Sustainable, Aquaculture & Fisheries Manager

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We are delighted to share this rare and unique opportunity to join our Quality team here at Tesco.

The Sustainable, Aquaculture and Fisheries Manger will be responsible for managing and delivering Tesco's aquaculture and marine sustainability strategy and policy. Overseeing advocacy plans to facilitate collaboration and co-operation between the aquaculture and marine industry and Product teams at Tesco will be a fundamental part of the role.

This role requires someone who has a Seafood or Marine-related degree in Aquaculture, Marine Sustainability or related subject (such as marine science, fisheries management alongside experience within the marine, fisheries and/or aquaculture industry.

• Subject matter expert, leading the development and delivery of the Tesco aquaculture and marine sustainability strategy which covers environmental, social and welfare issues with particular focus on ensuring our supply chains meet our Planet Plan commitments and are sustainable and resilient for the future.
• Oversee and refine advocacy plans associated with the marine workstream (working closely with Group Comms and Government Relations).
• Data collection and reporting of our performance against our public targets and external reporting requirements, e.g. Ocean Disclosure Project, as well as press and customer comms
• Owning and enforcing the Tesco Welfare Approved Standards and supply chain integrity, from farm to slaughter.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation and collaboration in our aquaculture and marine supply chains.
• Working as part of the Agriculture and broader Sustainability team, sharing learnings across our function and taking ownership of cross-cutting elements and projects within our strategy.
• Owning relationships with the relevant industry, research and NGO stakeholders
• Providing Tesco with aquaculture and marine supply chain expertise to help colleagues do their job better.
• Representing Tesco externally at relevant industry forums as well as internally as leading subject matter expert

• Seafood or marine-related degree in Aquaculture, Marine Sustainability or related subject (such as marine science, fisheries management, etc)
• Experience within the marine, fisheries and/or aquaculture industry
• Strong relationships with aquaculture and/or marine industry and community
• Experience of delivering and sustaining change

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here. 

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.