Community Activation Specialist

**_A career at Bupa is more than just a job. At Bupa we believe in being good people and helping others whenever we can. This includes our customers, communities and our people._** **_ Joining Bupa you can be sure we’ll have your back. We support our employees to be the best version of themselves, physically and mentally so they can be the best support for our customers. Because if our customers deserve outstanding care then so do you_** **The heart of the role** Through the focus on community events and local marketing, this role will assist with ensuring that the retail channel has the required information, capabilities, and support to effectively manage all local growth, marketing campaigns, and customer retail messaging across PHI products and the complementary business and offers. Working with the business to effectively and efficiently implement sales and retention activities associated with key growth initiatives, including: - Ensuring retail locations and retail stakeholders have received and are connected to the latest campaigns and marketing messages, and marketing assets are updated and displayed in retail and community locations and be point of contact for Store Managers on POS issues. - Being innovative in thinking and design to evolve community events in line with a changing economy and landscape. - Ensure timely support to retail consultants, leaders, state managers in order to be successful in all local, regional and national community events/activities. - Act in an advisory capacity with the National GM/AMs regarding the continuous improvement of activation kits, set ups, growth opportunities kit by collating feedback and ideas from State Sales and monitoring effectiveness. - Provide ideas, insights and feedback to National GM/AMs on how activities may impact retail - Work with State Managers to implement incentives where they will best effect. - Ensure effective sales reporting is in place. - Manage implementation of store opening launches and relocations, including up-to-date trading hours - Manage implementation of sponsorship sales activation activities - Update the LAM budget under direction of National GM/Head Off/CAM - Ensuring invoicing, budget management and spend is in line with approved budgets and HI invoicing protocols. - Prepare reports on event outcomes, including financial performance and stakeholder satisfaction. - Conduct post event reviews to assess the events success on what worked well and what didn’t and use this information to improve future events. **About you**: You will have experience demonstrating your success in **_implementation of innovative sales and retention initiatives_**, success in **_delivering consistent communication strategies_** and processes to facilitate growth across a sales network and a strong **_understanding of the retail and corporate_** markets. You have **_created and delivered training_** that has been tailored to different stakeholder groups along with **_the ability to analyse reports_**. **_ Strong negotiation_** and highly developed **_feedback and coaching skills_** are required, along with retail technical knowledge. **_ This is a full time fixed term (6 months) position, working 38 hours per week (including occasional evening or weekend work as required)_** **_ A current drivers licence will be required_**_ for travel to and from various locations._** **_ There will also be an element of physical work to the role, picking and packing for events and events set up._** **What you’ll enjoy** We reward our people and celebrate their success. From providing initiatives that develop careers to looking after our people’s health, wellbeing and futures. Our health is the most important thing we have and at Bupa, caring is at the centre of everything we do - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We also know that to care for our customers, we must first care for our people. That is why Bupa has launched **_Viva Healthier and Happier_** - our new and comprehensive global health and wellbeing program for our employees. It includes all aspects of health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. Through the **_Viva Healthier and Happier_** program, _we’re providing health benefits for everyone who works at Bupa, no matter their role_._ We want to support our people to be the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves. **Training and connecting** We believe in giving you room to grow. At Bupa, you get the best of both worlds - support when you need it and plenty of space for personal development. Dedicated Store Managers will support you to excel in your role. You’ll have access to classroom training, e-Learning and on-the-floor product knowledge training, as well as to our state-of-the-art knowledge base, "Know-It". **Just so you know** Everyone who makes it through to offer will be required to complete a background check which includes a poli