Social Value & Community Impact Lead

Veolia Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company pension

Discounts on groceries and retailers

Health and wellbeing resources

Volunteer day

Training and development

Stream - financial wellbeing support

Job summary

Veolia Group is seeking an experienced professional to manage social value commitments for a local area, delivering strategic plans and coordinating cross-department projects. The role emphasizes partnership work with agencies, content production, and effective communications within the ECO team.

The successful candidate will drive educational outreach, engage with external partners, and ensure health and safety compliance while supporting regional and national objectives across the contract.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Experience in project management and delivering strategic plans.
• Experience working with agencies and external organisations on partnership projects.
• Experience delivering community engagement activities and content production across formats.
• Excellent written and communication skills including presentations.
• Customer management experience.
• Budget management experience.
• Full clean UK driving licence.
• Understanding of PR, social media and digital communications.
• Experience with local authorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage social value commitments for a local area and deliver strategic plans.
• Provide general communications support for the ECO team and liaise with Client Officers and Contract Managers.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety policies.
• Support ECO contract managers in daily communications.
• Deliver regional and national communications objectives within contract.
• Coordinate cross-department teams to deliver project work.
• Oversee agency teams and third-party providers as needed.
• Recruit into the operational team by building partnerships and delivering webinars/workshops.
• Deliver ECO activities with focus on education.
• Identify contract good news stories and share with regional Digital/PR teams.
• Maintain network across UK ECO team and drive innovation.
• Keep up with industry developments.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Budget management

Customer management

Driving licence

Partnerships

Content production

Public speaking

Stakeholder management

Job description

Veolia Group is seeking an experienced professional to manage social value commitments for a local area, delivering strategic plans and coordinating cross-department projects. The role emphasizes partnership work with agencies, content production, and effective communications within the ECO team.

The successful candidate will drive educational outreach, engage with external partners, and ensure health and safety compliance while supporting regional and national objectives across the contract.