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.
This role will promote and protect Tesco\'s local reputation and develop proactive communications plans to engage media and stakeholders across the Central region and Wales. It will drive the community narrative externally, creating opportunities to tell a positive story and demonstrate the impact of the work we do within our local communities. The role will help us build networks that will facilitate positive conversations with key stakeholders including representatives of the retail, property and charity sectors. You will maintain relationships with stores, colleagues and senior management across your coverage areas and work in the field in your area to represent the community team and provide guidance, support, liaise with local groups, projects and charities and seek out opportunities for positive engagement. You will help manage a PR agency team to assist in developing a pipeline of proactive stories, and with our key major charity partners working alongside them to develop campaigns which support the community plan. The role will also ensure our property development programmes are being communicated to the right stakeholders, supporting legal, planning and consultation requirements and communication to trade and property press.
You will be responsible for
* Acting as a spokesperson and representative for Tesco and helping to deliver the Community element of the Purpose across the Central region and Wales.
* Promoting, defending and advising the business on reputational issues.
* Owning and resolving escalations/correspondence from MPs and senior stakeholders regarding constituency/local matters. Close relationship with the Government Relations team to support.
* Promoting the work of Tesco across the region and bringing our national community/charity initiatives to life for our colleagues and customers.
* Creating targeted and relevant local campaigns and developing greater alignment and management of our core charity partners.
* Delivering a structured plan with clear deliverables to support, communicate these campaigns and advance each of our core community programmes/initiatives.
* Identifying a pipeline of relevant proactive opportunities in media or other channels to widen audience awareness of our community reach, partnerships, investments and role our stores play.
* Developing and managing a communications plan that supports our proposed store growth across the UK and our readiness to acquire new sites.
* Showing and demonstrating where and how your work, communications and story telling has had impact and results and where we could do more through our networks, in key cities, in communities that need more support.
You will need
* Media handling and communication and influencing skills
* Strong project management skills
* Knowledge of operational processes
* Excellent time management skills
* Excellent verbal and written communications
* Attention to detail
* Proficient in Excel, Word and Powerpoint
* Crisis management experience
* Media background either in journalism or PR and experience of media handling.
* Public affairs and/or solid political understanding with experience of local planning.
* Excellent writing and communication skills with a blend of proactive, corporate and property, retail and or third sector experience.
* Influencing and collaboration skills including managing external stakeholders.
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What’s in it for you
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* Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance
* 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 6 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.
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