Project Officer

We're looking for a Project Officer to join the Talent Acquisition and Development team within our wider Co-op Business Services (CBS) organisation. CBS is made up of a number of diverse teams dedicated to delivering high-quality, reliable and cost-effective business services across our Co-op. You'll play a key role in helping CBS to support and realise our group vision of 'co-operating to build more value for member-owners every day'.

As a Project Officer you'll be aligned to different SAP projects that come to our Talent Acquisition and Development team and manage them end-to-end. We'll look to you to be part of these bigger transformation activities, collaborating and updating our senior leaders across a variety of business areas. If you can bring us the skills we need with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment we can offer you a great opportunity to gain exposure to SAP systems and the wider Co-op business.

What you'll do

• Create and maintain a range of complex project and programme plans/trackers


• Work closely with a broad range of colleagues, partners, and external contacts


• Collaborate with SAP Content Designers to make sure we can provide design progress updates


• Support the critical business partnership with the Optimisation Centre and SAP security teams


• Achieve plan deliverables on time and to the highest possible quality


• Look for ways to continuously improve and strengthen our internal processes related to SAP learning


• Manage any potential risks or issues that may arise, making sure they are appropriately flagged and resolved
  
  Experience in project management or knowledge of P4CM, PRINCE 2 or equivalent


• Proficient with Office 365 applications, with advanced Microsoft Excel skills


• A collaborative approach with the ability to build strong relationships with internal partners, customers, and external contacts


• An understanding of project management methodologies


• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present back ideas and engage internal senior leaders
  
  At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.


Building a diverse environment

We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. 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.

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).


• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)


• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays


• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions


• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)


• Coaching and training to support your career development


• Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn