Early Careers Coordinator

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations' worth of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 141 years.

Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention. It is part of our philosophy to provide honest good sense on issues of health and well-being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes.

Job Title: Early Careers Coordinator

Function: People

Location: Bolton (Hybrid working available)

Contract: 12-Month Fixed Term Contract

Shape the future of talent with us

Are you passionate about shaping the future workforce? Join us as an Early Careers Coordinator and play a vital role in attracting, supporting, and developing the next generation of talent. From apprentices and graduates to placement students, you’ll help create opportunities that make a real difference, while building strong partnerships with Universities and delivering exceptional candidate experiences.

Why join our Talent Team?

You’ll be part of a collaborative, supportive team that values innovation and continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact by helping apprentices, graduates, and placement students start their journey with us.

The Role

Responsibilities

As the Early Careers Coordinator, you’ll coordinate and deliver our early careers programmes and recruitment plans. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing recruitment for apprentices and graduates, including shortlisting, screening, and coordinating with hiring managers.
• Coordinating job adverts and collaborating with Learning & Development on onboarding.
• Supporting onboarding and check-ins with graduates to ensure a positive experience.
• Planning future programmes for the next financial year and discussing upcoming intakes in July.
• Building strategic partnerships with universities and other organisations to pipeline early careers talent.
• Representing the business at careers fairs and developing a broader early careers approach.
  
  

Essential Ingredients

• Experience in recruitment or talent coordination, ideally with exposure to early careers programmes.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines.
• A proactive, collaborative approach with a passion for developing talent.
  
  

Our Early Career’s adverts are now live, and we’re looking for someone to start immediately!

Extra Dough

At last and by no means yeast you will want to know what your breads worth.

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service.
  
  

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.