Specialist - Corporate Affairs

Purpose

The corporate affairs team at Lidl oversees internal communications, external communications/PR, government relations and CSR/corporate giving. We’re looking for a detail-oriented, self-starter who is ready to have a hand in all parts of the corporate affairs team. This jack-of-all-trades person will be responsible for supporting the Head of Corporate Affairs and executing Lidl US’ corporate affairs strategy. The person will have a keen eye for detail, proactively manage work streams and easily work within tight deadlines.

Support execution of internal communications strategy

• Help develop content for internal channels (intranet, internal app, etc).
• Help maintain content calendars
• Support town hall meetings as needed (deck creation, in-person execution)

Support PR efforts

• Work with various internal teams to gather information, facilitate approvals, etc
• Draft PR reactive statements as needed
• Periodically travel to store openings

Support execution of CSR strategy

• Manage corporate donations
• Support development of CSR report
• Support employee engagement CSR initiatives

Support corporate web / social media

• Partner with Head of Corporate Affairs to plan and create corporate social channel content (videos, images, text, etc)
• Support executive team Linked In needs as necessary
• Support corporate website content and design

• You are task and detail oriented
• You are a self-starter; you proactively communicate project status, potential challenges and are open to feedback
• You consider yourself interested in and familiar with the majority of the following: corporate communications, brand PR, executive communications, internal communications, government relations, CSR / corporate giving
• You are eager to learn more about all aspects of corporate affairs
• You are incredible at designing all types of materials from social media content to slide decks to fact sheets to emails
• You have the ability to write engaging material on quick deadlines
• You approach work with a collaborative mindset and can easily work with various stakeholders
• You dive into your work; you like to organize work streams, create content calendars and are comfortable juggling various projects
• You have an interest in finding new ways to creatively communicate with employees

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong writing and design skills
• Ability to learn and adapt to changing situations and strive for constant improvement
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage diverse workload with strong organizational skills

Required Education, Certifications/ Licenses, Related Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 1-3 years of experience in corporate communications, marketing or related field

• Ability to work in a fast-paced working environment
• Ability to work in situations that involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, squatting and/or bending more than half the time
• Ability to operate equipment that requires the constant use of hands/fingers/wrists more than half the time
• Ability to spend more than half the time viewing computer monitors
• Ability to identify and distinguish between colors more than half the time
• This position commutes between regional stores/offices/distribution centers less than 25% of the time
• This position requires overnight domestic travel up to 20% of the time
• Anticipated travel will be by car, air, and/or train

Ability to demonstrate, understand, and continuously apply our workplace values:

• Performance: We thrive together to passionately pursue ambitious goals, constantly develop ourselves, and turn complex organizational challenges into opportunities.

• Respect: We put people at the center of what we do by treating each other fairly, ensuring equal opportunities, and valuing diversity as a key cultural strength

• Trust: We believe in each other, communicate openly and honestly, remain completely reliable, and treat mistakes as valuable learning opportunities.

• Grounded: We dream big while staying down to earth, remaining approachable, choosing simplicity over complexity, and focusing firmly on meaningful results.

• Belonging: We are stronger together than we are alone, standing up for one another, leveraging our collective…