People
Without our colleagues, Tesco just wouldn't be Tesco. That's why our Human Resources function is known as the People team. Our colleagues are at the heart of what we do: serving our customers better every day, so we're passionate about creating an environment where they can do just that. Regardless of the business area you work in you'll get on by knowing the business inside out. That means living our values and building great relationships with the fantastic people across our business.
Latest roles - People
Employment Tax Manager
Latest roles - People
Employment Tax Manager
Data Coordinator - Part Time - 21 Hours Per Week
Pension System Analyst
Shaping our business
Around six million people apply for a role in Tesco every year, and they're all looked after by our recruitment team. Last year our academy team trained 5,900 colleagues.
As the largest private sector employer in the UK, there are so many opportunities to use your skills and work with other experts to create the right solutions for our colleagues.
We have a variety of roles across stores, distribution, customer contact centre and office, all places where you can create an environment for our colleagues to be at their best.
Shaping our business
Due to the variety of our business and the fast pace of our work, there are so many experiences to be had, from defining the future technology capability plan to dealing with trade unions. You'll be getting on by shaping our business and helping colleagues to get on.
"I love how varied my job is! I have worked in the Tesco People Team for over 15 years in many different roles. Each have given me unique experiences which have allowed me to really stretch and develop, giving me lots of professional growth. Most importantly, I've loved the people that I've had the privilege to work with over my career here at Tesco." Vicky Bagnall, People Business Partner.
"I have worked in the People Team across both specialist and people partner roles. I love that I've had loads of opportunity to grow and develop myself, and I feel empowered to make a real difference for colleagues and customers every day." Jade Orman, People Advisor.
Working in People
Our People function is made up of many different teams ranging from generalist business partnering to specialist teams such as reward & benefits, colleague experience, relations & wellness, diversity & inclusion, people transformation, resourcing, talent & capability - the list goes on. Whether you want to apply and deepen your expertise in your chosen field or diversify your experience across a broad spectrum of People specialisms, you can do that here at Tesco.
We pride ourselves on the learning & development opportunities that we provide for our colleagues. Within the People Team, there is so much on offer to help you develop your career including cross-functional projects, secondment opportunities, superb in-house development courses & support through professional learning partnerships such as CIPD, apprenticeship programmes & Masters degrees. If you have an appetite to learn and grow, we will support you in every way we can.
Our location
Snowball – Welwyn Garden City
Snowball – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by 72 year-old Jane Snowball, who used a television remote to order groceries while sat in her armchair at home. What she and others didn’t realise at the time was that this was the world’s first home online shopping trip. Our Business Support, Customer Fulfillment and Online teams are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking and showers, dry cleaning drop off service and cash machine.
Highwoods – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by our first ‘out of town’ destination food store, ‘Colchester Highwoods’. Our Pensions, Property, and Maintenance & Engineering teams are based here.
Omega – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by the pioneering work of the team which developed Clubcard – one of the most important retail innovations of the 20th century. Our Marketing, Communications, Tesco Mobile, Hospitality and Business Development teams are based here and there is bicycle parking, a car wash and fuel pump.
Checkout – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by Operation Checkout, one of our most iconic price campaigns. During an economic downturn in the UK in 1977, we launched massive price cuts to help customers on very tight budgets. Our Food and Quality teams are based here and this is our main building with a restaurant, gym, bicycle parking and showers, dry cleaning drop off service, colleague baby room, cash machine, car charging and post box.
Pear – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by the project name used during our 2003 acquisition of T & S Stores. Many of these stores were converted to our Express format to help us to build our convenience offer for customers. Our General Merchandise, Supply Chain and Operations teams are based here and there is a restaurant and bicycle parking.
Plus – Welwyn Garden City
This building is inspired by one of our most innovative technology projects – Plus. In 1987 we introduced our first computerised tills to scan products. Our Technology team are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking, dry cleaning drop off service, Click and Collect for Tesco Direct products and post office facilities.
Smile – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by Eat Happy which started life with the project name Smile and takes education out of the classroom to show children where their food comes from. Our Human Resources Team is based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking and dry cleaning drop off service. This is also the location of our colleague Health and Wellness centre where colleagues can access massage therapists, GP services and beauticians.
Maldon – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by our first self-service supermarket which opened in a converted cinema in Maldon in 1956. Our Finance, Procurement and Legal and Security teams are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking, and dry cleaning drop off service, as well as it being the location for our Grocery Click and Collect service.
Strawberry - Farringdon
This building's name is inspired by the strawberry icon used by Tesco.com shoppers when we launched online shopping in the late 1990s. Our Digital team is based here.
The Nicholl Building - Dundee Customer Engagement Centre
This building's name was inspired by Mrs Nicholl, a 93 year-old customer who was moved to tears by excellent customer service from Tesco when two colleagues hand-delivered her groceries during bad weather as a ‘wee gift from Tesco’. We have a restaurant, bicycle parking, showers, Click & Collect service, cash machine, garden and games area, as well as colleague kitchens and rest areas on each floor.
Heart - Welwyn Garden City
Our building at the heart of the Welwyn Garden City Campus is now open, providing a new and exciting central hub with flexible spaces to learn, collaborate and innovate. There are facilities for well-being, a customer experience centre and a Tesco Express store.
Working in Welwyn Garden City
Our campus sits just 10 minutes walk from the centre of Welwyn Garden city with its many shops, restaurants, pubs and sports facilities. Close to the A1 and with frequent trains running to Kings Cross in as little as 26 minutes (free shuttle buses take you between the station and office) the campus is well connected to the surrounding area.
