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Corporate Social Responsibility Coordinator

September 27, 2022 | Comments Off on Corporate Social Responsibility Coordinator

We're looking for a Corporate Social Responsibility Coordinator to join our Strategic Projects team in Glasgow. Within this role, you can enjoy exposure to exciting projects, progression opportunities, support in obtaining further qualifications and even more.

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Contract: Full time, permanent (Monday to Friday)

Salary: Competitive salary + industry leading benefits

Kier have been awarded a PCSA contract to develop the design for HMP Glasgow, which is a replacement for the existing adult male establishment at HMP Barlinnie. The project will deliver a new, modern prison that provides secure custody, safe and ordered prison regimes, high standards of decency and care, alongside opportunities for prisoners to develop in a way that helps them reintegrate on return to society on their release.?

The new prison is to accommodate spaces for 1,200 persons along with associated support facilities and regimes with an emphasis on rehabilitation through a focus on health and wellbeing. In developing the design we will explore options for delivering net zero carbon and embrace smart building technologies and automated processes to support the operation of the new facility.

Our sustainability framework 'Building for a Sustainable World' outlines our commitment to creating positive impact tailored to local communities in which we work. We are a trusted partner that delivers on shared social sustainability commitments. We engage and collaborate with clients, customer, public sector, and communities, continue to innovate, and encourage leadership in social sustainability and report our achievements in a tangible way which drives continuous improvement.


Responsibilities:

As a Corporate Social Responsibility Coordinator, you'll be working within the Strategic Projects team, supporting them to deliver agreed Social Sustainability targets during the lifecycle of each project and supporting the project teams to implement the Group Sustainability Framework, with responsibility for the social sustainability elements and objectives.

Your day to day will include:

  • Driving social sustainability on our large scale projects and attending project working groups to lead on social value (where applicable)

  • Delivering impactful engagement sessions/workshops with local education, employability, and community based partners

  • Reporting on project CSR performance ensuring accurate data collection across all projects and recording it, along with evidence of activities, via the Thrive system

  • Producing CSR activity communications, especially best practice examples, create 'Case Studies' for PR and work winning purposes


Who are we looking for?

This role of Corporate Social Responsibility Coordinator is great for you if you:

  • Have previous CSR/Community Benefit experience

  • Have a good understanding of the Social Sustainability obligations and requirements as it relates to tenders and live projects

  • Have the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.


Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

  • 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)

  • Two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan)

  • A free healthcare app giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men's health

  • An additional two days' leave to take part in volunteering activities of your choice

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits


Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.


Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf


Closing date: 27 October 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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