Hybrid Social Value Manager

at Amentum

• Job title: Social Value Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bristol, United Kingdom

About the role

• Social Value Manager delivering social value solutions for Defence projects across the UK. Engaging stakeholders and shaping social value initiatives while monitoring commitments and performances.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the development and implementation of social value propositions and delivery plans aligned to identified client priorities.
• Monitoring and managing contractual social value commitments and performance, ensuring delivery against agreed targets and timescales and tracking of KPIs and outcomes.
• Producing clear, meaningful outputs such as reports, dashboards and case studies for a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinating and authoring social value responses for bids and tenders, articulating capabilities, defining credible commitments and setting proportionate, deliverable targets.
• Supporting cultural and behavioural change, helping embed social value as “how we do business”.
• Work with client‑facing teams to ensure social value is embedded in delivery.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with clients, delivery teams, supply chains and community stakeholders.
• Providing coaching, guidance and upskilling on social value best practice to colleagues and stakeholders outside the field.

Requirements

• A passion for and proven experience in working in the field of social value
• Understanding of UK public‑sector social value policy and practice.
• Ability to engage with and influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report and proposal writing.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, work independently and meet tight deadlines.
• Able to work with data to support reporting against metrics and performance.
• Be able/willing to obtain Security clearance, UK nationality.
• Experience operating in a social value consultancy or advisory capacity (desirable)
• Experience of delivering social value within infrastructure and/or Defence (desirable)

Benefits

• free single medical cover and digital GP service
• enhanced parental leave pay
• free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes
• reimbursement towards relevant professional development
• flexible working hours
• hybrid working arrangements