Social Value Lead

We Are Adam; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Social Value specialist to enhance their social value offering, helping clients understand the social impact of IT investments. The role involves collaborating with customers, providing guidance, and building relationships with third-party organizations. Candidates should have experience in social value roles and strong communication skills, with a hybrid work arrangement of 2-3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Social Value Officer role or similar.
• Strong grasp of social value frameworks.
• Customer-facing experience, preferably in IT.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers to embed social value commitments.
• Provide expert guidance to Sales and Bid teams.
• Map social value initiatives against frameworks.

Skills

Social value principles

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Job description

Location: Any of the following locations; Buckinghamshire, London, South Coast, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle

Salary: £65k - £75k DOE

Full time: Permanent

Hybrid: 2-3 days per week in the office

We're seeking a Social Value specialist to lead and enhance our client’s social value offering. This critical role involves helping customers understand the social impact of their IT investments and aligning our client’s internal initiatives with recognised measures. You\'ll also build key relationships with third-party organisations to influence policy and expand their network.

The Role

• Collaborate with customers to define and embed measurable social value commitments within their projects, aligning with frameworks like TOMs and the Social Value Act.
• Provide expert social value guidance to the Sales and Bid teams for proactive engagement.
• Deeply understand and map the organisations social value initiatives against recognised frameworks.
• Work across internal teams (e.g., sustainability, recruitment) to capture, enhance, and report on company-wide social value impact, including procurement and portal usage.
• Create enabling content for internal audiences.
• Engage with third-party organisations, industry bodies, and VCSEs to build a robust social value network.
• Represent the client at key events and policy discussions to influence best practices, identify trends, and develop partnerships for effective local delivery.

Who we are looking for

• Experience in a Social Value Officer role or a similar position.
• A strong grasp of social value principles, frameworks, and reporting measures (such as the Social Value Portal TOMs, MACs, or NETpositive) is essential.
• Adept at converting initiatives into meaningful statistics and tangible deliverables for customers.
• Experience in a customer-facing role, ideally within an IT or technology-focused organisation, will be highly beneficial.
• A track record of effective stakeholder engagement, including collaborating with community groups, VCSEs, or government bodies.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills are key, enabling you to influence both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of working closely with Bid Management and Sales functions

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At We Are Adam, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are more than happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require.

Interested? Please apply now.

We look forward to hearing from you!