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Location Hybrid < 1-2 days in the office/Support Centre on Hams Hall Distribution Park, Coleshill. Why The Works? We don't just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play. You sell the paint that turns someone into an artist. You provide the book that unleashes an inner author. You supply the games that help bring families together. You give someone the puzzle book that reconnects someone with a late family member's memory. You never know who someone will become. So with your passion, and our products, you will help ignite the spark in helping people unleash their creativity, find new passions, hobbies, or rekindle fond memories. The unseen possibilities are limitless, and it all starts with you. Become a Team PA We're looking for an experienced Personal Assistant to work with 4 of our Executive Team Chief People and Retail Officer, Chief Supply Chain and Digital Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, and Chief Financial Officer. Reporting to EA to CEO to ensure effective leadership team / cross-functional working. You will be accountable for supporting them to maximise their time and energy, enabling them to focus on their priorities aligned with our business strategy. Your Mission Demonstrating awareness of strategic objectives of the organisation and using knowledge to inform actions. Work with EA to CEO to keep directors aware of impending deadlines / manage expectations. Complex diary management Acting as a first point of contact, email management, responding, passing on messages / highlighting for Director's attention Prepare store visits info [pre and post] Travel and accommodation. Maintaining a bring forward system to ensure team requests are responded to timely. Collation and preparation of information for presentations and reports. Organisation and support of meetings (internal and external stakeholders) Maintaining calendar of key dates i.e. long service awards, new stores openings/closures, team birthdays etc Expenses Colleague Facebook group approvals. Reward and recognition emails and cards. Support writing blogs and posts for MyWorks. Support collaborative working between functions. Build relationships with key business stakeholders. Project Management oversight - labour project - engagement survey themes and actions - who do we have worrying about what? Management of maintenance of the trading business calendar. Skills/Behaviours That Will Set You Apart Team Player Agility ability to adapt their working style to the Director's needs. Confident juggling demands from multiple need to be able to prioritise and manage their time cleverly. Work autonomously, using their initiative but will take direction and learn from their director or manager and colleagues. Shows initiative and anticipation of need. Active interest in the company's well-being. Ability to be accessible and friendly. Communication Skills: Clear and effective communication skills to convey information, instructions, and feedback to retail employees at all levels, ensuring understanding and engagement. Adaptability: Ability to adapt training approaches and materials to meet the diverse learning styles, backgrounds, and skill levels of employees. Collaboration: Collaboration with various stakeholders in the retail business, building strong working relationships with each of them. Time Management: Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively, balancing the creation and delivery of training programs with other responsibilities in a retail setting. Our PERKS really are The Works' ?? 25% Colleague Discount! - Plus, exclusive Double Discount days! ?? MyWorks - Access exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utilities deals, tech and more! ?? Holiday 33 days including bank holidays. ?? Holiday Purchase - Purchase an additional 5 days ? Can-Do Academy - Grow your skills and career with instant access to further training and development in areas that interest you. ?? Wagestream - Claim early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them for when life' happens! ? Share Scheme - Unleash your inner Monopoly mogul and own a piece of The Works! ?? 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with the Retail Trust who provide an Employee Assistance Programme and so much more! ?? Healthcare Cash Plan To support your everyday healthcare costs ?? And loads more! Long Service Awards, pension, life assurance, Cycle to Work and optional charity giving. Our Purpose To inspire reading. learning, creativity and play - making lives more fulfilled. Our Values We are Crafty We are Caring We are Can-do We Listen. We Care Each year, we run an anonymous colleague engagement survey. This is so important for us to hear your feedback and suggestions. We want to know what's going great, and what needs a couple of tweaks to help make The Works the best place you've ever worked! You'll have opportunity to help give us that direction. Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments At The Works, we are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers & members of the LGBTQ community (including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, non-binary, or use another term). We are open to discussing part-time and flexible working and, where possible, will try to support this. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply for this role, please contact and we'll be happy to help! #LIHybrid
Closing date: 07-05-2024 Customer Team Member Location: Water Street, Pen Y Groes, LL54 6LR Pay: £12.00 per hour Contract: 16 hours per week regular overtime, permanent, part time Working pattern: Varied shifts including early mornings of 6am (store opening), afternoons, late evenings of 11pm (store closing) and weekends, to be discussed at interview. Full, paid training provided You can apply for this role using your mobile device (no CV needed!) You must be aged 18 or over to be a customer team member at Co-op, as it requires working before 6am or after 10pm. We're looking for Customer Team Members to join our team at Co-op. When you join Co-op, you'll get amazing benefits including 31 days holiday, a pension with up to 10% Co-op contribution, access to virtual healthcare services for you and your family, and a 30% discount on all Co-op products in our stores. As a Customer Team Member, you'll be part of a friendly team that's dedicated to helping our customers. We'll look to you to provide them with great service on the tills and the shop floor, while also performing a wide range of other tasks around the store like re-stocking shelves and cleaning up spillages. At Co-op, we do things a different way. For over 175 years we've focused on making things fairer for our members and their communities, and as a colleague we promise to take care of you. You'll get support for your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing, as well as market leading policies to help you through life events from bereavement and pregnancy loss to fertility treatment and menopause. What you'll do Friendly and thoughtful service you'll put customers first in everything you do: responding to queries, championing Co-op products and Membership, and doing all you can to deliver a great shopping experience Work together to make everyone's day better supporting your store colleagues to solve problems for customers and members Make sure the store safe and legal keep the shelves stocked and make sure prices, dates, and temperatures are all as they should be Help introduce new products and services make changes feel natural, sharing experiences with your colleagues so everyone learns together Support your local community get involved in all kinds of activities and events! This job would suit people who have A genuine care for the needs of customers and members Great people skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with customers and colleagues A positive approach to change and problem solving The flexibility to work a range of different shifts Why Co-op? 30% discount on all Co-op products in-store plus 10% discounts on all other brands (increasing to 20% on payday weekends) A pension scheme with up to 10% employer contributions Wagestream a money management app giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it 31 days of holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata for part time colleagues) Virtual healthcare services for you and your family, including access to GP appointments, eye care, mental health support, and nutrition and fitness consultations 24/7 employee assistance service YuLife an app rewarding you for healthy behaviour with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands Full, paid training and dedicated support for your personal development and career progression Rotas shared three weeks in advance and accessible on your phone Cycle-to-work scheme Building an inclusive workplace We want to build diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want our stores to be inclusive environments, where our colleagues can reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve. 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 apply-process. You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing. As part of the application process for this job, you'll need to complete an online assessment. It will take around 10 minutes to complete the test.