Certification Officer

Certification Officer      

Based in our Bristol home, salary competitive and depending on experience. This is a permanent contract, full time hours, and comes with a benefit package designed to nurture your wellbeing.

Pukka Herbs - creators of delicious organic herbal teas and incredible health supplements that take people on a journey of discovery to a healthier, happier life – is looking for a talented Certification Officer.

What will you be doing?

You will be the Pukka champion of Organic and Fair standards and the ‘go to’ technical expert for certification. There will be a need to work with others harnessing the collective effort of our operations and marketing teams along with our partner packers to foster a culture of certification excellence.’

- Ensuring compliance to our certification standards across all parts of our supply chain as well as maintaining our certification management system ensuring it is up to date and relevant

- Keeping abreast of certification developments and distilling what is most important to the wider Pukka team

- Facilitating annual inspections for all our certification programs and to actively engage with our certifiers both on problem solving and policy development

- Work collaboratively with our partner packers to bring in new certification programs and develop current ones

- Coordinate our internal training programs for our fair and organic standards

- To champion Pukka’s Mission, Aims, Objectives, Values and to participate in Pukka’s Appraisal process, ensuring own personal development and contributing to the overall performance of the People team

- To ensure equality of opportunity is maintained and respected at all times in accordance with the appropriate policies and procedures

- To comply with the statutory provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

- To actively participate in opportunities to communicate within Pukka, including attending team meetings

- To ensure that confidentiality is respected and maintained at all times and to perform any other duties as directed by management

Who are you?

It’s quite a challenge we’ve set ourselves and only the most discerning, compassionate and purposeful can be part of our journey. You must embrace Pukka’s vision to connect people, plants and the planet and be capable of putting every effort into making sure we are maintaining a high level of certification standards across all parts of our Supply Chain.

- Educated to a degree level or equivalent

- A passion for Pukka, embracing what Pukka stands for

- Previous experience of managing a certification scheme

- An understanding of the principles of organic food and labelling and with that a knowledge of fair and organic standards

- Experience of auditing and inspection

- You are a passionate advocate for organic and fair standards and who aims high and is determined to deliver ‘excellence’

- You have strong written and verbal communication skills and proactive at problem-solving

- You have a flexible approach to work and change, to be able to change gears quickly as events demand

- You are positive and enthusiastic, organised and meticulous and willing get to stuck in, help others and work as a team

What should you do next?

If you’re not familiar with Pukka, grab a cuppa (preferably one of ours!) and check out the Pukka Planet to get a full understanding of who we are, what we do and why we do it.

If you think Pukka and this opportunity is for you, please apply below. Our process, a lot like Pukka, is a bit different so we think it’s important to tell you a little about it first. You’ll be taken to our application system and asked to register (which takes just a few seconds), then you’ll have the opportunity to create your profile and upload your CV – nothing special about it so far! Then, we’ll ask you to record 3 short videos (there are full instructions) answering the following questions:

- Who are you?

- How do you relate to others?

- Heart or head?

After the closing date Sunday 12th February, we’ll shortlist and be in touch with you about next steps.