Environment, Sustainability Governance (ESG) Coordinator in Thirsk

We’re excited to be recruiting for an Environment, Sustainability Governance (ESG) Coordinator. This is a permanent role and can be located in our Crick (Northampton) or Thirsk (North Yorkshire) office.

Role Purpose

Meet ESG reporting obligations from customers, shareholders, regulators and voluntary frameworks by managing the reporting process — coordinating data collection from different functions and sites across the group, maintaining the ESG repository, verifying inputs and producing stakeholder outputs ensuring reporting is accurate, timely and traceable.

Key Responsibilities

• ESG Data Management – Maintain a single, structured repository for multi-site ESG data, ensuring version control, audit trails and full traceability of reported figures.
• Data Collection & Coordination – Manage standardised collection processes, calendars, templates, definitions and ownership across functions and sites, enabling verified data to be reused across reporting requirements.
• Reporting & Disclosure – Own the ESG reporting calendar and deliver accurate, timely customer, regulatory, shareholder and internal reports, questionnaires, dashboards, KPI packs and emissions forecasts.
• Data Integrity & Assurance – Validate submissions through systematic checks, investigate variances and reconcile data to operational and financial records; support external verification and audits with robust evidence.
• Project & Stakeholder Coordination – Coordinate sustainability projects, action plans and cross-functional working groups, securing timely input from colleagues and translating ESG requirements into clear operational actions. Act as day-to-day contact with retailers, regulators, verifiers and other ESG bodies; improve reporting systems and processes and monitor relevant changes in the ESG reporting landscape.

About you

• Advanced practical Excel — structured tables, lookups, pivots, conditional logic, charting.
• Ability to design and maintain a structured dataset from scratch.
• Numerical fluency, including units, ratios and conversion factors.
• Confident, professional engagement with colleagues at all levels, including Director level.
• Ability to secure cooperation without line authority.
• Clear, concise written reporting for non-technical audiences.
• Strong numeracy and literacy evidenced by qualification or experience.
• Rigour with data — any sector considered.
• Ability to plan and deliver multi-stakeholder work to deadline.
• Competence in scheduling, action tracking and status reporting.
• Ability to manage several concurrent deadlines without loss of quality.

At INSPIRED, we want to inspire colleagues to join, stay, develop, and achieve, creating an inclusive and sustainable business fit for growth. One of the enablers of achieving this, is to offer competitive pay and benefits to all colleagues. Our Total Reward Benefits include:

• Hybrid and flexible working
• 10% Annual bonus related to personal and company performance
• Enhanced pension, life assurance, enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay, and holiday buy options
• People and Pets First benefits, including paw-reavement and paw-ternity leave and bring your dog to work
• Healthcare cashback plan and Hertility at-home fertility testing
• Heavily discounted pet food and lifestyle benefits (Netflix, Spotify, or breakdown cover)
• Retail and gym discounts, electric car scheme, and free onsite parking and electric car charging
• Onsite canteen, free hot drinks, and modern facilities

INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is an innovative, well-established, and award-winning pet food manufacturer employing over 1,200 colleagues across the UK and Europe. Our family of brands includes Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butcher's, Classic, Pro-Nutrition, and Ultra Premium Direct, along with a number of partner brands that trust us to produce food on their behalf. Our kitchens in Thirsk, Kinmel, and Crick produce a wide range of dry, wet, and baked foods enjoyed by dogs and cats all over the world. Our ambition is simple: to become a global leader in pet nutrition.

Our Purpose: To create happiness. We’re on a mission to set a new standard of workplace happiness within the pet nutrition industry—one that looks like no other and feels like no other. Our culture is built on INSPIRED’s unique behaviours and colleague experience, creating an environment that excites, empowers, and puts people and pets at the heart of everything we do.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is committed to building an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the colleagues and communities we serve. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We make hiring decisions based on talent, potential and the experience you bring. We are also committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, ensuring equitable access and opportunity for all. If you need any adjustments or support to take part in our recruitment process, please let us know by emailing recruitment@inspiredpetnutrition.com.