Standards Support Manager in Cardiff

Job type: Fixed-term contract, 12 months
Location: Banbury, London, Cardiff, or Belfast – you will be contractually based in the office nearest to you with hybrid working.
Hybrid working: You will be able to work from home and come into the office to collaborate with your team(s) when required. We have flexible core hours, and we don’t believe in a culture of presenteeism. We will discuss what is important to you during the recruitment process.
Salary & Benefits: £38,300 + 10% pension, 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, 35-hour working week, up to 13 flexi-days, private medical insurance, life assurance, and much more!
Closing date: 8 September at 09:00 BST. WRAP reserves the right to close this role early in the event of a large volume of applications.

Who are we?

WRAP is a global environmental action NGO transforming food, packaging, textiles and resource use systems in pursuit of circular living.

WRAP are the people who do. We convene. We evidence. We solve. We deliver.

For over 25 years, WRAP has innovated to meet the problems of the day.

We prevent waste and pollution to save money, improve living standards and protect natural habitats. We reduce greenhouse gas emissions and water stress to strengthen resilience and help meet environmental goals. We improve resource use to increase productivity and growth.

Across the world, we bring more than 1,000 businesses together with governments and civil society to tackle environmental challenges that require the collective action of many.

Join us at WRAP and you'll drive important change to embed circular living in every boardroom and in every home.

The role

As our Standards Support Manager you will play a vital role in supporting the development and launch of an exciting new suite of Circular Living Standards by WRAP. This role reports directly to the Program Lead and will have responsibility for managing certification bodies, resource and budget planning, supporting the development of the governance model and effective project management. You will also meet regularly with partners and external stakeholders across different time zones.

• Management of the relationship with Certification Bodies; this includes recruitment, onboarding, development of reporting and auditing systems for ensuring compliance to our Standards, supporting development of the financial reporting system and ensuring all policies and procedures related to Certification Bodies are available and up to date.
• Manage the development and implementation of the standard operating system by liaising with team members to write processes and policies for the governance model of the Standards program.
• Project planning, manage project delivery through using PM tools such as Asana and ensuring the project timelines and milestones are adjusted and kept up to date.
• Supporting other key delivery tasks, such as researching events for marketing and launch plan, minor amends to the Standards webpages and keeping these up to date, support with creation of marketing materials for Certification bodies.
• Deputise for the Program Lead when required.

What are we looking for?

You Will Bring

• Demonstrable project management skills and experience, especially using project management tools such as Asana.
• Provide key relationship management and ensure the development and maintenance of good relationships with the Certification Bodies and other relevant organisations.
• Experience of reporting and auditing within a regulated environment, tracking progress, monitoring performance and reporting.
• Resource forecasting and utilising a CRM system.