People Coordinator – Andover
£25,000 - £33,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6B)
Andover Business Park, Pioneer Rd, Andover SP11 8EZ – site based with possibility to work in a hybrid way in the future
Part-time, 30 hours a week
12-month fixed-term contract
We’re looking for a flexible, curious, confident and collaborative People Coordinator to join Co-op’s People team and support our Logistics network. With guidance from our Senior People Business Partner and wider team, we’ll look to you to provide people support and guidance on our people policies, processes and employee relations cases, as well as supporting the landing of new initiatives designed to enhance our colleague experience and drive leadership capability.
You’ll build strong relationships with the leaders you support on site along with the wider People team, supporting the national logistics network. This is a perfect step-in role to the world of HR, providing an opportunity to make a genuine impact on the delivery of our people strategy and vision.
What you’ll do
• Provide HR and employee relation insight and guidance on people plan priorities across a range of people focused activity such as performance, talent, engagement, attendance and reward with support from wider HR and ER teams
• Build and maintain productive relationships with our union partners, internal business leaders and wider teams to support initiatives and strategies such as transformational change
• Proactively identify areas of focus through insight and data and identify opportunities to optimise processes
• Signpost managers to the tools and services available to drive a self-serve culture in relation to the full range of people activity
• Make sure that Co-op’s vision, values, and dedication to inclusion are integrated into the day-to-day mindset of teams and managers have the tools to drive a self-serve culture for people activity
• Work as part of an agile People team, travelling as required to other Co-op sites for monthly/quarterly meetings with flexibility to provide in-person support across all 3 shifts
This role would suit people who have
Experience of building relationships, challenging and facilitating resolutions where necessary
Experience or a keen interest with working in a people-focused or customer-facing environment
Strong organisational skills and enthusiastic to learn
Why Co-op?
If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).
• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
Building a diverse environment
We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity and Inclusion
Please note that we may close applications for this role early.
As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.