Description

Closing Date: 01-Oct-2024

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. This is where you’ll enjoy a broad range of projects, no matter what your level, because our Corporate Affairs team is non-hierarchical and truly plugged in to the rest of the business. Whether it’s internal, external or government relations, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with everyone from food waste to health, or general merchandising to Nectar, in order to support some amazing campaigns. You’ll help build trust around Sainsbury’s with customers, senior stakeholders, media and more. And if non-linear progression is what you’re after, you’ll find opportunities are all around.
Our Internal Communications Executive – Channel Delivery is responsible for the delivery of colleague campaigns focused on our strategic outcomes and how our channels bring them to life. In this role you will help drive progress against our eight strategic commitments – and colleague engagement and customer satisfaction in particular – by ensuring our colleagues understand and believe in our purpose and strategy, and their role in helping to deliver on it.
You will be responsible for supporting the campaigns team to deliver colleague campaigns, focused on the progress we’re making against our strategic outcomes, that form part of a compelling narrative that connects everything we do to our purpose and strategy and helps to equip leaders to engage their teams in this. You will support the management of the campaigns channel plan, and how our channels bring campaigns to life. This will include supporting the development of creative ways to support leaders to have effective and regular face-to-face conversations with every colleague.
What outcomes do I need to deliver
Deliver colleague campaigns that build understanding and belief in our purpose and strategy and how we’re delivering on it
You will support the delivery of the internal communications strategy by effectively and efficiently coordinating communications across channels for our internal audiences, helping to build colleague understanding and belief in our purpose and strategy, and their role in helping to deliver on it
Support the team to design and deliver effective communication plans to meet business and audience needs and timelines
Deploy content across our internal communications channels, including intranet, colleague screens, and ensuring it reaches the right audience, as we take a more bespoke approach to our audiences
Support the Internal Communications Manager – Channel Planning to manage the internal communications channel plan
Produce supporting assets including videos, images, graphics and animations, in line with brand guidelines
Oversee agency/agencies to support on the creation of assets
You will occasionally provide out of hours support on time-critical projects
Develop our channels so that they meet the expectations of colleagues and drive our outcomes
Work with the wider Internal Communications team to shape the campaigns channel plan, so it reflects business priorities
Oversee the running of the day-to-day management of our Campaigns channels and content delivery with support from the Internal Communications Manager – Channel Planning
Support leaders to have effective and regular face-to-face conversations consistently with every colleague by owning and developing our campaign communication channels
Work with the Senior Internal Communications Manager – Continuous Improvement to measure the effectiveness of all communications, campaigns and channels to drive continuous improvement in our communications
What you need to know and show
Experience of using content creation software including Adobe Creative Cloud suite (e.g. InDesign, Premiere Pro and Affect Effects) (essential)
Understanding of internal communications practices and processes (essential)
A proven ability to build strong relationships across teams
Highly organised and able to prioritise and multitask autonomously
Strong attention to detail
Excellent verbal communication skills
Good written communication skills
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.  

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.