Sustainability Coordinator

Your role in the JoJo story…

Location: London, Hybrid

Hours: 37.5 (5 x 7.5)

Reporting to: Head of Quality, Tech and Compliance

We're looking for a Sustainability Coordinator to help bring our sustainability strategy to life. Working closely with our Head of Quality & Responsible Sourcing, you'll be involved in everything from sustainable materials and circular design to packaging, green claims and B Corp reporting.

It's a varied role at the heart of how we make our products more responsibly, and you'll work with teams right across the business, from Buying and Design to Marketing and Finance. If you love data, like getting to grips with new regulation and want your work to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

A peek into your daily adventures:

• Support our sustainability strategy and roadmap, tracking progress against our targets

• Manage sustainable materials data and reporting across our own-brand products, including Better Cotton, FSC, GRS and GOTS

• Work with our Design and Buying teams to evolve our approach to circularity, mapping fibre use and expanding certified recycled and circular materials

• Make sure every green claim we make is properly traced and evidenced, and train our product and marketing teams on green claims and compliance

• Support compliance with new and upcoming regulation, including packaging rules (PPWR and EPR) and the Digital Product Passport

• Coordinate third-party sustainability audits and track findings through to completion

• Contribute to our B Corp recertification and annual impact reporting, and prepare sustainability updates for senior leadership

• Create sustainability communications and engagement events for colleagues in our stores and support centre

• Support our Responsible Sourcing Assistant day to day and help them develop

• Represent JoJo in industry sustainability initiatives and working groups

Skills that make you shine:

• Experience in a sustainability, compliance or quality role, ideally within fashion retail or similar

• Knowledge of product legislation (such as ESPR, DPP or PPWR) or supply chain compliance frameworks

• Strong Excel skills and a real enthusiasm for data: analysing impact and building reports and dashboards

• Experience with data management systems and sustainability platforms

• A strong researcher who can make sense of complex information and explain it clearly

• A collaborative, organised approach, with the confidence to juggle several projects and influence change

• Excellent written and spoken English

• Happy to travel when needed, including supplier visits

Just to give you a taste of our culture, we’ll be looking for you to:

• Be a brand ambassador, safeguarding our values and ethos.

• Demonstrate honesty and respect in every interaction.

• Foster collaboration and open, active listening

• Take ownership of all aspects of the role.

Perks and Benefits:

• Hybrid Working - up to 3 days in our Battersea Office

• Enjoy 25 days' annual leave plus all bank holidays

• Extra day of annual leave for each year you’re with us, up to 38 days.

• Is it your birthday? Take it off and celebrate!

• Helping plan for the future - enhanced pension scheme.

• Get on the move - cycle to work scheme.

• Financial wellbeing app - pay yourself 40% of your earned wages whenever you want.

• Saving scheme with Smart Money Cymru.

• Flexible work options.

• Enjoy fabulous social events.

• Give back with volunteer days to support our communities.

• Prioritise your well-being with our Health and Wellbeing hub.

• Specsavers voucher – Get a free sight test and contribution towards glasses (T & C’s) apply.

• We love our products! Enjoy:

  • 40% off JoJo branded lines

  • 25% off full-price NEXT products

  • 10% off NEXT Beauty products

  • Up to 10%off most branded products

• Embrace an “It’s up to you” learning environment with ongoing training and development opportunities.

• Your furry friend doesn’t have to stay at home – our offices are dog friendly for friendly pooches.

Want to know more about JoJo?

We make happy and helpful clothes and products that let children be children – in all their silly, messy, adventurous, noisy, imaginative joy. But we’re not just about selling products; we’re about creating a warm, community-centric environment for our employees and our customers. From 39 locations across the UK and Ireland and a thriving e-commerce platform, we offer a meticulously designed collection of children’s clothing, toys, and essentials designed with love and care: always with children at the forefront of our minds.

As a B Corp, our commitment goes beyond commerce, we strive for a sustainable future and take pride in our responsibilities to the planet and our communities. At JoJo, every role, every task and every day is an opportunity to support, inspire and contribute to the well-being of our teams and our customers.

We embrace and openly welcome people from different cultures, perspectives, and experiences to create a diverse and enriched environment. We work hard to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people, regardless of background to make sure we grow our company sustainably and with different cultural influences. By encouraging a diverse and inclusive workforce, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.