Coordinator - Ethical Trade Global Assurance Team

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Ethical Trade and Environmental Sustainability at Primark

We're responsible for keeping an eye on Primark’s social and sustainability commitments as part of our Primark Cares strategy. As part of our 130- strong team, you'll collaborate with suppliers, champion ethical practices, and make a tangible difference. All with the purpose of ensuring we meet social compliance, environmental sustainability & legislative requirements, industry initiatives and standards.

The Coordinator will play a key role in supporting the administration requirements for the ETES Operations leadership team based in the UK. This includes liaison with internal and external stakeholders, where required, to organise meetings and business trips. This role demands proficient skills in managing relationships and organising tasks effectively.

What You’ll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best. Let’s talk lifestyle:

1. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays, and if you want, you can buy five more days to enjoy
2. Your day, your way: an opportunity for a 2 pm early Friday finish and a subsidised cafeteria.
3. Primark Perks – Discounts with some local partner businesses to our offices

What You’ll Do:

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of departments, markets and skill sets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

Planning & Coordination

• Overseeing and ensuring the smooth and efficient day-to-day running of Primark’s Corporate Responsibility team by providing day-to-day support to the Director of ETES Operations, Head of Central Support, Head of Global Audit Assurance, Senior Manager Western Europe, Africa and Americas & Senior Manager Technology and Systems.
• Organise and attend key meetings with the leadership team where required, ensure necessary preparation is completed in advance and post meetings.
• Support in preparation for functional presentations, strategy & monthly meetings.
• Support in the preparation of all materials, including presentations, for internal & external meetings.
• Organise team events taking into consideration the different time zones and work practices of the “in-country” teams.
• Help to draft and post key events/announcements on LinkedIn and Zing accounts for the function.
• Support functional briefings and communications where necessary.
• Ad-hoc projects/tasks as required

Financial:

• Maintain and manage any requirements on invoice coding and processing per ABF’s requirements and deal with queries on any invoices/payments.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel that they belong, and they can bring their best selves to work – so please bring your authentic self, and other key experiences and abilities for this role in particular:

• Be an experienced Coordinator or Administrator with 2-3 years’ experience in a large, dynamic organisation or a smaller organisation where you were the 'go-to person' in a busy office environment
• Business-related qualification
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Have a good level of business acumen, sound common sense and a genuine interest in the retail industry.
• Accuracy, attention to detail and a proactive approach.
• Proficient planning, organising and co-ordinating abilities.
• Effective spoken and written communication skills, complemented by a collaborative spirit

Ready? Great - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and talented individuals, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, we still encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or another one, and our recruitment team can determine where your skills may fit in at Primark.

Apply now to be part of our future and we’ll promise to invest in yours!

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have any accessibility requests, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

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