Social Impact Apprentice in Northampton

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Location: Northampton (Ricoh operates a vibrant working policy giving you flexible hybrid working options)

Package: Competitive Salary, Pension, Benefits

About Ricoh: Ricoh is a global technology business. As a company born in print, we design and manufacture graphic solutions that transform communications. To keep up with the pace of change in the workplace, we have built an extensive portfolio of innovative, industry‑leading digital services spanning everything from Cloud & IT infrastructure solutions to process automation tools. Everything we do is designed to help individuals achieve fulfilment through work. Through technology, we make work smarter and more creative, enabling people to lead purposeful working lives and organisations to become more productive, sustainable and profitable.

What you will be doing:

• Environmental Sustainability: Compile environmental data on the companies’ impacts and report these as appropriate to internal and external stakeholders to comply with environmental laws and legislations. Reporting includes, although is not exclusive to, WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and utility data. Support the team on developing, promoting, and delivering projects around reducing Ricoh UK’s carbon footprint and offsetting initiatives.
• Social Innovation: Champion, coordinate and promote internally and externally Community Investment throughout RUK, including employee‑led volunteering & fund‑raising as well as corporate donations. Create, promote and facilitate nationwide volunteering opportunities for our employees to take part in. Support CR strategic partnerships with community and business groups/organisations (e.g., Business in the Community and The Princes Trust). Annually report on Ricoh UK’s social input, output and impacts that we contribute towards our communities.
• Governance and miscellaneous: Facilitate internal and external audits of our ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Management Systems by ensuring dates are calendarised and interested parties are allocated with appropriate information in advance of the audit. Coordinate, support and advise a virtual team of regional ESG Taskforce members that are key internal stakeholders that can promote, support, and deliver Ricoh UK’s ESG strategy. Compile annual reports/presentations and KPIs on ESG activities including efforts towards sustainability, community investment and corporate governance. Creation and submission of written responses regarding Ricoh’s ESG initiatives in support of bid/tender responses and/or stakeholder queries.

You will ideally have:

• A‑level or equivalent
• Excellent communication & presentation skills, both written & oral.
• Ability to present and influence at senior management level.
• Ability to motivate & influence people without having direct authority.
• Ability to establish and maintain credibility with stakeholders, internal and external.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Ability to collate and analyse data to produce clear recommendations for management action.
• Numerate / business background with a high level of computer literacy.

In return for your commitment, we can offer you:

• Flexible and hybrid working in line with role requirements.
• An inclusive workplace.
• Excellent package with solid basic, strong bonus and company benefits including: A competitive holiday entitlement, two days special leave per annum for volunteering, additional holiday purchase scheme.
• Flexible retirement plan.
• Wellbeing schemes to support your physical, emotional and financial health including Employee Assistance Programme, financial protection, life cover and will writing, medical protection, gym, travel and retail discounts, and more.
• Company car / car allowance (role‑specific), cycle to work scheme.
• Career development and life‑long learning opportunities.
• Opportunity to join a global company.

Life at Ricoh: Ricoh’s Core Values encourage us to constantly improve and contribute to the wellbeing of all stakeholders, including our customers, employees and society. For our leaders, we deliver training and mentorship to ensure our managers can positively contribute to our company culture, with inclusive behaviours that are aligned to our values. Be part of something bigger. Our approach to sustainability touches every part of our organisation: from manufacturing to distribution, business sites to recycling, and how we support our customers. By working with Ricoh, you choose to work for a company that cares about its impact on the planet and takes steps to reduce it each year. We have a number of global sustainability accreditations.

Equal Opportunities Employer: We are an equal opportunities employer. We are open to discussing adjustments to the recruitment process if needed. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non‑membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.