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Events and Communications Assistant - 9 Month Secondment/FTC Opportunity

Job Reference tesco/TP/41/580286

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Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Contract Details:
9 Month Secondment/Fixed Term Contract Opportunity
Salary:
Competitive
Working Hours:
36
Location:
Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 1TW
Closing Date:
22/07/2020
Job Category:
Food
Business Unit:
GB Head Office

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work.  These include but aren’t limited to: 

  • Annual bonus scheme where you can earn up to 3.5% of base salary
  • Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus 8 Bank holidays)
  • On-site state of the art gym at our Welwyn Campus with discounted “Gympass” membership & free health checks via Nuffield Health
  • Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
  • Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
  • Share Schemes – Join our ‘Buy As You Earn’ & ‘Save As You Earn’ share schemes after 3 months service
  • Colleague Clubcard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 3 months service
  • Colleague Discounts:
    • 10% increasing to 15% after every pay day for a four day period, off most purchases at Tesco (from April 2020)
    • 10% off One Stop
    • 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile
    • 20% off all F&F purchases
    • 20% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. T&C’s apply
    • 25% off Tesco Café
    • 50% off complete glasses purchases & free eye tests (other offers available) at Vision Express
    • 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy
  • An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for the home
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Shuttle Bus Service to/from Hatfield & Welwyn Garden City Station to Welwyn Campus & Hatfield Offices
  • Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want
  • Our Employee Assistance Programme helps you deal with life’s challenges
  • Financial wellness - Tesco has partnered with experts to help you make the most of your money
  • Get involved in a range of fundraising activities with our long-term charity partners

About the role

In this diverse role, you will receive good exposure to our entire supply base. You will be sending a wide range of communications out to suppliers from all areas of the business. Additionally, the team organise all major supplier facing events, including the IGD conference, CEO and TPP Conference. Priorities can change on a daily basis, therefore you will need to be a quick thinker and adaptable.

You will be responsible for

  • Working alongside the Communications and Events Manager to deliver the communication plan for all external partners.
  • Writing world class external communication to inform and up-skill our supplier partners while making it simpler to partner with Tesco.
  • Working with internal and external stakeholders to deliver world class supplier events for all of our food partners alongside supporting your colleagues with any external facing partner event.
  • Write communications and support events management ensuring consistent delivery.
  • Ensuring the Supplier Network is focused on its core aims, content drives membership growth and gives value to members.
  • Complete administration for the annual contracts with network providers to deliver value.

You will need

​Relevant experience for this role:

  • Writing external or internal communications
  • Working with our supply base
  • Relationships with commercial teams
  • Interest in sustainability and innovation
  • Events management a benefit but not essential

Operational skills relevant for this role:

  • Influencing
  • Stakeholder management
  • Clear communication
  • Project Management
  • Microsoft Excel / PowerPoint
  • Budget management 

About us

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It is part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work!

We are 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, we have a vast variety of roles and 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.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to serve our shoppers a little better every day. We strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers not only here in the UK, but worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range applicants from all walks of life, offering many varying working patterns across our business and we would love to hear from you!

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.