Early Careers Work Experience Coordinator

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 10% of base salary

Holiday 25 days + personal day + bank

Maternity/adoption and paternity leave

EAP and 24/7 virtual GP

Job summary

Tesco Stores Limited is recruiting for an Early Careers Recruitment role to help NEET candidates secure work experience across UK stores. You will manage processes from attraction to placement, coordinate with external partners and store managers, and ensure accurate documentation and a positive candidate journey.

This role supports Tesco's community impact by creating opportunities for young people, delivering timely updates to stakeholders, and driving inclusive, smooth recruitment experiences

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating recruitment activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to maintain accurate recruitment records and documentation.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing the recruitment process for work experience, alongside our external partner, from attraction to starting in store.
• Inbox queries from stores
• Working closely with store managers to supply the work experience candidate information
• Managing candidate’s placement administration, ensuring all required documentation is completed accurately and on time ahead of starting
• Supporting our external partner with coordinating recruitment activities, including candidate communications, and placement management.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes during the recruitment process
• Ensuring every candidate receives a positive, inclusive and engaging experience throughout the recruitment journey.
• Maintaining accurate records and ensuring all recruitment processes and compliant requirements are followed.
• Providing regular updates and insights to stakeholders, helping them understand progress and pipeline activity.
• Identifying attraction challenges early and supporting solutions to increase candidate volumes and quality.
• Supporting local and national attraction campaigns, careers events, school engagement activities and employability programmes that promote Tesco as an employer of choice for young people.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Candidate experience

Recruitment coordination

Communication

Job description

About the role This is an opportunity to join our Early Careers recruitment team, helping young people secure their first job. You'll work with colleagues across our UK stores to attract, engage and hire NEET candidates, delivering a great candidate experience and supporting Tesco's commitment to creating opportunities for young people in local communities.

You will be responsible for

• Managing the recruitment process for work experience, alongside our external partner, from attraction to starting in store.
• Inbox queries from stores
• Working closely with store managers to supply the work experience candidate information
• Managing candidate’s placement administration, ensuring all required documentation is completed accurately and on time ahead of starting
• Supporting our external partner with coordinating recruitment activities, including candidate communications, and placement management.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes during the recruitment process
• Ensuring every candidate receives a positive, inclusive and engaging experience throughout the recruitment journey.
• Maintaining accurate records and ensuring all recruitment processes and compliant requirements are followed.
• Providing regular updates and insights to stakeholders, helping them understand progress and pipeline activity.
• Identifying attraction challenges early and supporting solutions to increase candidate volumes and quality.
• Supporting local and national attraction campaigns, careers events, school engagement activities and employability programmes that promote Tesco as an employer of choice for young people.
• QR Codes to be obtained

You will need

• A passion for supporting young people and helping them take their first steps into the world of work
• Excellent customer service and communication skills, with the ability to create a positive candidate experience.
• Experience building relationships with a range of stakeholders, including hiring managers and external partners.
• Confidence working across multiple systems and maintaining accurate recruitment records.
• The ability to prioritise and manage a high volume of activity in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to proactively identify and overcome recruitment challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and engage others.
• Experience within recruitment, retail, employability, education or community engagement would be advantageous.
• An understanding of early careers, youth employment or attraction activities would be beneficial.

Whats in it for you?

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work.

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details

About Us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application.

When you join us in this role, you'll be employed by Tesco Stores Limited, the Tesco legal entity responsible for your employment.