Senior Health & Sustainability Programme Lead (FTC)

Do you want to work for an organisation that strives to make a positive difference within the food and consumer goods industry?

IGD is an organisation which connects and unites this industry. Building on its trusted heritage we are on a progressive and ambitious change journey and are looking for future thinking and dynamic individuals to join us. 

The Social Impact team are looking for ambitious people with the energy and passion to make tangible changes happen.

If this is you, then joining our team could be just the right move.

Purpose of the job

• Ensure the successful project management of Health and Sustainability programmes to maximise our social impact
• Help manage the network of external stakeholders across industry, academia, government and not for profit organisations to inform and drive the impact of our Health and Sustainability programmes
• Lead key aspects of the programme management in conjunction with the Heads of Sustainability and for the health team.

AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Programme development and delivery

• Working with Director of Health and Sustainability Programmes and Heads of Sustainability to design process design and programme delivery.
• Ensuring the project management of programmes is running efficiently and effectively across the teams.
• Responsible for the management of our content development and release, so it is of a high quality and delivered on time in full.

Team management and planning 

• Bring experience and insight to the teams on ways of working, while supporting consistent use of process for programme delivery.
• Report on progress against KPIs on a monthly basis - identifying risks, curating opportunities and recommending contingencies from across the teams.
• Managing the overall annual budget view across Health and Sustainability teams.

Stakeholder management and communication

• Work with colleagues to ensure relevant industry working groups are highly engaged with IGD and help deliver impact
• Work with colleagues across the Social Impact team and wider IGD to develop and maintain a network of external stakeholders to support our programmes
• Work in partnership with the Marketing and Communications team to develop effective communications plans to raise awareness and drive engagement with our Health and Sustainability programmes.

Thought leadership

• Undertake and coordinate specific research projects to produce unique IGD insights and brief internal and external stakeholders
• Produce recommendations based on the insights to inform the direction of IGD’s work programme

 Reporting structure

          This role reports into the Director of Health and Sustainability Programmes.

What you’ll bring

• Sustainability and or health experience within the food industry.
• Strong project management skills - capable of working under pressure and adopting a flexible approach to meet changing priorities
• Experience of behaviour change research or intervention projects (desirable)
• Strategic and political awareness - able to see the bigger picture and understand the impact of actions
• Excellent influencing, negotiating and networking skills with the capability to engage with a variety of stakeholders
• Highly motivated with the ability to drive programmes forward through own initiative
• A team player with the ability to collaborate with colleagues across the organisation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to be flexible and work across a broad range of health and sustainability issues
• Educated to Masters degree level in relevant Health, Food Technology, Sustainability or Behaviour Change discipline (desirable)

The rewards

We offer a range of benefits, including a market leading pension, a bonus scheme, the ability to buy and sell annual leave plus a generous medical insurance package

At IGD, we have a great work-life balance, where you are empowered & trusted to manage your time.

The location

We are operating a hybrid approach to working with a mix of home and office-based working, agreed with your line manager. We are based in a very accessible location within the M25, just 20 miles from central London.

More about our people

We’re looking for inspiring professionals; talented people who seek personal and career growth and are ambitious to develop their potential and unlock opportunities for society, for our customers and themselves.

We seek and attract the very best people and create an environment that supports and includes them. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their contribution. We therefore welcome applications from diverse candidates. This includes people with disabilities, so please discuss any adjustments that you may require throughout the selection and assessment process.

More about IGD

IGD is a truly unique place, we connect and inspire, provoking and leading constructive debate that creates impact. Together we are working to make a tangible difference for Society, Business, and the Individual.

We use in-depth commercial understanding to uncover rich insights and data, leading to action that powers success.

We reinvest profit from our Trading company into delivering Social Impact, through the Charity, aimed at uniting and mobilising our industry around the most crucial issues affecting society and business today.

#GrowInspireChange: Join our team to help us make a positive impact and drive change.

Get in touch – we’re looking forward to working with you.

careers@igd.com