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Benefits

  • Coaching, training and support such as study leave, to help you develop your skills and progress your career
  • Pension with up to 10% employer contributions
  • Incentive scheme up to 10% after probation
  • 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 32 in line with service)
  • Wellbeing benefits to support your physical financial and mental health
  • Discounts on Co-op products and services

Job description

Content Executive – Co-op Legal Services 
£34,000 to £38,000 plus excellent benefits, including up to 10% employer pension contribution and health & wellbeing incentives (Work Level 6A)  
Remote, with some travel to any of our three offices – Bristol, Manchester, Sheffield, or Stratford-upon-Avon (approx. 2-3 times a month)  

We’re looking for a motivated Content Executive to join us and help us help us tell engaging and compelling stories about Co-op Legal Services. As the UK’s largest consumer law firm, we’re committed to providing our customers with an excellent service.

In this role, you’ll be helping our customers by providing high quality accessible content and information about the services we provide and how they can benefit them. We’ll also look to you to support our Marketing Lead in delivering omnichannel marketing, product, and service content for Co-op Legal Services (CLS). So, if you’ve the content experience we need, we can offer you the chance to grow your career and make a real difference within Co-op Legal Services.

What you’ll do

•    Support our marketing lead to create and deliver CLS’ content strategy
•    Develop and manage marketing, product, and service content on the CLS website and other channels 
•    Develop content to support our partnership strategy 
•    Make sure that all marketing communications are clear, transparent, and fully compliant with SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) regulations and brand guidelines
•    Develop content to support the work of the Digital team (for example digital tools, products, optimisation of user experience) 
•    Support in the development and delivery of our social strategy to increase social following and engagement with CLS
•    Make sure that reporting and analysis of content performance is completed on time, providing recommendations and delivering continuous improvement

This role would suit people who have

•    Previous marketing experience within an FCA regulated company
•    Excellent written communication skills, with lots of creativity and the ability to deliver engaging content 
•    The ability to deliver projects on time and within budget, managing internal and external delivery partners and cross-functional teams
•    The ability to work within a regulated content approval framework, making sure that content meets regulatory requirements
•    A collaborative approach to content creation, with the ability to work effectively with others in an agile team

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
•    YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

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 colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

If you’re successful in your application, we’ll perform some background checks as part of our pre-employment screening process. These will include an SRA check, credit checks, and a DBS (disclosure and barring service) check. Please note Co-op does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.


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Your career at Co-op Legal Services

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You’ll find career opportunities here whether or not you have legal qualifications. We offer a variety of routes into legal practice, a clear career progression framework, and early career options that provide a cost effective alternative to university.

We regularly recruit for qualified and non-qualified jobs, so whether you’re an experienced lawyer or someone who’s keen to explore the possibilities of a career in the law, you can make a difference here.

Application process

At Co-op, we’re passionate about doing great work for the communities we trade in. That means having the right people, from all walks of life and backgrounds, in our team to serve them. Take a look below how to become one of us.

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Online assessment As part of your application you’ll need to complete an online assessment which will measure how well your behaviours, values and motivations match up to this role. It will take around 45 minutes to complete this. We will retain your score for 6-months so you won't need to complete this again if you apply for any other roles during that time.

CV Shortlisting If you pass the assessment your CV will be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team. If you meet the essential criteria for the role your CV will be sent through to the hiring manager to review.

Interview If you're selected for interview, you'll be sent an email for you to choose a date and time for your interview - but if you can't make it don't worry, you can reschedule your interview online up to 48 hours before your interview is due, or you can reach out to our Talent Acquisition team and we can try and accommodate a new time or date. Before your interview, we’ll send you a really helpful guide on how best to prepare, so nothing on the day should surprise you, and most importantly what proof you need to bring to prove your right to work in the UK.

Your decision If you’re successful at your interview, you’ll receive a phone call from the hiring manager you met to talk about your job offer. If you accept, we’ll then send your offer online via an email. Before anything can be processed, we'll need you to accept this offer online. This will start your journey into our Co-op.

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