Sustainable Agriculture Lead - Woking, United Kingdom - WWF

WWF

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Woking, United Kingdom

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Job details:

Job reference
REQ000708

Date posted
21/12/2023

Application closing date
10/03/2024

Location
Woking

Salary
£40,739

Package
Hybrid Working

Contractual hours
35

Basis
Full time

Job category/type
Advocacy and Campaigns

Sustainable Agriculture Lead:

Job description

This is a UK based contract and as such, you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Evidence of your Right to Work will be checked prior to interview.
This is a unique chance to use your qualification and/or experience in sustainable agriculture to save our planet.

Nature, our life support system, is being lost at an alarming rate and we have a short window to reverse this.

That is why we have formed a ground-breaking multi-year partnership through the Retailers Commitment for Nature (RCFN) working with six of the UK's largest supermarkets to halve the environmental impact of the UK shopping basket.

We now have an incredible opportunity to join us as a
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist and lead the sustainable agriculture workstream in the RCFN and support our business and governmental advocacy on food systems transformation across the value chain.

As
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist, you will the oversee the planning, implementation, coordination, delivery and reporting of the RCFN sustainable agriculture workstream.

This will include collaborating with colleagues in
leading the delivery of key individual projects within the workstream. You will track budgets and maintain oversight of sustainable agriculture investments too.

You will also engage with our global network working on sustainable agriculture initiatives as well as support WWF's communications on the RCFN.

Important will be the
ability to coordinate activities to maximise impact with wider WWF programmes of work as appropriate as well as
collaborate with colleagues working on land use and management reform policy and projects covering transitioning to zero carbon agriculture, nature recovery and nature-based solutions.

For this key role, you must have a relevant qualification and/or equivalent experience in sustainable agriculture, business management, environment or sustainability.

This will have given you
a good understanding of soil health, water, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions and regenerative agriculture.

You will have a
track record of working with farming communities and/or corporate partners, in networked, remote or virtual teams too.

You will also be used to bringing together stakeholders and creating a culture of collaborative working. Critically, you will be
used to engaging with businesses on changing policy & practice.
Your technical expertise will be complemented by excellent communication, influencing, problem solving and presentation skills. Capable of working independently and proactively you will be
good managing complex programmes, projects and budgets too.

If you are passionate about making our world a better place through your work, we would love to hear from you.

Please visit our website via the link, complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up-to-date CV with the Supporting Statement highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their 'full self' to work.

Our world needs you like never before.

We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it.

We are looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet's natural resources.

We need you to join us in the fight for our world.