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If you've ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you'll know there's something unique about us.

That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we're the success we are. They're our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate.

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At a Glance

• Contract Type: Permanent Partner

• Location: Predominantly based at Leckford Estate with occasional travel to Bracknell

• Salary: £68,900.00 - £102,000.00 per annum

• Partnership Level: 5

Job Requirements

We have an exciting opportunity to join our very own Leckford Estate as a Development Lead.

A key part of this role will be to lead the design and development of Leckford as a Regenerative Agriculture hub and knowledge exchange, ensuring its role in supporting our Waitrose UK farming supply base in transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture.

It will maximise Leckford’s role in delivering E&S Waitrose regenerative farming and nature outcomes. Working closely with the GM Leckford Regen Ag Lead, E&S Agri and Responsible sourcing team, and the Commercial Lead, Regenerative Food Transformation they will ensure that Leckford is relevant at all times and adequately responds to the challenges.

Key Responsibilities

Leading the design, development and integration of Leckford regen agriculture programme and knowledge exchange to help deliver systemic change in farming systems

Establish routine reviews with Head of Agriculture and Responsible Sourcing to recommend and agree programme content

Ensure the strategic relevance of Leckford through ongoing monitoring of its effectiveness in meeting regenerative agriculture and nature goals set for Leckford

Working closely with the Commercial Lead, Food Transformation and with the E&S Responsible Sourcing and Agricultural team, ensure all relevant work streams are agreed and in place.

Lead Leckford stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment in meeting regenerative agriculture goals.

Keep up-to-date with policy, latest regenerative agricultural trends and relevant competitor proposition activity and adjust approach to ensure Leckford retains a market leading position.

Essential skills you’ll need

• Degree educated in agriculture or a related discipline

• A continuous improvement mindset

• Experience in Strategy and/or Proposition development preferably in a retail or consumer environment

• Experience in leading customer focused strategic cross functional projects

• Significant communications and public affairs experience

• Strong analytical skills and critical thinking

• Stakeholder management and influencing

Desirable Skills

• Experience of working in agriculture/E&S disciplines in the context of food retailing

Benefits of the Partnership and the role:

• ?️ - Full - time working holiday entitlement 25 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays

• ⚖ - Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy

• ? - Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not

• ? - You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete Probation. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount

• ? - Health Care cover

• ? - Car allowance

• ? - Simple cycle to work support scheme

• ? - We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them

• ? - Learn more about our extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us, visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/

Next Steps

• The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process").

• Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a 1st stage interview.

• You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

• Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining JLP.

• We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early

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Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers.

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