Recycled Engagement Senior Coordinator

About Textile Exchange

Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving beneficial outcomes for climate and nature across the fashion, apparel, and textile industry. We guide a growing community of brands, manufacturers, and material producers towards more purposeful production, right from the start of the supply chain. 

By 2030, our goal is to guide the industry to drive a 45% reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production. To get there, we are keeping our focus holistic and interconnected, accelerating the adoption of practices that improve the state of our water, soil health, and biodiversity too. 

For real change to happen, everyone needs a clear path to positive impact. That’s why Textile Exchange believes that approachable, step-by-step instruction paired with collective action can change the system to make preferred materials and fibers an accessible default, mobilizing leaders through attainable strategies, proven solutions, and a driven community.  

To learn more, visit TextileExchange.org.

Joining our team 

We are a globally distributed, fully remote team spanning over 20 countries and united by our commitment to driving positive change in the fashion, apparel, and textile industry.  

We leverage our collective strengths to tackle climate challenges and advance key environmental goals. Collaborating with farming groups, processors, brands, retailers, and environmental experts worldwide, we address critical issues shaping the future of this industry. 

Joining our team means becoming part of a cutting-edge global non-profit dedicated to amplifying impact. Textile Exchange offers competitive compensation, including paid time off, discretionary annual bonuses, learning opportunities, and more.  

Like all roles within our organization, this position is remote, reflecting our US-based yet fully global and home-based structure.  Candidates must be available to work across the United States and European time zones.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Recycled Engagement Senior Coordinator, to work within the Recycled Fiber Team as part of our Engagement and Partnership Department.

The Recycled Engagement Senior Coordinator will be ready to take on a diversity of tasks from administrative support to the development of communications and event planning and coordination.

The senior coordinator will play a key role in building and supporting the recycled community, as well as the Man-Made Cellulosic Fiber (MMCF) community, whilst also ensuring the role out of key standards, initiatives and tools are a success. The senior coordinator will work closely with both the Engagement Manager and Engagement Lead, whilst also be required to lead projects themselves.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a mission-driven organization. You will be a positive person interested in sustainability and passionate about scaling solutions to address the climate crisis. You will have a proven ability to remain flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and organization. Expert-level written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to plan, strong decision-making capacity and attention to detail are all needed.  You will be a confident communicator, who works easily with people from all parts of the supply chain and the globe.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Recycled & MMCF team support

• Responding to basic enquiries about recycled and MMCF materials, with the ability to refer to different Textile Exchange tools and standards and other teams within Textile Exchange as appropriate.
• Assist in the planning and coordinating of regional events, including logistics and schedule.
• Develop and maintain relations with stakeholders, contributing to the strategy of the material engagement team.
• Supporting the development of documents for internal or external use.
  • Creating base decks for powerpoint presentations.
  • Formatting and spell-checking papers.
  • Helping to build reports and information in a digestible and presentable format.
• Providing summary notes from meetings and presentations.
• Tracking KPIs for project delivery.
• Maintain and develop the key recycled material stakeholder list.
• Building effective relationships across all levels and teams of the organization to ensure you are connected to what is going on.
• Carry out effective diary management and support the arrangements of complex meeting arrangements concerning multiple stakeholders.

2. Working group and round table engagement

• Being the key point of contact for members of the recycled and MMCF working group (WGs), to include:
  • Arranging meetings to meet the agreed cadence.
  • Taking meeting notes.
  • Sharing information, answering member’s questions and otherwise keeping group and sub-group members up to date.
  • Ensuring follow-up actions are taken (from internal team or group members).
  • Collecting and compiling feedback received from different group meetings.
  • Managing the application process when new groups are set up.
• In conjunction with other members of the Recycled Materials team, supporting the Industry Activation Team on planning and management of round tables for recycled and MMCF materials.
  • Contacting speakers, collating presentations, managing any follow-up after the meeting.
• Collecting and posting relevant information on digital platforms such as The Hub.

3. Membership onboarding and administration

• Being the key contact for new membership coordination and onboarding, to include:
  • Sharing welcome materials and resources.
  • Provide training and introductions to tools.
  • Set up and manage membership profiles on internal systems.
  • Identify key priorities for members and support them with requests.
  • Manage and prioritize membership requests with relevant internal team members.

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

Required:

• Highly attentive to detail with strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to work in a flexible, yet fast-paced remote environment, able to meet deadlines and share progress regularly. Comfort with ambiguity and changing direction.
• Team player, resourceful, eager to learn and able to work independently in a virtual workplace.
• Honest, professional, responsible, discreet, and able to always act with the utmost confidence.
• Willingness to undertake occasional travel, if needed.
• Experience within industry of recycled and/or MMCF materials. This could be from any part of the supply chain from factory to retail.
• Second language to business proficiency
• Experience collecting feedback from a global audience using a variety of tools (email, webinars, strategic conference calls, etc.).
• Experience of using collaborative digital tools e.g. Miro, Mentimeter. Etc.

Preferred:

• Excellent communication, written, and grammatical skills in English (Native or bilingual proficiency).
• Motivated, energetic and determined with strong interpersonal skills.
• Able to accommodate flexible working hours with a minimum daily overlap with their supervisor and teammates’ schedules.
• Demonstrated interest in Textile Exchange’s vision, mission, and goals.
• People person, strong customer service mindset. Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively.

Employment Package

• Reports to: Recycled Lead
• Full-Time Position, 40 Hours a Week
• Location: Virtual/Remote
• Annual Salary Range: $60,000 - $75,000 USD
• To be filled as soon as possible (start date to be agreed between both parties).
• Our salary structures are location-agnostic, ensuring equal pay for the same role, irrespective of location. Final employment offers are determined based on the role, candidate experience, education, and other relevant factors, but not on location. Offers will be presented in the local currency of the candidate's permanent residence. Benefits are tailored to the region of the candidate's permanent residence and align with Textile Exchange’s regional employment packages.
• To see if we hire in your country and for more information, please visit: https://remote.com/country-explorer

How to Apply   

Please apply here with your resume and a cover letter.

Application deadline: February 28th, 2025

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis as they are submitted. Early application submission is strongly encouraged.

If you have any pressing questions after completing your application, and meet the qualifications, please contact recruitment@textileexchange.org. 

Textile Exchange is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Compensation$60,000 - $75,000 USD