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In our food stores you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in your local community. Whether you’re a store manager, team leader or team member you’ll be the friendly face our customers see every day.
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Your career in Food
Our food teams are the public face of Co-op. If you’re welcoming, friendly and helpful, we know you’ll enjoy working in food. The working day’s always busy, but colleagues work together to get things done. You can always rely on the kind of training, support, rewards and benefits that make careers at Co-op different.
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Customer Team Member
As a customer team member, you’ll be part of a business that’s truly different. There’s lots to do in this role and you’ll always be busy, with plenty going on throughout your shift. From giving great customer service to preparing bakery products and promoting our membership offer, it’s a varied job and a great place to start your career in retail.
Customer Team Leader
As a customer team leader, you’ll help the store manager with day-to-day operations. You’ll be responsible for maintaining high standards, supporting your colleagues to provide great service, and making sure the store is always well stocked and presentable. You’ll be a key holder and with this responsibility you’ll take pride in making sure your store is safe and secure for our customers and colleagues. This is a great opportunity to start your career in retail and potentially progress to more senior roles in the business.
Store Manager
As a store manager you’ll need to combine your community spirit with commercial awareness and leadership skills to deliver great sales results. We’ll also look to you to grow and lead the store team and show every customer you’re here to help them and their community. Being a store manager isn’t easy, but with opportunities to get involved in projects and plenty of development on offer, it’s one of the most rewarding jobs in retail.
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Our Development Offer
We know how important career development is to our colleagues. That’s why our unique development offer is designed to support you through every stage of your journey, tailoring your needs through Learning Topics, Learning Profiles, and Learning Groups
Learning Topics are always on, to offer just-in-time learning through a variety of different documents, video, audio, eLearning, weblinks and activities. You can revisit these topics anytime should you want to refresh your memory.
Learning Profiles focus on the milestones in a colleague’s career when they’re likely to need support and development. These milestones can range from colleagues new to Co-op, through to being a strategic leader. As a store colleague, when you enrol on a learning profile you’ll get dedicated learning hours in store spread out over 12 weeks.
Learning Groups are a place to connect with colleagues who share a similar goal. Learning groups require you to be hands-on, active, and responsible for your own development. You'll have the support of an L&D Coach and an opportunity to make connections with others to enhance your learning.
Benefits
We’re proud to make a difference for our colleagues. From financial discounts to unique opportunities, there are all kinds of benefits when you join us.
All our frontline colleague rates of pay are aligned to the Real Living Wage.
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Range of services to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
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Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
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23 to 28 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 to 32 days with service
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Pension with up to 10% employer contribution
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Flexible shifts/working hours and regular overtime opportunities (rotas sent to your mobile 3 weeks in advance)
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30% off all Co-op products in store and 10% off other brands available in-store
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Customer Team Member
As a customer team member, you’ll be part of a business that’s truly different. There’s lots to do in this role and you’ll always be busy, with plenty going on throughout your shift. From giving great customer service to preparing bakery products and promoting our membership offer, it’s a varied job and a great place to start your career in retail.
Customer Team Leader
As a customer team leader, you’ll help the store manager with day-to-day operations. You’ll be responsible for maintaining high standards, supporting your colleagues to provide great service, and making sure the store is always well stocked and presentable. You’ll be a key holder and with this responsibility you’ll take pride in making sure your store is safe and secure for our customers and colleagues. This is a great opportunity to start your career in retail and potentially progress to more senior roles in the business.
Store Manager
As a store manager you’ll need to combine your community spirit with commercial awareness and leadership skills to deliver great sales results. We’ll also look to you to grow and lead the store team and show every customer you’re here to help them and their community. Being a store manager isn’t easy, but with opportunities to get involved in projects and plenty of development on offer, it’s one of the most rewarding jobs in retail.
Our Development Offer
We know how important career development is to our colleagues. That’s why our unique development offer is designed to support you through every stage of your journey, tailoring your needs through Learning Topics, Learning Profiles, and Learning Groups
Learning Topics are always on, to offer just-in-time learning through a variety of different documents, video, audio, eLearning, weblinks and activities. You can revisit these topics anytime should you want to refresh your memory.
Learning Profiles focus on the milestones in a colleague’s career when they’re likely to need support and development. These milestones can range from colleagues new to Co-op, through to being a strategic leader. As a store colleague, when you enrol on a learning profile you’ll get dedicated learning hours in store spread out over 12 weeks.
Learning Groups are a place to connect with colleagues who share a similar goal. Learning groups require you to be hands-on, active, and responsible for your own development. You'll have the support of an L&D Coach and an opportunity to make connections with others to enhance your learning.
Benefits
We’re proud to make a difference for our colleagues. From financial discounts to unique opportunities, there are all kinds of benefits when you join us.
All our frontline colleague rates of pay are aligned to the Real Living Wage.
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Range of services to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
-
Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
-
23 to 28 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 to 32 days with service
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Pension with up to 10% employer contribution
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Flexible shifts/working hours and regular overtime opportunities (rotas sent to your mobile 3 weeks in advance)
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30% off all Co-op products in store and 10% off other brands available in-store
Career Path
Every Co-op store has a dedicated team that you'll be part of from day one, with clear opportunities to progress as your skills and experience grow.
Our stories
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Working at Co-op I can balance being a Team Leader while I’m at university
Danielle, describes how being a student and a team leader at Co-op will help shape her future career. Read story
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Working at Co-op as a deaf Customer Team Member
Ellen shares what it’s like to work with hearing aids and the support she’s experienced at Co-op. Read story
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Building a lifelong career
Team Leader, Rohit, explains why he plans to build a lifelong career with us. Read story