Careers at WRAP

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Transforming the world’s broken systems is our day job. Make it yours too.

Our ambition

At WRAP we want to change the world. We want to transform our planet’s broken systems  — radically reducing waste and carbon emissions from everyday products.

To make this happen, we work with businesses, governments, and individuals on ambitious projects all around the world. We’re a truly international organisation — our products, strategies and initiatives reach all areas of the globe.

But we cannot do this on our own. We need passionate, enthusiastic team members to help take on the challenge. Everyone at WRAP plays their part — our people are our most valuable asset.

Ready to join us? We welcome applications from everyone regardless of your age, race, gender, neurodiversity, ability, beliefs, sexuality, or personal preferences.

Accreditations

  • Real Living Wage Employer: As a real living wage employer, we are committed to paying our staff according to the cost of living.
  • Investors in Diversity: No.40 in the UKs top Investors in Diversity, having people from different backgrounds is integral to bring a diversity of ideas and experiences to the work we do.
  • Disability Confident Leader: From becoming a Disability Confident Employer in 2022, we have continued our efforts to recruit and retain disabled people, becoming a Disability Confident Leader in 2023.
Investors in Diversity Awards logoDisability Confident logoNational Centre for Diversity No.40 2023 Most Inclusive Places to Work logo

Why work at WRAP?

Fixing the world’s broken systems is a big challenge. That’s why we make sure our employees have a well-rounded, generous benefits package.

  • Your lifestyle

    As a family-friendly organisation, we offer flexible working, enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave (12 weeks’ full pay and 12 weeks half pay) , as well as enhanced paternity leave (4 weeks’ full pay). You can also purchase additional annual leave, access an employee benefits platform, and even purchase an electric car through your monthly salary.

  • Your health and well-being

    We do everything we can to help you feel great, mentally and physically. Every WRAP employee has access to an employee assistance programme . We also provide private medical and dental insurance options, reduced gym rates, the Cycle to Work scheme and a subscription to Headspace.

  • Your future

    Our generous pension scheme pays 10% of your gross pensionable pay (as long as you pay in 3% or more). We also offer free life assurance, and the option to join a workplace savings scheme.

  • Your development

    We believe in lifelong learning, so offer a host of development opportunities — including access to LinkedIn Learning, a mentoring programme and a career path framework, as well as a professional membership subscription. In fact, 22% of WRAP’s workforce have had an internal promotion in the past 12 months.

  • Hybrid and flexible working

    At WRAP, we value flexibility. You will be able to work from home and come into the office to collaborate with your teams when required. We offer flexitime with adaptable core hours, and we don’t believe in a culture of presenteeism - what matters is the impact you make.

Our culture

Equality, diversity and inclusion are integral to our working culture at WRAP. 

We’re proud of who we were and who we have become.

Over the last few years, we’ve been working towards creating a truly inclusive and diverse culture — partly by integrating our ‘SHIFT’ values across everything we do: Sustainability, Honesty, Integrity, Fairness and Teamwork – but we also understand it’s a journey and not a destination.

We welcome individuals who stand out and bring their unique strengths.

Affinity Groups

The WRAP workplace is home to a number of Affinity groups. They help create a sense of community, provide support networks and build camaraderie through shared common experiences and identities. Here are a few from our extensive list:

  • The FREDIE network: A winner at the 2022 FREDIE Awards, our active network actively works to embed equality, diversity, and inclusion across everything that we do.
  • Early Careers Network: A Teams channel for anyone early in their career or who has recently changed career paths to connect and support each other.
  • Menopause Café: This ‘café’ is an informal chat with colleagues to share your experiences, any tips you have and to ask any menopause-related questions in a friendly, safe environment.
  • Health Support Group: A place where colleagues can discuss living with illness and disabilities and support each other both in the workplace and outside of WRAP.
More about our culture

Current vacancies

Ready to help us fix the world’s broken systems?

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Meet some colleagues

Hear from our team about life working at WRAP.

  • Lauren Brand

    Lauren, HR Apprentice (now HR Assistant)

    “We’re all working towards the same goal of trying to make the world a better, more sustainable place for future generations. I like being a part of that.”

  • Polly Davies

    Polly, Junior Analyst (Now Analyst)

    “I get to work on such a variety of projects, it could be policy support work to develop recycling infrastructure, to providing insights through data visualisation. Every day is different.”

  • Keith James

    Keith, Head of Policy & Insights

    “Since right from the beginning, WRAP has been a great place to develop my career, meet so many inspiring people and deliver meaningful work.”

  • Catherine David

    Catherine, Director of Collaboration & Change

    “What I loved about WRAP was the whole system level approach about how we transform everything in the world around us in really tangible and practical ways.”