Starting Date: ASAP
Contract type: Full-time and open-ended
Salary: £37,771 GBP
Location: London
Application closing date: 25/09/2025
About the Job
Are you passionate about international events and want to be part of the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative? Join us at Better Cotton as Senior Events Officer and play a key role in delivering global convenings that bring together farmers, brands, NGOs and policymakers to shape a more sustainable future for cotton.
You’ll be part of our global Communications and Events team, reporting to the Events Manager in Geneva and collaborating with colleagues across multiple time zones.
The Challenge
Better Cotton’s events connect a diverse community across the cotton value chain to tackle pressing sustainability challenges - from climate resilience to farmer livelihoods. Our flagship Better Cotton Conference, along with the Large Farm Symposium and Programme Partner Meeting, are critical moments for engagement, learning and collaboration.
As Senior Events Officer, you will help ensure these events run smoothly and inclusively. You will lead on core logistics such as farmer participation, visas, interpretation, and session management, while also supporting colleagues on event communications, content, and strategy. Your role is vital to creating spaces where stakeholders can connect, share, and accelerate progress.
Your Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead logistics for the Better Cotton Conference, including farmer participation, travel, visas, interpretation, accommodation, and budget tracking/alignment.
- Support session logistics - coordinating speaker assets, trackers, session guides, and templates.
- Provide support for virtual events such as the Large Farm Symposium and General Assembly, ensuring smooth coordination and communications.
- Support Programme Partner Meeting operations (virtual and in-person), including interpretation and online coordination.
- Contribute to event communications by keeping registration and event platforms up to date with agendas, speakers, and sponsor information.
- Assist with content preparation - templates, master decks, post-event reports – ensuring consistency and accessibility.
- Track competitor events and highlight opportunities relevant to Better Cotton’s convening strategy.
- Support wider event administration, including responding to participant enquiries, processing event documentation and expenses, and assisting with speaker research as required.
We are looking for someone who has
the following skills, knowledge, and experience:
Essential
- Proven experience coordinating international events, including logistics for speakers and participants (visas, travel, interpretation, accommodation, budget management).
- Highly proficient in Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and virtual platforms (Zoom, Teams).
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to balance multiple priorities.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
Desirable
- Experience working in sustainability, apparel, or agriculture.
- Experience in a membership-based or not-for-profit organisation.
- Demonstrated experience working with membership, financial and/or CRM administration, and supporting systems improvement and management.
- Knowledge of additional languages.
What we offer
Competitive salary- Hybrid working – one day per week in the central London office
- The opportunity to work from anywhere in the world for up to one month per year
- Flexible working, with core hours from 10 am to 4 pm local time
- Continuous learning and development
- Pension scheme
- 25 days paid annual leave, plus 8-9 Bank Holidays and a further 3 days off over the end of year period
- Enhanced parental benefits
- A warm, positive working environment where everyone is valued
- The opportunity to make your mark and make a difference.
Working arrangements
The position is full-time (40 hours per week) and will be based in London. Better Cotton offers flexible working, with core hours being 10 am – 4 pm.
Apply now
Send us your CV (2 pages maximum) and a brief cover letter (1-page maximum) by or before 25.09.2025 via the website link.
In your cover letter, please include an explanation of why your experience is specifically relevant to this role at Better Cotton. We want to see your personal style – what makes you tick and why you think your next opportunity is here with us.
Our hiring process
Initial Screening:
Applicant screening is a crucial step in our recruitment process. This stage may involve a brief phone interview or video call to evaluate your suitability for the position. During this screening, we review resumes and cover letters, and may conduct initial background checks to narrow down the pool of applicant. Internal candidates are encouraged to inform their line manager about their application to promote transparency and help facilitate a smooth transition if selected.
Interviews:
If you successfully pass the initial screening, you will be invited for interviews. The interview process at Better Cotton may include one or more rounds of interviews with various stakeholders, such as the hiring manager, team members, and potentially senior management. As an internal candidate, you may have discussions regarding your current responsibilities and how they will transition to the new position.
Assessment and Testing:
Depending on the role, you might be required to complete assessments, technical tests, or skills evaluations to gauge your competency and suitability for the position. Internal candidates may have the option to demonstrate their existing skills through current job performance or past project outcomes.
Reference Checks:
Once you progress further in the process, reference checks are conducted to validate your work history, skills, and qualifications, and for some roles, your education and criminal history. Internal candidates may be asked for references from current or previous supervisors within Better Cotton to provide insights into their performance and capabilities.
Offer stage:
After completing interviews, assessments, and reference checks, the hiring team evaluates your performance and fit for the role. If you are selected and your references are relevant and satisfactory, you will receive a formal job offer letter outlining the terms of employment, compensation, benefits, and any other relevant details. For internal candidates, the offer process may include a discussion about how your transition to the new role will be managed and any support needed for a smooth handover.
About Better Cotton
Better Cotton is a global not-for-profit organisation supporting the production of more equitable and sustainable cotton at farm level. We exist to catalyse the cotton farming community with partners, governments and others to continuously drive positive impact by setting standards and facilitating the supply and demand of more sustainable cotton from farm to brand. In just 15 years we have aligned more than a fifth of the world’s cotton with our standard and helped farmers and farming communities thrive. Join us in building a better, more sustainable future for cotton worldwide.
About our Values
The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our workplace values which are:
- Trustworthy (including honest, transparent, credible)
- As having Integrity (including responsible, authentic)
- Positive (including problem-solving, pragmatic)
- Engaging (including adaptable, inclusive, holistic)
- Daring (including courageous, innovative, game-changing)
Being you @ Better Cotton
Better Cotton is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to good practice and transparency in the management of natural, human, and financial resources.
We have a zero-tolerance approach to any attitudes or behaviours that put children or adults at risk of harm. Safeguarding incidents are acts of serious misconduct and are grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including, dismissal and referral to relevant authorities for criminal prosecution. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks.