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Social Value Manager

November 24, 2022 | Comments Off on Social Value Manager

We're looking for a Social Value Manager to join our Devonport team based in Plymouth, Devon. Within this role you can enjoy 26 days annual leave, sharesave scheme, family friendly policies and even more.

Location: Plymouth, Devon.

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Competitive + benefits

Responsibilities

As a Social Value Manager, you'll be working with the Devonport team, supporting the team with their social value commitment across the Devon/Cornwall region.

Your day to day will include:

  • Forging strong partnerships with appropriate representatives from the client contract to fully understand their Social Value requirements and to establish meaningful and achievable deliverables

  • Lead and deliver project activities related to Social Value and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) on a range of exciting, high profile projects, for the Devonport team.

  • Liaise closely with our clients and internal stakeholders to deliver an engaging and meaningful programme of social value initiatives that will include but is not limited to increasing local employment opportunities, developing basic work skills, environmental initiatives, educational programmes and local community engagement projects.

What do we need from you?

This role of Social Value Manager is great for you if:

  • You have a proven track record of coordinating and supporting social values programmes and activities, ideally with experience of the construction industry

  • You are a Self-starter, used to managing a diverse and varied workload, a good communicator and excellent ambassador, who can identify and develop key relationships internally and externally.

  • You can establish sustainable working relationships with various external organisations across Devon and Cornwall with the aim of providing tangible and measurable benefit to the local community

  • You possess a good working knowledge of financial return on social value methodology and experience with social value calculator systems within the construction sector. Also experience with evidencing impact delivered to local communities.

  • You will ensure the Social Value & EDI activities are recorded using internal databases and will support the research and writing of tender submissions and holistic case studies

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.

  • professional subscription - you will get one professional subscription funded to support your professional development.

  • pension - you will be able to join the Kier Retirement Savings Plan (KRSP)

  • Kier rewards - You will have access to discounted shopping including restaurants, insurance companies, and supermarkets.

  • employee referral scheme - refer a friend or family member to work for Kier

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:

Closing Date: 24 December 2022

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

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