Ethical Trade Coordinator

Corporate Responsibility Coordinator

Because you can see how we can be better. Innovate, your way.

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

The ETES team consists of the Social Impact, Environmental Sustainability and Structural Integrity teams and central support. As Coordinator in the Primark ETES team, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day to day operations of our ETES team, with a focus on the Social Impact team, liaising with internal and external stakeholders. This is a pivotal role within the function requiring excellent relationship management, stakeholder engagement, and organisational skills.

What You’ll Get

The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best.

What You’ll Do:

1. Overseeing and ensuring the smooth and efficient day to day running of Primark’s Corporate Responsibility team by providing day to day support to across the Social Impact team, with a level of support to the Central Support, Environmental Sustainability, and Structural Integrity teams.
2. Organise and attend key meetings, ensuring necessary preparation is completed in advance and post meetings.
3. Facilitate Anti Bribery & Corruption (ABC) checks and CEST Assessments for new partners and reassessments; track and regularly liaise with the ABF ABC team to chase outstanding and urgent checks; provide regular guidance and advice to the team on how to maximise efficiency in submitting the required information.
4. Support GDPR compliance checks with relevant internal stakeholders.
5. Maintain and manage the training budget – process invoices, circulate updated budgets, establish processes where necessary.
6. Support briefings and communications where necessary.
7. Organise and overseeing the monthly ETES meetings with country teams

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

1. Be an experienced Coordinator or Administrator with 2-3 years’ experience - ideally in a large, fast paced organisation or a smaller organisation where you were the “go to person” in a busy office environment
2. Business related qualification - desirable but not essential
3. Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
4. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and (desired) Canva and Microsoft Project.
5. Have a good level of business acumen, sound common sense and a genuine interest in the retail industry and ethical trade.

Ready? Good - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and talented individuals where you’ll truly belong, 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 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 to be part of our future and we’ll contribute to you developing yours.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an 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.

Our fashion isn’t one-size-fits-all and neither is our culture. Primark promotes equal employment opportunity, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves, access opportunities and thrive together.

If you require extra support at any stage of the selection process, please get in touch with our team at removingbarriers@primark.co.uk.