Talent Acquisition Partner - Retail

Talent Acquisition Partner – Retail
Up to £50,000 plus great benefits including company car (Work Level 6a)
Field-based role covering South UK

We’re looking for a motivated and collaborative talent acquisition partner to join Co-op. In this role, you’ll help deliver our talent acquisition and development (TA&D) service and ways of working across our volume recruitment space. You’ll also be an advocate for the TA&D process, helping to make sure that the business gets great value from our service by up-skilling managers and gathering feedback and data to improve our methods of working.

To give you an idea of how this role will look and feel, here are some of the things you can expect to do:

• Make sure our volume recruitment teams have what they need to provide a great service
• Be present amongst field-based colleagues and a range of key partners
• Collaborate with the People team to address issues such as attrition, retention and resource planning
• Deliver recruitment process for senior operational roles
• Gain an understanding of industry best practice and competitor activity

To apply for this role, you’ll need experience within the retail sector. You’ll also require the following:

• Experience of managing senior stakeholders
• Volume recruitment experience
• Experience of using applicant tracking systems (ATS)
• The ability to use Microsoft Excel to manipulate data and draw out insights

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), the Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, and the YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favorite brands. You’ll also get:

• 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
• Coaching and training to support your career development

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.

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