Communications Coordinator
About the role
At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us.Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working.
So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
As a Communications Coordinator, you will work with all areas across the business to plan, review, edit and deliver their operational communications to our stores and centres.
You will be a content writing expert who can build simple, clear and effective communications that represent the Tesco brand and be confident at working with multiple partners to advise them on our communications principles, branding and voice.
You will be responsible for- Partner with different customers across the business to ensure we deliver simple, concise and high quality operational communications to our colleagues through the right channels
- Build and deliver daily and weekly publications to store and centre management team
- Build engaging communications for colleagues using various digital platforms
- Build, edit and deliver communications plans for all projects landing in stores and centres, ensuring all impacts and audiences are considered
- Review and update all reference material for stores on our existing Help site
- Be the trusted guide, supporting partners to understand the right channel of communication and provide specialist expertise to support teams in delivering effective communications
- Ensure our communications meet the agreed branding, tone of voice and expression
- Meet tight deadlines to ensure reactive communications land at the right time
- Have a journalistic approach to communications, ensuring you probe partners and ask the relevant questions to ensure the message has the required impact
- Continually look for how store and centre communications can be simplified and evolve through internal knowledge sharing and standard process
- Have a solid understanding of the business and keep up-to-date with current and future systems
- Contribute to the team by covering each other’s areas and take the initiative to support team activities
- Follow our business code of conduct and always acting with integrity/due diligence
- Consistently look for ways to improve your own performance and personal development through an active PDP, learning and giving/seeking feedback to continuously improve
- Strong writing, editing, proofreading, layout and digital design skills
- A strong networker
- Meticulous eye for detail and accuracy
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to use own initiative
- Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills
- Excellent partner engagement
- Innovative
- Understanding of operations and structures for stores and distribution centres
- A good understanding of a retail business
- Journalistic approach to communications
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What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!- Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com