Who are Cardo Group?
Cardo Group is a family of companies delivering building maintenance services to local authorities, social housing providers and their residents. Our multi-company group provides quality, value for money maintenance, compliance and retrofit services across the south west, south east and midlands. Future plans will see this develop into a national footprint.
We are currently looking for a Social Value Manager. The role is to directly support the Cardo Group requirements to conduct and very visible evidence a wide range of social value activities that demonstrate added value for money to our clients and bring real benefit to the communities in which we work. Ensure that community initiatives reflect our customers’ needs and aspirations, tailored to our Social Value commitments framework utilising our measurement tool Thrive, with a key focus on increasing investment through local employment, local spend, wellbeing and addressing diversity and equality.
Engage with voluntary, community, public and private sector partners, in the delivery of Social Value as agreed in our clients' program of events. Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to develop, implement and manage social value activities, which promote thriving neighborhoods, whilst ensuring the budget is managed. Proactively promoting positive outcomes in stories to share. Cultivating opportunities for staff to ‘get involved’ providing direction and guidance as appropriate. Lead the creation, development, and management of the social value work on the contracts identified by the Leadership Team.
Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
* Developing and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including local (to contract) charities, support groups, schools and other community-based organisations.
* Contribute to, and execute, social value events, to target and within budget.
* Manage the Social Value events programme and key targets.
* Understand each community’s key needs and tailor our SV activities to maximise benefit.
* Capturing this data and entering into the measurement tool with the ability to report and evidence positive outcomes.
* Input into marketing materials to ‘sell’ community and event initiatives and the benefits achieved, including regular contribution to the Cardo Group website and Community Matters publications.
* Ensure the Cardo Group name is highly visible at SV events, and that our values and proposition are well understood.
* Identify and escalate any potentially brand damaging events or activities identified in the normal course of business. Ensure that you and others live up to the Cardo Group brand and adhere to our values.
* Proactively build relationships in existing contract areas (and ‘new’ areas where directed) in order to better develop and support community activities.
* Carry out event staff briefings and reviews where required.
* Produce pre and post event briefings and evaluations and photographs. Record information on each event in Thrive and write up for communications/case studies.
* Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, to engage effectively with diverse audiences.
* Strong leadership abilities to inspire and motivate team members toward achieving common goals. Proficient in using Smartsheet, Jira, and SharePoint for project management and collaboration.
* Excellent organisational skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
* Ability to conduct thorough root cause analysis to inform decision-making processes.
* Capability to present complex information clearly and concisely to various stakeholders.
* Leading on the Social Value activities of dedicated contracts, and inputting into social value strategy.
* Inputting into several reports; Monthly Board report contribute and achieve objectives set and agreed with Head of Engagement.
* Support Head of Engagement on the development of processes looking for continuous improvement.
* Manage, report and re-forecast budgets and participate in the annual budget setting cycle.
* Help to secure external funding and/or resources/support to deliver social value initiatives.
Key Skills & Experience:
* Strong Interpersonal skills.
* Good writing skills.
* Excellent organisation skills & attention to detail.
* Creative & Innovative Thinker.
* Sound knowledge of implementing Social Value programmes & activities.
* Evidence of leading projects to a successful conclusion within the time & on budget.
* An understanding of Legislation & Regulations to Social Value & Risk Assessments.
Key Attributes:
* Ability to work with people of different backgrounds & volunteers.
* Open, Honest & Trustworthy.
* Ability to work unsupervised.
* Passion for Social Value 'making a real difference'.
The salary for this role is up to £42,000. At Cardo Group we value diversity. We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBT, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are working hard to build a business that is as diverse and inclusive as the communities we serve. So, whoever you are and whatever your background, we think you’ll fit right in at Cardo Group.
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