• Job Description

  Req#: 216024

  At Sainsbury’s we have a long history of building strong partnerships and delivering great impact in our communities, locally and internationally. Our business relies on strong, resilient communities, and we’re committed to support social cohesion, economic prosperity and inclusive growth. We have presence in thousands of communities across the country and aim to help positively impact those in need through fundraising, volunteering, donations and by raising awareness.

  Our colleagues are key to supporting the communities we serve. Through our fundraising and volunteering programmes, our colleagues have the opportunity to fundraise and volunteer their time to local good causes.

  We play an active role in the communities we serve and have a long history of supporting our communities. In 1998, we launched our Food Donation Programme, where stores partner with local organisations operating both Front of Store (customers donations into donation points in stores) and Back of Store (donating surplus stock to local organisations) programmes. We want to improve the volume of surplus food we redistribute and this year are trialling tech solutions to support us redistribute our surplus food.

  Over the last year, our key priority for us has been to support our communities and the most vulnerable in society during the pandemic. To support the huge amount of pressure on foodbanks, charities and community groups at the start of the pandemic, we made a £3 million commitment to FareShare. During this time, Sainsbury’s funded and supported distribution of over 24 million meals, via 3,945 unique charities.

  We supported Comic Relief and Children in Need by matching our customers’ donations £ for £ in the The Big Night In Appeal, with the total donation exceeding £4 million, split between the two charities, to support those severely affected by the pandemic. We also donated over 2,000 laptops for kids as part of the Computers for Kids initiative and donated 470,000 items of clothing with a retail value of around £5.2 million across a number of charities including Comic Relief and Newlife.

  As our Partnerships Executive you'll:

  • Support the Community and Partnerships Manager to oversee the relationship with our key Corporate Charity partner, Comic Relief, and any future potential partners to drive our social impact under our Nourish the Nation community programme in the UK and internationally.
  • Support on the development of our long-term Nourish the Nation programme, with a clear vision, milestones and KPIs with our key partner, Comic Relief
  • Work cross functionally across the Sainsbury’s Group, engaging and building rapport with internal stakeholders in order to execute community and partnerships programmes
  • Contribute to and shape the future of our existing partnerships to align to our corporate strategy of Win in Food and our new brand promise of Good Food for All of Us
  • Contribute to ensuring the team gets credit for its community and partnership work with its breadth of stakeholders (colleagues, customers, stakeholders), for example capturing and generating case studies, liaising with internal comms, external comms and the LinkedIn team with the aim to showcase Sainsbury’s community work both internally and externally
  • Co-own the day-to-day relationship with various partners and agencies, in particular Comic Relief, and take an active role in developing recommendations on the investment of our funding with Comic Relief (minimum donation commitment and any incremental donation) so that it drives the most impact in the area of food poverty
  • Work closely with the other Partnership Executive to support on the development and delivery of activation plans that communicate the impact that we are driving with our partners through our various comms channels (e.g. Internal Comms, Marketing, PR)
  • Build effective and productive working relationships with various agencies and partners to oversee their contribution to the Nourish the Nation programme and ensure it is industry-leading
  • Support on our corporate response in the instances of disasters and crises by working closely with key corporate partners in the charity sector to define support required and recommend donation approach
  • Build brilliant relationships internally with key teams to ensure that our impact is delivered at pace (e.g. Finance, Internal Comms, PR, Marketing Propositions, broader CR&S team)
  • Ensure that our donation payments are processed accurately and in a timely manner with our charity partners
  • Monitor, measure and report on the effectiveness of programmes, and demonstrate their social and commercial benefits to the business
  • Support on our Annual, Plan for Better and interim reporting as well as on the BBC Thank You moment content with Comic Relief and our PR teams
  • Anticipate risks and make sure that contingency plans are agreed ahead of time
  • Be the ambassador for our Nourish the Nation programme and our partnership with Comic Relief across the business making sure that people are aware of, and bought into, the partnership
  • Co-manage the Partnerships budget and financial processes with the support of the Community and Partnerships Manager and the other Partnership Executive
  • Build a strong understanding of our overall Community and Partnerships activities and respond to store, charity, media relations and colleague queries, building brilliant stakeholder networks to help us make things happen at pace

  Our Partnerships Team would like to see from you:

  • Think strategically and with the ability to foresee challenges and opportunities and devise appropriate solutions
  • Good understanding of the charity and retail landscape
  • Good project management and organisational skills with the ability to successfully multitask
  • Good understanding of the objectives of the community and partnerships strategy, CR&S strategy and charity partnership goals whilst understanding wider business objectives
  • Self-motivated and good problem solver that thrives under pressure within a fast-paced environment
  • Strong commercial skills, with an ability to extract and analyse data
  • Strong written, oral and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to see the bigger picture while also delivering the detail
  • Build brilliant and productive relationships within a complex stakeholder network
  • Previous experience in developing effective social impact programmes with charities and brands would be an advantage

  Why Sainsbury’s?

  Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

  As well as a great work-life balance, lots of on-the-job training and endless opportunities, click here for more detail on our benefits: https://sainsburys.jobs/working-for-us/benefits/

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  Qualifications

  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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. 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 10% 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 up to an additional week's 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, salary 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 eligibiity criteria may apply).

  Responsibilities

  We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK with one of the largest websites. So marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. More people shopping with us each week means more interactions. And thanks to data insight, we understand customers in a way that almost nobody else does. We work alongside incredible brand partners and the best agencies around. So if you have a passion to learn, grow and experience new teams, come and explore it all with us.

• About the company

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