Hybrid Social Value Manager

Posted 3 weeks ago

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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

Job title

Social Value Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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