Social Responsibility Lead Mr Price Group

3 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa Mr Price Group Full time

**purpose**

Our Mr Price Sustainability division is looking for a dynamic Social Responsibility Lead to actively drive the social responsibility agenda of the group. The objective of the role is to provide guidance to all trading divisions on how to improve the level of social compliance of factories that manufacture products for the group.

Reporting into the Group Head of Sustainability, the role provides oversight, monitoring, evaluation and reporting on the impact of social compliance programs and to explore alternate approaches if the desired impact is not achieved.

**key responsibilities**

**Your key responsibilities will include**:

- Develop and activate evidence based social responsibility interventions and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions on supplier compliance.
- Ensure that the relevant policies are in place and that guideline documents for trading divisions and suppliers are up to date and meet the required company, legal and regulatory standards.
- Engage with the relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure policies and guidelines are relevant and appropriate for implementation.
- Produce quarterly and annual analysis of social responsibility data and information for publication in divisional board, SETS committee and annual integrated reports.
- Develop procedures to implement, track and report on social compliance and responsibility targets and metrics.
- Coordinate and review data and reporting of HR and Mr Price Foundation information into above mentioned reports.
- Work with cross-functional teams (internal and external) to further our program’s analytical exploration and identify potential opportunities for improvement.
- Liaise with trading divisions to ensure timely communication to suppliers of information relating to social responsibility and compliance requirements.
- Assist in the communication and education of internal and external stakeholders at all levels to drive engagement and support for social responsibility goals and to identify potential opportunities for improvement

**requirements**
- Postgraduate qualification in Sustainable Development, Development Studies, Business or Social Science, Human Resources and/or Humanities
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in managing social responsibility, ethical trade, sustainable sourcing or equivalent programs, strategy development and execution, stakeholder engagement, initiating and implementing public/private partnerships.
- Experience in a large retail and/or manufacturing industry is advantageous
- Proven effectiveness in driving complex multi-stakeholder planning processes and cross-functional team projects to desired results.
- Microsoft Office package

**about us**

The People’s Value Champion | Cash-Based | Omni-Channel | Fashion-Value Retailer The Mr Price Group retails in more than 1400 stores in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Africa through our 7-trading divisions Mr Price, Mr Price Home, Mr Price Sport, Mr Price Money, MILADYS, sheet street and Power Fashion. Mr Price Group is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.



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