Senior External Campaigns Manager (9 month FTC)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Corporate Affairs
Closing date: 10 March 2025
Requisition ID: 291490
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. This is where you’ll enjoy a broad range of projects, no matter what your level, because our Corporate Affairs team is non-hierarchical and truly plugged in to the rest of the business. Whether it’s internal, external or government relations, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with everyone from food waste to health, or general merchandising to Nectar, in order to support some amazing campaigns. You’ll help build trust around Sainsbury’s with customers, senior stakeholders, media and more. And if non-linear progression is what you’re after, you’ll find opportunities are all around.
*Please note this role is a Fixed Term Contract for 9 months to cover maternity leave.
Why join us
At Sainsbury's, we are a multi-channel, purpose-led business with a commitment to creating a resilient UK food system. As the Senior External Campaigns Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape and deliver impactful campaigns that bring our purpose to life and position Sainsbury's as a thought leader. Joining our team means working in a collaborative and dynamic environment, where your expertise in purpose-led communications within a FTSE100 environment will be highly valued. You will have the chance to distil complex information into compelling messages, manage thought leadership campaigns, and build strong relationships with media contacts and external stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact in championing the UK food system and creating positive change. Join us and become part of a high-performing, innovative team that values collaboration and the drive to make a difference.
What you'll do
As the Senior External Campaigns Manager at Sainsbury's, reporting to the Head of External Campaigns, your role will encompass delivering all campaign activity related to the company's purpose and its commitment to securing a resilient UK food system. Working closely with the Head of External Campaigns, you will develop and deliver a thought leadership campaign that brings the company's purpose to life, ensuring that it is widely understood by both media and corporate audiences. This will involve managing the delivery of a campaigns plan, creating communications in multiple formats, building strong relationships with key stakeholders, engaging relevant media contacts, and positioning Sainsbury's as a champion of the UK food system. Additionally, you will lead, guide, and support your team, fostering a high-performing and innovative environment that aligns with the business priorities.
Who you are
You are an experienced and purpose-driven communications professional within a FTSE100 or FTSE250 environment. With your expertise in managing impactful campaigns and thought leadership, you possess the ability to distil complex information and create compelling messages that resonate with diverse audiences. Your exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, enable you to maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including media contacts, while effectively positioning Sainsbury's as a purpose-led business with a focus on sustainability and the UK food system. With your strategic mindset and ability to prioritise and work under pressure, you deliver high-quality results within tight deadlines and contribute to maintaining a drumbeat of positive storytelling that highlights Sainsbury's role in creating a resilient food system. As a leader, you provide guidance and support to your team, fostering a high-performing and innovative environment that aligns with the business priorities.
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 20% 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, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, 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 eligibility criteria may apply).