Events & Engagement Coordinator

At Picnic, we’re revolutionising the way people buy groceries with our innovative and sustainable app-only service. We do almost everything in-house, developing cutting-edge technologies and processes to ensure we continue to grow rapidly without missing a beat. If you're passionate about internal communication and employee engagement, we’re offering you the opportunity to join the diverse team at our Amsterdam HQ and make a real difference in our scale-up environment.

As part of the Communications & Engagement team, you contribute to an engaging and inspiring work environment in which our growing team of 10,000+ employees and 500+ team leads can get the best out of themselves. You organise events and celebrations and expand our internal communication and engagement calendar around Picnic’s mission and values. Together with your colleagues from the International Communications & Engagement team, you will work to realise our mission: to be the best place to work for our employees!

Create engagement initiatives for all operational and central employees to drive employee satisfaction:

• Maintain our engagement calendar, build engagement programs around Picnic’s mission and values
• Partner with our business stakeholders and employees to ensure our events meet their goals and needs

Build further on Picnic as a place where people feel connected to our mission​, connected to co-workers​ and feel valued for contributions:

• Create and organise team and company-wide events, and celebrate successes​ like periodic business updates and parties (summer, Christmas, Picnic’s anniversary)
• Manage employee delight programs (e.g.: Christmas gifts, merchandise, milestone celebrations)

• BSc. degree in Hospitality, Event Management or similar
• 3+ years of professional experience in the field of event management
• Fluent in English and Dutch (basic knowledge of French and/or German would be a plus)
• Project management skills: you can manage projects internationally, and get things done (with colleagues from other teams)
• Creative mind: you generate new ideas and have a good feeling for marketing
• Conceptual thinker: you have the ability to create engagement concepts that match employee and business needs

• You’ll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, including the Picnic Tech Academy, Lunch & Learn sessions, and tailored soft skills training. We also offer free professional weekly language courses.

• You’ll work in an awesome scale-up environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact. Our fully electric vehicles and sustainable business model mean you’ll also be contributing to making the world a better place!

• With more than 80 nationalities across 3 countries, you’ll be part of a diverse company with plenty of cool stuff to get involved with, from board game evenings to after-work drinks to our company ski trip and more!

• You’ll get freshly prepared, healthy lunches and snacks (with plenty of vegetarian, vegan, and halal options). Coffee snob? Don’t worry, our amazing Picnic barista has you covered.

• Mental health is important. As well as having the option to speak with Picnic colleagues who act as confidential advisors, our collaboration with OpenUp gives you easy access to professional psychologists, along with workshops and materials. There are plenty of sports communities and events to get involved with, from tennis to yoga to climbing!

• We offer competitive compensation and a pension plan that looks out for your future self.

• Where possible, we like to enable people to work in ways that suit their working styles. In general our teams work in the office 4 days per week.

Commitment to equal opportunities Picnic is an equal opportunity employer—this means that all decisions regarding applications will be based on qualifications and merit. Applicants will be regarded independently of age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, skin color, civil status, religious beliefs, physical or mental disability, or any other factors protected by law.

At Picnic, we celebrate and value our differences and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves.