Undergraduate Ethics, Sustainability, and Food Policy Coordinator Review
by The Co-op
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at The Co-op
- 7. Would you recommend The Co-op to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to The Co-op
Overview
Co-ordinate projects focused on improving the transparency of our Co-op supply chains and supporting our Future of Food commitments Build relationships with key internal and external partners to support the delivery of projects Assist our wider Ethics, Sustainability and Policy team, supporting with a variety of sustainability commitments Help to represent our ESP team at key internal events and campaigns (e.g. Great Big Green Week, Fairtrade Fortnight etc) Build an understanding of different areas across Co-op and our supply chains and help us identify exciting new opportunities Support and work with our suppliers to help them achieve decarbonisation and meet our climate targets
Skills
Skills learnt and developed - communication, stakeholder engagement and management, networking and relationship-building, taking initiative, leadership, technical and data competency, resilience, adaptability, teamwork
Responsibilities
Yes, given projects to take ownership of
Support & Guidance
Incredible support and guidance, working with a very friendly and welcoming team
Culture
Co-op has an excellent culture, particularly in the Food Sustainability team. Very welcoming, fun, trusting and purposeful
Your Impressions
I loved my placement at Co-op
Yes
Let your passion shine through. Co-op cares about doing retail right and it's cooperative values are at the heart of all it looks to do.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Retail
North West
June 2025
