analysing assessment results.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate, Internship

Salary: £22,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Berwick-Upon-Tweed: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 28/02/2023