Lead Nature Manager

What’s in it for you

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
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• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
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• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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About the role

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. Please talk to the Hiring Manager about how they can support you.

Join a diverse team of hardworking sustainability and food industry experts working to transform our food supply chains and deliver Tesco's ambitious Planet Plan.

As Lead Nature Manager, you will be leading a team of colleagues passionate about the development and delivery of Tesco Group's Nature Strategy, including leading all aspects of the development of our new suite of Nature Partnerships and leading our engagement with international reporting and measurement frameworks.

The role will cover a breadth of topics within nature as we focus on delivering impact at catchment scale, looking specifically at: protecting and restoring natural habitats, supporting balanced freshwater use, preventing freshwater pollution, protecting wildlife, improving soil health and improving air quality.

You will be responsible for

• Being our subject matter authority on nature, biodiversity, water, soil and air quality, particularly in a food system context.
• Leading the development and implementation of Tesco's Nature Strategy, ensuring it aligns with our broader sustainability goals, focuses on tangible outcomes for nature and biodiversity throughout our domestic and international supply chains.
• Co-developing ground breaking initiatives to deliver nature-based solutions from piloting to scale-up, collaborating with our Sustainable Agriculture team, our Climate team and our suppliers.
• Supporting Tesco's catchment-based landscape programmes and partnerships, particularly in key sourcing areas (UK, Spain, South Africa, and Peru).
• Leading Tesco's engagement with key international nature reporting frameworks and initiatives, including Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures and Science-Based Targets for Nature.
• Working with product category teams to embed our strategy within commercial practices, from supplier management to product ranges and customer communication.
• Supporting the Nature Partnerships Manager to develop, budget and implement a comprehensive Nature Partnerships programme, including identifying and building lasting relationships with charities, environmental NGOs and consultancies.
• Representing Tesco on a number of cross-sector customers groups with environmental NGOs, government, other retailers and suppliers, to advocate for a nature-positive food system

You will need

• Strong leadership and team management experience.
• Exceptional partner management, internal and external.
• Budgeting competence and commercial understanding.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field (e.g. environmental science, ecology, sustainability, biodiversity).
• Proven experience in sustainability, preferably in retail, FMCG or food industry.
• Strong knowledge of sustainability principles.
• Experience working within the environmental NGO sector

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About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.