Value Strategy Communication and Engagement Lead 

£35,000 to £40,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A) 

Manchester City Centre, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and coming into the office at least 3 times a week (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy). 

We’re looking for a Value Strategy Communication and Engagement Lead to join our Propositions team here at Co-op. In this brand-new role, you’ll engage our food teams in the principles of our value strategy and the broader proposition strategy.

You’ll be joining our Value Strategy team which is fundamental to everything our Co-op delivers within our customer proposition. It’ll be up to you to work within all areas of our Propositions team and wider internal teams across our Co-op to make sure our value strategy is clear, understood and embedded throughout the business. 

What you’ll do

• Create an engagement plan across food to ensure consistent clarity of our approach to creating value for customers and members 
• Support the delivery of the engagement plan with internal teams to make sure they are clear on the role they play in the delivery of value for our customers and members 
• Communicate key parts of the proposition strategy at key forums
• Coordinate all proposition communications to ensure consistency 
• Help protect our value proposition through supporting teams with interpretation of data 
• Contribute to the delivery of content for the internal communication plan on Value Strategy 
• Work closely with a variety of internal teams to support in the delivery of our Value Strategy 

This role would suit people who have

• A background in marketing or creative communication
• The ability to build and manage successful relationships with internal partners 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage teams and individuals across the business 
• A desire to broaden their knowledge, understanding and exposure across a wide network

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

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities. 

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 and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing

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 between 45-60 minutes.