Communities and Social Impact Coordinator
West Midlands / South West
An opportunity has arisen for a Communities and Social Impact Coordinator to join the Team at Galliford Try.
Ideally, you will be based in or around the West Midlands or South West regions and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the area.
What you will be doing:
* Responsible, with the Regional Community & Social Impact Manager, for setting and implementing a coordinated social value strategy.
* Developing and maintaining relationships with appropriate community, education, and third sector bodies.
* Working with site and office teams to raise the profile of social value and help organise and coordinate activities.
* Managing collection, recording, and reporting of all social value and related data.
* Liaison with colleagues locally (e.g., communications, proposals, business development) and wider within - to share information and best practice.
* Implement and manage the delivery of the Social Value strategy.
* Contribute, with the Regional Community & Social Impact Manager and Board of Directors, to the setting of the Social Value strategy.
* Work with sites from the start of a project (including second stage tender award) to identify and agree Social Value requirements/opportunities to be targeted.
* Work with Schools, Colleges, Charities, not-for-profit organisations, and other relevant bodies to build relationships and identify Social Value opportunities in order to meet site, client or Framework KPIs or to support initiatives.
* Work with the HR business partner and other colleagues to maximise the potential of employment and skills activities.
* Be the point of liaison between site/office teams and external bodies to help organise and deliver Social Value activities that provide true benefit.
* Work with site and office staff to identify and record progress against relevant Client or Framework KPIs.
* Manage participation in the Considerate Constructors Scheme, working with senior site staff to ensure they are able to maximise the benefit of Social Value activities and other ‘soft’ measures to enable them to hit the Group minimum target.
About You:
* Experience of Social Value strategy implementation.
* Understanding of and experience of working with the Social Value Act.
* Experience of delivering Social Value in collaboration with key stakeholders.
* Experience of Corporate Responsibility and Community engagement.
* Experience of promoting a Social Value culture across a business and balancing Social Value with commercial pragmatism.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion, we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice, and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where, and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity, and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits:
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
* A wide range of corporate discounts.
* Cycle to Work schemes.
* Comprehensive pension plan.
* Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
* Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
* Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.
About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain, and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
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