Community Executive
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 08 June 2025
Requisition ID: 306450
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.
Sustainability- Community Executive
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Community Executive offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the areas of sustainability and community impact. With a focus on community engagement and partnerships, you will have the chance to showcase your project management skills, build strong relationships with external partners, and drive social and commercial benefits for the business. In a fast-paced environment, you will be part of a team that values strategic thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to analyse data. If you are passionate about making a positive difference and have experience in corporate responsibility, reporting, and project management within a large commercial organisation, this role is an exciting opportunity to drive Sainsbury's community programmes and contribute to our broader mission. Apply today to be part of our impactful journey.
What you'll do
You will play a pivotal role in leading and implementing flagship community projects as part of our Sustainability division. Your day-to-day responsibilities will revolve around utilising your exceptional project management skills to identify and resolve issues, manage risks, and identify cost-saving opportunities. You will also be responsible for building and managing relationships with our Retail Community Champion network, internal stakeholders and external charity partners, effectively showcasing the social and commercial benefits of our community initiatives. Your focus will be on ensuring the successful implementation of community and partnerships programmes, aligning objectives, outputs, and impacts with our broader strategy. Your strong financial acumen will be essential as you manage community financial processes, including ARIR, budget trackers, and Local Heroes applications. Timely and efficient response to queries from stores, charities, and colleagues will be crucial, as well as building strong stakeholder networks.
Who you are
You are a highly skilled and strategic professional with a passion for making a positive social impact. With your strong project management skills, you lead flagship projects that align with our strategy, ensuring successful implementation of community and partnership programmes. Your ability to build strong relationships with external partners, manage budgets, and drive efficiencies demonstrates the social and commercial benefits of our community initiatives. With your expertise in data analysis, effective communication, and understanding of the charity and retail landscape, you excel in transforming data into compelling community stories that engage both colleagues and customers. Your track record of working in a large commercial organisation, focusing on project management, corporate responsibility, and reporting, positions you as an invaluable asset in driving and enhancing Sainsbury's community programmes.
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 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 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).
