# Sustainability Assistant

**Company**: NEXT
**Location**: Leicester, Leicestershire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: contract
**Salary**: From £32,000
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

Our central Sustainability team oversees environmental reporting across every area of the business. As Sustainability Assistant, you will play a key part in coordinating and preparing corporate sustainability disclosures across the NEXT Group.

**Responsibilities**

- Support the delivery of core reporting obligations, including the Annual Report and Accounts, Corporate Responsibility submissions, UK SRS, SECR, and Scopes 1, 2, and 3 carbon accounts

- Partner with teams across the NEXT Group and our Total Platform partners to coordinate data collection and manage reporting timelines

- Carry out initial checks on data to maintain high standards of accuracy, consistency, and compliance before submissions are finalised

- Assist in developing our sustainability reports and transition plans aligned with CSRD standards

- Help deliver the external carbon audit process and support assurance on group carbon performance indicators

- Coordinate meetings, manage project documentation, and help facilitate carbon reporting training for internal teams

**Requirements**

- Prior experience or foundational knowledge of corporate sustainability reporting standards and best practice, including GHG Protocol, TCFD, CSRD, GRI, or SASB

- A genuine interest in working with numbers, with strong analytical skills and an eye for detail

- Excellent organisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks calmly and effectively

- Clear communication skills and the confidence to collaborate with colleagues across different departments

- A proactive mindset with the ability to learn new systems and adapt quickly to changing reporting requirements

**Benefits**

- 25% off most NEXT, MADE, Lipsy, Gap, and Victoria's Secret products

- Company performance-based bonus

- Sharesave scheme

- On-site Nursery available

- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty

- Early VIP access to sale stock

- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops

- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices

- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services

- Free on-site parking

- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing

- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification

- Direct to Work - Discount online and in-store, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store

- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other

- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

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## Skills

### Required
- GHG Protocol
- TCFD
- CSRD
- GRI
- SASB
- analytical skills
- organisation skills
- communication skills

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