Social Value Officer: Community Impact & Engagement

Veolia; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Discounts with retailers

Health and wellbeing resources

Volunteer day(s)

Job summary

Veolia is seeking a Social Value Officer to develop and deliver community and education-focused projects across Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton. The role involves coordinating workshops, work experience, apprenticeships, and managing volunteer activities to benefit local residents and students.

Strong data reporting and stakeholder engagement are essential. The role offers 40 hours per week, standard hours 08:30-17:00, with occasional work from home.

Qualifications

• Experience with project development and management
• Strong data management and reporting
• Experience working with external organisations to deliver partnership projects
• Experience delivering community engagement and behaviour change activities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentations
• Budget management

Responsibilities

• Manage and report on the social value function of the contracts and lead on the design and delivery of specific projects to achieve contractual commitments
• Work as part of the Education, Communications and Outreach (ECO) team, supporting national and local behaviour change campaigns to support staff wellbeing, improve recycling rates and build more resilient local communities
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and community partners, coordinating stakeholder teams to deliver project work
• Identify contract good news stories and feed to the regional External Engagement team
• Maintain a network across the UK ECO team to identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement and lead on implementation locally where relevant
• Keep abreast of industry developments

Job description

Veolia is seeking a Social Value Officer to develop and deliver community and education-focused projects across Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton. The role involves coordinating workshops, work experience, apprenticeships, and managing volunteer activities to benefit local residents and students.

Strong data reporting and stakeholder engagement are essential. The role offers 40 hours per week, standard hours 08:30-17:00, with occasional work from home.