Culture & Inclusion Specialist - Gender Equity & Cultural Diversity

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

About the team

People and Culture are dedicated to fostering  an engaged and empowered workplace. One that’s strong, diverse and where our team members have exciting career pathways to choose from. We do it by making people’s lives easier through better experiences, useful tools, and by providing ongoing opportunities to learn and grow.

Join Coles as a Culture & Inclusion Specialist! 

Are you passionate about playing a pivotal role in shaping a workplace that celebrates diversity and fosters belonging for 120,000 team members across Australia?  
 
In this impactful role, you'll collaborate with teams across our stores, supply chain, and store support offices to drive initiatives that enhance our culture and promote inclusion, ensuring every team member feels valued, supported and like they belong. You’ll be leading 2 of our D&I pillars (Gender Equity & Cultural Awareness) as well as working on culture initiatives for Coles. If you're passionate about creating meaningful change and cultivating an environment where team members can thrive, this is the opportunity for you. 

What you will be doing: 

• Designing, developing, delivering, embedding, and evolving culture, diversity and inclusion interventions that deliver on our strategy. 
• Managing existing initiatives, programs and solutions to sustainably shift diversity and inclusion metrics at Coles. 
• Providing governance and strategic advice to steering committees and team member networks.  
• Analysing and interpreting data to identify key trends, inform recommendations, and lead internal and external reporting (eg WGEA  Compliance and Employer of Choice, Gender Equity Reporting and Coles Sustainability Report).  
• Embedding our core values across the business through our four culture levers of leadership, behaviours, symbols and systems to enable behavioural change and culture transformation. 

 
To be successful in this role, you will need: 

• Experience leading Diversity & Inclusion and/or Cultural initiatives within a People & Culture function.
• Experience working for or with a WGEA Employer of Choice organisation (preferred) 
• Subject matter expertise and experience in Gender Equity. 
• Experience working in large and complex businesses, influencing cross-functionally. 
• Strong project and stakeholder management that means you’re able to identify and solve problems, ensuring the best team member experience possible. 
• Strategic and adaptive mindset, critical thinking and ability to scan the horizon for emerging issues and trends.  

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What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 153021

Employment Type: Full time