Social Sustainability Manager

BAM UK & Ireland; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company Car or Car allowance

8% matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

2 wellbeing days

1 volunteering day

Personal and professional development

Flexible benefit pot

Job summary

BAM UK and Ireland is recruiting a Social Sustainability Manager to join the Northern Construction business. The role blends office, home and site work across the North West, with hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

You will lead Social Sustainability, build stakeholder relations and drive social value initiatives, reporting against TOMs and contractual requirements. UK travel and driving may be required.

Qualifications

• Understanding of societal drivers of social value and related best practice.
• Proven track record leading in a team with stakeholder management.
• Experience delivering social value plans and reporting performance.
• Ideally a degree-level qualification or equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to inspire across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of Social Sustainability and Social Value strategies across projects and the wider business.
• Build relationships with clients, communities, supply chain partners and internal stakeholders to maximise social impact.
• Drive initiatives on employment, education, skills, community engagement, volunteering and inclusion.
• Support bid and work-winning activities with social value proposals and tender responses.
• Monitor and report social value performance against contracts and National TOMs.
• Champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion across projects and partnerships.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in social sustainability.
• Represent BAM at client meetings and industry/community events.

Skills

Social value

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership

Communication

MS Office

Education

Degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

National TOMs

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM UK and Ireland is recruiting a Social Sustainability Manager to join the Northern Construction business.

The role offers a combination of working from our Manchester office, from home, and across project sites throughout the North West, including Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, North Wales, and Lancashire. We actively support and encourage hybrid and flexible working arrangements, providing the opportunity to balance office, home, and site-based working.

Your work will enable the delivery of Social Mobility activity (employment, education and training), Foundational Economy activity (investment in social business and the local economy and volunteering) and Social Inclusion activity (community support and EDI training). You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, to plan, promote, deliver, monitor and report on BAM's social sustainability.

Making Possible

• Lead the development and delivery of Social Sustainability and Social Value strategies across projects and the wider business.
• Build strong relationships with clients, communities, supply chain partners and internal stakeholders to maximise social impact.
• Drive initiatives focused on employment, education, skills development, community engagement, volunteering and inclusion.
• Support bid and work-winning activities by developing social value proposals, case studies and tender responses.
• Monitor, measure and report social value performance against contractual requirements, National TOMs and business objectives.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion, promoting best practice across projects and partnerships.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement, ensuring BAM remains at the forefront of Social Sustainability.
• Represent BAM at client meetings, industry forums and community engagement events.

Your team

Reporting into the Social Sustainability Business Partner, working within the Northern Construction region.

What's in it for you?

In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package which could include;

• Competitive salary
• Company Car or Car allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• 8% matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development
• Flexible benefit pot

What do you bring to the role?

• Has a deep understanding of societal, industry and legislative drivers of social value. Informed by thought leadership, best practice and research related to Social Sustainability
• Demonstrates a track record of leading in a team environment, with management capabilities and experience
• A high degree of energy and self-motivation
• Previous experience in a similar role, applying social value and social sustainability principles preparing and delivering social value plans and leading performance measurement and reporting
• Ideally a degree level qualification or equivalent
• Experienced in stakeholder management/community engagement and managing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
• Champions Diversity and Inclusion related to social value and stakeholder management
• Knowledge and experience in National TOMs and expertise in using tools and techniques to assess social value outputs, impact and outcomes
• Demonstrable experience of writing high scoring tender responses and supporting tender submissions
• Excellent organisation / time management skills
• Enthusiasm and ability to inspire, influence and engage a broad cross section of stakeholdersExcellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate BAM Values: sustainable, inclusive, reliable, ownership, collaborative
• Be highly competent in MS Suite – especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• A willingness to travel regularly throughout the region, and UK&I as required, and ideally a full UK driving licence

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That's our mission and our promise at BAM. It's how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We're on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Closing date for all applications is Friday 13th November 2026