Social Impact Advisor

Kier Group; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

KierBAM Joint Venture (KBJV) is seeking a Social Impact Advisor to join its Environment and Sustainability team in Plymouth, Devon. The role focuses on delivering social value across the project, acting as the link between KBJV and local communities, schools, colleges and universities to embed social value in all activities.

You will represent KBJV at events, collaborate on strategic initiatives, and ensure data collection and reporting compliance, including KPI targets.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering social impact projects, ideally within infrastructure, utilities, environmental or community-focused programmes.
• Strong organisational skills to plan, coordinate and manage multiple activities.
• Ability to collaborate with a range of stakeholders including operational teams, clients, supply chain partners and local community organisations.
• Willingness to work in a live MOD facility and meet BPSS security clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Represent KBJV at events such as careers fairs, community events, school engagements and industry events.
• Collaborate with the project team to encourage strategic social impact initiatives and identify volunteering opportunities.
• Ensure accurate data collection across the project and recording via Thrive to achieve KPIs.
• Maintain a stakeholder register of local organisations and groups to maximise Social Value.
• Deliver the KBJV Social Value Plan and maintain a Social Value calendar.

Skills

Social impact

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Collaboration

BPSS clearance

Job description

We’re looking for a Social Impact Advisor to join our KierBAM Joint Venture team based in Plymouth – Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Location: Plymouth – Devonport Royal Dockyard
Hours: 42.5 hours per week

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

KierBAM Joint Venture (KBJV) is a partnership between Kier and Bam Nuttall currently delivering a large scale infrastructure development within Devonport Royal Dockyard. As a Social Impact Advisor, you will be at the heart of our award-winning Environment and Sustainability Team, driving social value and wider social impact commitments across the project. You’ll be the vital link between KBJV and our local communities, schools, colleges, and universities, ensuring our commitment to social value is embedded in everything we do.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Social Impact Advisor, you’ll be working within the Environment and Sustainability team, supporting them in delivering social value and wider social impact commitments across the project. Your day to day will include:

• Representing KBJV at various events such as careers fairs, community events, school engagements, and industry events
• Collaborating with the project team to encourage strategic social impact initiatives and identifying volunteering opportunities
• Ensuring accurate data collection across the project and recording via Thrive to achieve key performance indicators
• Maintaining and building a stakeholder register of local organisations and groups to maximise our Social Value
• Delivering on the KBJV Social Value Plan and maintaining a Social Value calendar to ensure diverse events are planned and coordinated

What are we looking for?

This role of Social Impact Advisor is great for you if:

• You have demonstrable experience of supporting or delivering social impact projects and driving social value outcomes, ideally within infrastructure, utilities, water, environmental or community-focused programmes
• You possess strong organisational skills with the ability to plan, coordinate and manage multiple activities
• You have the ability to collaborate with and build relationships with a range of stakeholders, including operational teams, clients, supply chain partners and local community organisations
• You're passionate about delivering social value in the communities where we work
• You're comfortable working in a live MOD facility and can meet BPSS security clearance requirements

Rewards and benefits

We’re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a BPSS check, which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office’s United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant’s conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit Making Ground. This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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