Climate Project Manager

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

About the team

Our Sustainability team is working together to create a better future for all Australians. Together, we’re focused on making a positive difference through our three strategic pillars of climate, nature and circularity. These areas align with our most material issues and stakeholder expectations and are the areas we aim to have the most significant impact. We’re also committed to supporting human rights, diversity and inclusion, health, safety and wellbeing, community support, and providing healthy, safe and affordable food. Together, we’re making sustainability part of everything we do at Coles.

About the role

We are looking for a highly capable Climate Project Manager to support the delivery of a leading climate strategy within Coles. This role is central to coordinating enterprise-wide climate initiatives, ensuring progress against ambitious targets, and embedding climate considerations into core business decision-making.

Reporting to the Head of Climate Strategy, you will work across a broad stakeholder network to drive program coordination, governance, and reporting, ensuring climate commitments translate into measurable action.

This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping how climate strategy is delivered at scale, embedding sustainability into the heart of commercial decision-making and contributing to meaningful, long-term impact.

You’ll also:

• Coordinate and track delivery of climate programs, commitments, milestones and actions across the business
• Support governance and reporting processes, including senior leadership, Board and committee reporting
• Partner cross-functionally to embed climate considerations into strategy, finance, risk, operations and planning
• Lead coordination of climate disclosure readiness, including alignment with Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS)
• Monitor risks, dependencies and delivery challenges, escalating key issues where required
• Drive program structure, tracking, and governance to maintain momentum and accountability
• Translate climate and carbon priorities into practical business actions across stakeholders
• Build strong relationships across sustainability, finance, risk, legal, strategy and operational teams

About you and your skills

You are a commercially minded climate professional with a strong project or program management background, comfortable operating in complex organisations and influencing senior stakeholders. You thrive in ambiguity, absorb information quickly, and excel at connecting climate priorities to real business outcomes.

With a deep understanding of carbon and climate frameworks, you bring both technical credibility and the ability to drive enterprise-wide change, ensuring climate is embedded into how decisions are made across the business.

You’ll also ideally have:

• Proven experience in climate, carbon and sustainability, including Scope 1, 2 and particularly Scope 3 emissions
• Proven background in large, complex organisations with the ability to influence at all levels – retail/FMCG, consultancy, or supplier preferred
• Strong understanding of greenhouse gas accounting frameworks and climate reporting requirements
• Familiarity with Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) and disclosure readiness
• Demonstrated program/project management capability, including governance, tracking and delivery frameworks
• Ability to set up and manage structured programs with clear actions, ownership and reporting
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across diverse, cross-functional groups
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to absorb and synthesise complex information quickly

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 190057

Employment Type: Full time

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