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Tesco • Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City, UK

Programme Coordinator - Whoosh - 12 Month FTC

Employment type:  Contract
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Job Description

As a Programme Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring programmes and projects run smoothly from day to day. You will proactively coordinate, organise and follow through on all key activities that keep delivery on track.

You will own the rhythm of the programme, maintaining plans, tracking progress, coordinating governance routines, managing documentation, and ensuring stakeholders remain aligned and informed.

You will spot issues, actions and dependencies early, communicate them clearly, and drive them to resolution. Through your structured approach and attention to detail, you will help the team deliver highquality outcomes at pace.

  • Supporting the Project and Programme Managers within the Whoosh team by coordinating activity across multiple projects and programmes.
  • Proactively helping the Programme/Project Manager to develop, maintain and update programme and project plans, ensuring milestones, risks, actions and dependencies are accurately captured and tracked.
  • Ensuring accurate and timely status reporting, managing updates against plans, and providing clear information for governance forums and stakeholder groups.
  • Identifying potential risks, issues or blockers early, escalating them appropriately and tracking mitigation actions through to completion.
  • Coordinating programme governance activities � including scheduling meetings, managing invites and logistics, preparing agendas, circulating materials, and capturing and driving actions to closure.
  • Building and maintaining strong working relationships across crossfunctional teams, acting as a reliable point of contact for programmerelated queries and ensuring a smooth flow of communication.
  • Coordinating the Whoosh store opening programme, including managing equipment levels, ordering, maintenance and movement.
  • Driving continuous improvement across the project and programme management lifecycle within Whoosh.
  • Supporting the Project Manager in developing and maintaining all programme and project documentation.
  • Excellent organisational and timemanagement skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities effectively.
  • Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and stakeholdermanagement skills, with the confidence to build relationships at all levels.
  • A genuine passion for making a positive difference for colleagues and customers.
  • Experience in project or programme management, particularly in coordinating multiple concurrent projects.
  • Experience managing supplier or external relationships, as well as internal stakeholders beyond your immediate team.
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially in PowerPoint and Excel.

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, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying

Company benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Additional voluntary pension contribution
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bike parking
Buy or sell annual leave
Car allowance
Charity donation scheme
Chill out zone
Cinema discounts
Coffee discounts
Collaboration spaces
Company car
Company freebies
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance
Cycle to work scheme
Death in service
Dental coverage
Discretionary sick pay
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Emergency leave
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts – 10% off and 15% on pay day weekends
Employee phone programme
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
Enhanced paternity leave – 6 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
Enhanced pension match/contribution – up to 7.5% matching
Equity packages
Ergonomic workstations
Eye Care Support
Faith rooms
Family health insurance
Fertility treatment leave
Financial advice
Fully stocked snack cupboard
Gym membership
Health assessment
Health insurance
In house training
L&D budget
Learning platform
Legal consults
Life assurance – Five times your pay
Life insurance
LinkedIn learning license
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health first aiders
Mental health platform access
Mentoring
Modern office
On-site barista
On-site catering
On-site gym
On-site personal trainer
On-site shower
On-site wellness room
On-site wellness services
On-site workout classes
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Paid fostering leave
Personal development budgets
Personal development days
Pregnancy loss leave
Private booths
Referral bonus
Religious celebration leave
Relocation packages
Restaurant discounts
Sabbaticals
Salary advance
Salary sacrifice
Secure on-site parking
Sensory-Friendly Setup
Share options
Skilled worker visas
Sports teams
Study support
Teambuilding days
Theme park discounts
Time off in-lieu
Tree planting
Volunteer days
Wellbeing incentive programme
Open to compressed hours

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Company employees:

330,000+

Gender diversity (m:f):

49:51

Hiring in countries

Ireland

United Kingdom

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