Role: Sustainability Specialist
Career Step Level: Step level 2.0
Location: Blyth, Worksop
Salary: £35,000
Hours: This is a full-time, Monday to Friday position, based on-site. The role follows standard office hours, and regular on-site presence (5 days per week) is required to support day-to-day operations and collaboration with our teams.
A bit about the role
We are looking for someone with a solid understanding of sustainability combined with strong data skills to drive meaningful sustainability improvements across our business.
As a Sustainability Specialist at Butternut Box, your day-to-day work will be a dynamic blend of cross-functional collaboration as well as independent initiatives. You will work to ensure our sustainability reporting is accurate, complete, accessible and insightful, as well as partnering with teams to deliver practical initiatives, from reducing water usage to improving recycling.
As a proud B Corp, sustainability is embedded in our culture; so this is a key role in helping our business reduce our impact further and faster.
A bit more detail
- Work with a wide range of teams across the business in all locations on initiatives to further improve our impact, taking a proactive approach to following up on issues.
- Collect, validate, and manage sustainability-related data used for the calculation of our carbon footprint, energy consumption, waste, water usage and packaging metrics.
- Support tracking our carbon and environmental targets by identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement,
- Assist in the preparation of regular sustainability and ESG reports and dashboards for both internal communication of sustainability performance and regulatory reporting.
- Be a key point person for sustainability across our business, providing sustainability knowledge and support on cross-functional initiatives, across both our manufacturing sites.
- Become an Specialist in utilising our carbon accounting and ESG data platform, for data collection, reporting and scenario modelling of both carbon and other environmental data to predict future impact and define reduction strategies and goals.
- Ensure smooth data management by regularly maintaining automated feeds and uploading manual carbon and environmental data to our carbon accounting and ESG platform, working with internal teams to resolve any issues.
A bit about you
- You will have a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability or a related field, or have gained relevant experience within this field.
- Experience in data work, with an understanding of sustainability metrics and carbon accounting at both a business activity and product carbon footprint level, is beneficial.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Capability to navigate complex stakeholders, build relationships, and problem-solve with others.
- Ability to learn new tools, systems, and subject matter quickly.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, customer-facing business environment.
- Good planning, organisation and prioritisation skills to juggle multiple demands on time.
- Flexibility around travelling and working out of different locations across the UK and Europe.
- Knowledge of B-Corp is nice to have.
Technical Tools:
- Strong proficiency in Google or Microsoft Suite.
- Proficiency in Data visualisation tools (such as Looker).
- Sweep or other carbon data platforms - nice to have.
- SQL - nice to have.
A bit about Butternut
At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a team of forward-thinking, driven people who love dogs as much as we do. And we need some pretty impressive kitchens to make it happen.
While Rudie's Kitchen and Ace's Pantry in Doncaster remain the heart of our UK operations, we've recently taken a massive leap forward with Sam's Kitchen in Poland, going live in January this year. This expansion is a huge part of our story, allowing us to bring our gently cooked, human-quality meals to even more four-legged friends across Europe.
We believe dogs deserve better, and we wouldn't serve food to them that we wouldn't be happy to eat ourselves. Butternut has come a long way since Kev & Dave (our co-founders) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, and with our new international footprint, we are looking for brilliant people to join us for this next chapter.
What's In It For You?
Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days holiday)*Plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).*39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self-care.* (equivalent to 5 days)Enrollment into our EAP "Telus" offering free financial planning, counselling, mental health support and moreUnlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.Enhanced parental leaveGet discounted Private Medical Insurance with Axa Healthcare.Discounted Gym membership with "MyGymDiscounts" helping you stay fit and healthySatisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.Team socials & eventsPrepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Otto, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Ralph, and many more!
Our interview process:
- Application review
- Initial call (30 minutes): Introductory chat with our Talent Partner.
- Technical interview (1 hour): This will be a remote call for the team to learn more about your skills and experience.These will begin w/c 27th April 2026
- In person values interview (1 hour): In person interviews in our office at our Rudie's/Ace's Kitchen ( Blyth, Worksop) where you will meet with key stakeholders. You will be asked a blend of competency questions, values based questions and getting to know you personally.
‼️ A few things to note
- There is no closing date for this role. However, we normally experience a high volume of applications so if you are interested we suggest applying as soon as possible.
- We aim to respond to all applicants personally. Our recruitment team is small so do bear with us.
- Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
- We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
- We are not looking for external agency support with this role.
