Join our team as Social Impact & Sustainability Lead!

The Social Impact & Sustainability Lead is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and purpose-driven individual to join Chester Race Company in a strategic, corporate role.

This position plays a key role in shaping and delivering our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy. Acting as the central point of expertise, you’ll coordinate initiatives across the business, working closely with senior leaders, partners and communities to drive meaningful environmental and social impact.

You’ll help embed sustainability into operations, strengthen community engagement, and bring our ESG story to life—enhancing both our reputation and our guest experience.

General Responsibilities include:

· Lead the development and delivery of the company’s ESG strategy and annual action plan

· Act as the central coordinator for sustainability and social impact activity across all departments

· Establish and manage ESG governance, including working groups, reporting and senior stakeholder updates

· Develop and track ESG metrics and KPIs and produce annual reports

· Drive delivery of environmental initiatives, including carbon reduction, waste management and responsible procurement

· Work with operational teams to embed sustainable practices across venues

· Lead and plan community and charity initiatives

· Coordinate volunteering programmes and employee engagement opportunities

· Coordinate charity and partner activity across race days and events

· Develop future initiatives such as a company foundation or funding model

· Collaborate with partners and sponsors to deliver shared initiatives

· Support ESG integration into sponsorships, activations, events, campaigns and PR

· Develop content, case studies and impact stories to support brand storytelling

· Act as an internal advisor on ESG and represent the company with external stakeholders and community organisations

Essential requirements:

· Experience leading or coordinating ESG, CSR, sustainability or social impact programmes

· Experience working with external partners, sponsors or charities

· Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Strong organisational and project management ability

· Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

Desirable requirements:

· Experience in sport, events, hospitality or visitor economy sectors

· Experience producing sustainability or impact reports

· Familiarity with measuring social or environmental outcomes

· Working knowledge of ESG frameworks

· Understanding of the horseracing industry and its community links

About Chester Race Company:
Chester Race Company Ltd is one of the North West’s best-known and most-admired brands. It is an evolving organisation with a broad portfolio but retaining Horseracing at its core. The Company operates three racecourses, Chester, Bangor-on-Dee and Musselburgh, in Scotland. At Chester, we also own and operate - a hotel, a vibrant pub and have other property interests in the city. Not to mention our in-house caterers, Horseradish and our staffing brand – Thyme People. With that much diversity in our business, no two days are the same.

What we offer:

CRC offer a great selection of benefits, from Race Day tickets to enhanced pension contributions.

Salary: £35,000

Working pattern: 4 days per week (flexible work pattern negotiable)

This role offers a salary of £35,000 for a 4-day working week.
The full-time equivalent (FTE) salary would be approximately £43,750.

We recognise that flexibility is a key priority for many people, so we’re open to shaping a working pattern that suits the right candidate — whether that’s term time hours, compressed hours, or a schedule that fits around other commitments.

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