Senior Social Value Advisor

Laing O'Rourke; Sale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise d'ingénierie et de construction internationale recherche un Senior Social Value Advisor pour rejoindre son équipe à Sale. Le poste implique la conception et la mise en œuvre de stratégies de valeur sociale sur des projets majeurs pour les forces armées, garantissant la réussite des impacts sociaux. Un fort accent est mis sur la collaboration avec les parties prenantes et l'alignement des engagements envers la chaîne d'approvisionnement. Des opportunités de développement professionnel et un package de rémunération compétitif sont offerts.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Professional development opportunities

Life/Dental/Critical illness insurance

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Qualifications

• Expérience dans la délivrance de stratégies de valeur sociale.
• Compétences en gestion des parties prenantes.
• Capacité à inspirer et influencer les autres.

Responsibilities

• Développer des stratégies de valeur sociale pour plusieurs projets.
• Surveiller et rapporter les résultats conformes aux KPI.
• Gérer les relations avec les parties prenantes et partenaires de livraison.

Skills

Understanding of social value drivers

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Team engagement

Monitoring and evaluation skills

Job description

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Are you passionate about driving meaningful social value outcomes? Are you ready to join a team that places people and communities at the heart of everything we do?

The Opportunity:

At Laing O'Rourke, we are committed to making a positive impact through our projects. Our goal is to maximise the socio-economic benefits delivered through operations and give our people and communities the support they need to thrive.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has appointed Laing O'Rourke to a new alliance to build Single Living Accommodation (SLA) for the Armed Forces. The alliance, which will run for six years, will see 16,000 new bedspaces built as part of a wider MOD plan to build or refurbish 40,000 SLA bedspaces over ten years.

As a dedicated Senior Social Value Advisor for this programme, you will be based in our Sale office, providing both remote and in-person support across 3 projects nationally.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Social Value Advisor, you will:

• Deliver Social Value strategies across multiple projects, focusing on education, employment, and community investment.
• Monitor and report on delivery outputs and identify risks or issues against contractual KPIs and sustainability targets.
• Set and implement KPIs and delivery plans aligned to central and client social value priorities.
• Build and manage stakeholder relationships with delivery partners, site teams, and supply chain.
• Raise awareness of social value strategies, educating project teams in its delivery including chairing stakeholder meetings and presenting.
• Drive procurement excellence by using Laing O'Rourke's Social Value Playbook to embed social value commitments into procurement processes and ensure supply chain alignment.
• Monitor and measure impact, evaluating social value delivery and tracking outcomes using impact tools.
• Promote best practice by staying informed on social value trends.

About You

We're looking for a Social Value champion who:

• Has a deep understanding of social value drivers, frameworks, and their application across public and private sectors.
• Is experienced in delivering social value strategies and engaging diverse teams.
• Demonstrates excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to inspire and influence others.
• Can work across multiple projects and teams, with a willingness to travel to sites as needed.
• Has experience in the construction sector (preferred) or transferable skills from other industries or relevant roles.

About us

At Laing O'Rourke, you'll join an established, supportive team and work on large-scale projects that make a tangible difference. We offer the depth of opportunity to grow your career while contributing to meaningful social value outcomes.

Laing O'Rourke is an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East, and Australia. Our business strategy focuses on making an even bigger contribution to society by delivering buildings and infrastructure that excite, enable, and support people and communities, leaving an inspiring legacy from our work.

We offer a competitive remuneration package (base salary + car/travel allowance) with access to PMI; enhanced pension and parental leave schemes; Life/Dental/Critical illness insurance and income protection; 33 days holiday including bank holidays; professional development opportunities, and more!

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email us.