Location
London Central Office (Pimlico) or Bracknell Head Office, with hybrid working and some travel to suppliers and on-site projects required.

Hours
Full Time - 35 hours per week

Salary
£55,300 - £83,000 per annum, depending on experience

About the Role
At the John Lewis Partnership, we aim to be one of the UK's most purpose-led and sustainable businesses. In 2023, we became the first retailer globally to set validated science-based targets on all greenhouse gas emissions from forests, land, and agriculture, and the first UK retailer with SBTi-validated net zero science-based targets. Climate change is a high-profile issue for the Partnership, and we are seeking an experienced Ethics & Sustainability Manager to support the delivery of our climate strategy within the Partnership's Climate team.

This role involves leading select initiatives, managing data, developing policies and guidance, and supporting reporting and assurance processes to advance our climate change agenda. You will engage with key internal and external stakeholders to enhance and differentiate the Partnership's position as a market leader in Ethics & Sustainability, ensuring that climate actions have integrity, impact, and resonate with customers and third parties.

Key responsibilities include managing the continuous improvement of the Partnership's carbon footprint calculation, supporting data collection from strategic suppliers, developing approaches to quantify the impact of sustainability initiatives on our carbon footprint, providing technical climate expertise, driving business value through data, and delivering climate-related reporting and assurance such as TCFD, SBTi, and Ethics & Sustainability disclosures.

The role offers flexible hybrid working arrangements to balance personal needs with business requirements.

Experience
- Relevant degree-level qualification or industry experience in climate change.
- Strong passion for reducing climate change impact.
- Experience developing complex corporate carbon footprints for scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
- Proven track record leading strategic projects to reduce climate impact, including quantification.
- Excellent IT and data management skills with the ability to challenge data quality and insights.
- Highly collaborative with excellent stakeholder management skills, able to build consensus and drive change, including with senior executives.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams.

About You
- Passionate about sustainability and climate action.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous environments.
- Collaborative and able to influence across diverse teams.
- Committed to embedding climate change considerations into business decision-making.

Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent experience in climate-related fields.
- Desirable: Sustainability-related qualification.
- Desirable: Knowledge of climate change application in retail.
- Desirable: Experience with programming languages such as SQL or R and complex data management.
- Desirable: Experience addressing climate risk and resilience in a corporate setting.
- Desirable: Experience embedding climate change into business-as-usual decision-making.