Social Impact Coordinator

Balfour Beatty plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Pension & share plan

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Social Impact Coordinator to support delivery of social value across the Lower Thames Crossing project. You will build relationships with schools, authorities, and community groups, coordinate volunteering and employability programmes, and help collect evidence of impact to meet contractual targets.

In this role you will work with delivery partners and supply chain to maximise outcomes, while promoting a sustainable legacy for local communities and stakeholders

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and delivering community, volunteering, STEM or employability events.
• Experience monitoring, collecting and reporting data against project targets.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of social impact activities and partnerships.
• Coordinate events, placements, mentoring and employability programmes.
• Contribute to evidence gathering to demonstrate performance against targets.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Event delivery support

Data collection & reporting

MS Office proficiency

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Teams

Job description

About the role

The Social Impact Coordinator will support the delivery of social impact activities across the Lower Thames Crossing project, helping to create meaningful and measurable benefits for local people through employment, skills, education, volunteering and community engagement programmes.

You will build strong relationships with stakeholders, support the achievement of social impact targets and contribute to leaving a positive and lasting legacy in the communities surrounding the project.

What you'll be doing

• Support the delivery Social Impact, helping to create a positive and lasting legacy for communities across Thurrock, Havering & Brentwood and the wider project area.
• Work across the project's key social impact priorities, including employment and skills, education, STEM engagement, community investment, volunteering and charitable initiatives.
• Coordinate and promote a programme of social impact activities, ensuring project teams and supply chain partners are aware of upcoming opportunities and achievements.
• Support the collection of evidence and data to demonstrate project performance against contractual commitments and social impact targets.
• Work closely with delivery partners, supply chain organisations, local authorities, schools, colleges, charities and community groups to maximise social impact outcomes.
• Contribute to the delivery of a project wide volunteering programme that encourages workforce and supply chain participation in community initiatives.
• Support the coordination of work experience placements, industry placements, careers events, mentoring opportunities and employability programmes to inspire future talent and create pathways into the construction and infrastructure sectors.
• Help identify and develop innovative social impact opportunities that strengthen community relationships and enhance the project's legacy.

Who we're looking for

• genuine passion for making a difference and supporting local communities.
• Stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships with schools, charities, community organisations, local authorities and supply chain partners.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple projects, events and activities simultaneously.
• Experience in supporting planning and delivering community, volunteering, careers, STEM or employability events.
• Experience monitoring, collecting and reporting data against project targets and performance measures.
• Experience working within the construction, infrastructure, engineering or public sector environment is desirable.
• Knowledge of recognised social value measurement frameworks (e.g. National TOMS) would be beneficial.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal teams and supply chain partners to deliver shared objectives.
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Teams.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]