Social Value Coordinator

Kier Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in London is seeking a Social Value Coordinator to support the Construction team and help deliver social value across projects. You will coordinate activities with schools, charities and community groups, and work with partners to turn commitments into real benefits.

You will collaborate with the Social Value Manager and project teams to identify local opportunities, organise activities, and capture data for reporting, ensuring timely progress across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Practical understanding of how social value supports employment, skills, education and volunteering.
• Experience coordinating or supporting activities, events or programmes with participants and partners.
• Strong relationship-building and collaborative working skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver education, careers, employability and community volunteering initiatives across projects.
• Build and maintain relationships with schools, colleges, employment services, charities and community groups.
• Identify local employment, apprenticeship and training opportunities with project teams and supply chain partners.
• Capture data, maintain accurate records, and prepare clear progress reports.
• Support bids and tenders by researching local needs and contributing delivery ideas.

Skills

Social value understanding

Relationship-building

Organisational skills

Data capture and reporting

Tools

Reporting platforms

Job description

We're looking for a Social Value Coordinator to join our Construction team based in London.

Location: London - Hybrid working available with travel to office and sites as and when required
Hours: 08:30 – 17:00 - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

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

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in local communities through practical social value delivery. Working across pre-construction and construction projects, you'll coordinate activities that create meaningful opportunities and lasting benefits. From skills and employment initiatives to education engagement and community volunteering, you'll help turn commitments into actions that truly matter. Working alongside the Social Value Manager, project teams and local partners, you'll build relationships, organise activities and support teams to achieve their social value goals.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Social Value Coordinator, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in delivering social value activities across allocated projects. Your day to day will include:

• Coordinating and delivering education, careers, employability and community volunteering initiatives across projects
• Building and maintaining relationships with schools, colleges, employment services, charities and community groups
• Working with project teams and supply chain partners to identify local employment, apprenticeship and training opportunities
• Collecting and maintaining accurate social value data, updating reporting platforms and preparing progress reports
• Supporting bids and tenders by researching local needs, contributing delivery ideas and providing evidence of achievements

What are we looking for?

This role of Social Value Coordinator is great for you if:

• You have a practical understanding of social value and how employment, skills, education and volunteering can create positive outcomes
• You have experience organising or supporting activities, events or programmes involving participants and partners
• You have strong relationship-building skills and enjoy working collaboratively with colleagues and external organisations
• You have good organisational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple activities, manage deadlines and follow through on actions
• You're competent in capturing data, maintaining accurate records and preparing clear reports with attention to detail

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, we can have a chat.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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