Ecosurety is seeking an Associate Data Team Manager to lead and coach a team of junior data specialists in delivering high quality EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) data services and submissions. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely delivery for our clients, particularly during key regulatory submission windows.
You will provide strong day to day leadership, operational coordination, and workflow oversight for the team. Your focus will be on ensuring quality, accuracy, and consistency across all EPR related data activities, while supporting your team to resolve issues, follow best practice, and maintain momentum on case progression.
Working closely with other delivery managers, client services, and internal stakeholders, you will help maintain a smooth and efficient operational environment. You will contribute to continuous improvement across our processes, support the development of junior staff, and ensure our data services remain compliant, reliable, and client focused.
Ecosurety is an industry leading company of circa 100 people, based in the heart of Bristol’s vibrant city centre, with a mission to accelerate change towards an environmentally and socially sustainable world. Our clients are many of the UK big brands and retailers, often facing particularly big challenges over their use of packaging. We are a Certified B Corp, committed to balancing profit with our social and environmental impact. If this sounds like your sort of place, we hope to hear from you soon.
Job Description
Team Leadership & Coaching
* Lead, coach, and develop junior data specialists to deliver high quality EPR data services.
* Create a supportive, collaborative, and delivery focused team culture that promotes accountability, problem solving, and continuous learning.
* Chair daily/weekly delivery meetings, ensuring clarity of priorities, blockers, and expectations.
* Provide hands on guidance and professional development support to help the team grow in capability and confidence.
Operational Oversight & Delivery Coordination
* Oversee the day to day workflow of the junior team, ensuring tasks are completed on time, to standard, and in alignment with internal processes.
* Maintain close visibility of all ongoing data cases, ensuring effective case progression and early escalation of risks.
* Work with other delivery managers to balance workloads, align priorities, and maintain delivery resilience across the wider operations team.
* Hold responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of team output across all EPR data submissions.
EPR Regulatory Expertise & Guidance
* Act as a subject matter expert for EPR data processes within the junior team.
* Keep up to date with regulatory requirements, guidance, and updates that influence delivery.
* Provide best practice advice and guidance to junior staff to ensure consistency and regulatory compliance.
* Serve as a first escalation point for complex queries, data interpretation challenges, and unclear requirements.
Data Quality, Validation & Process Compliance
* Ensure the team follows robust data validation, cleansing, and documentation practices.
* Monitor the quality of data outputs and oversee adherence to internal QA standards.
* Support ongoing evaluation of client obligations, ensuring that all inputs and calculations are validated and compliant.
* Promote consistent use of systems, templates, and approved methodologies across the team.
Resource Management & Cross Functional Collaboration
* Working with the data team manager and head of operations, manage team capacity, resourcing patterns, and workload allocation, considering sales pipeline, submission timelines, and operational pressures.
* Work closely with Client Services to ensure clients receive timely responses, accurate data, and clarity throughout the submission process.
* Contribute to the design and improvement of internal processes to increase efficiency, quality, and team capability.
Person Specification
* Proven experience in managing, mentoring, or supporting a data focused team.
* Strong people management skills with the ability to motivate, coordinate, and develop junior staff.
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
* Advanced data handling and analysis capabilities, including strong Excel skills.
* Experience delivering data services within a compliance driven or regulated environment.
* High attention to detail and strong commitment to data accuracy and auditability.
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present clear instructions, feedback, and explanations to both colleagues and clients.
* Ability to identify and implement process improvements that enhance quality and efficiency.
* Strong collaboration skills, able to work effectively with internal stakeholders and client facing teams.
* Knowledge of EPR regulations or other environmental compliance frameworks.
* Experience supporting regulatory submissions.
* Willingness to attend onsite client meetings across the UK as required.
Package
* Fixed term until June 2027
* Full-time (would consider some flexibility for the right candidate)
* 5 x salary life insurance, 7% employer pension contribution, up to 10% bonus, employee health cash plan, paid sick leave, critical illness cover, 2 weeks workcation, options to buy additional holiday or unpaid leave, 3 days volunteer leave, happy to talk flexible working, remote working, wellbeing support, great office location, £250 home working set up payment.
* Hybrid working: Employees are expected to work with colleagues (primarily at the office) at least 50% of the month
Ecosurety offers a working environment that enables our team to perform at their best, with flexible hours, remote working options, access to training and employee benefits. If you are well organised, enjoy working with others and eager to make a meaningful contribution, please get in touch!
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from all. We embrace flexibility and diversity in the workplace and aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination, harassment or bullying.
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of any of our job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of high-quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply for one of our roles as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
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