Social Value Project Manager - Newcastle

Accenture UK & Ireland; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland in Newcastle is seeking a Social Value Project Manager to lead an integrated delivery plan across multiple contracts, ensuring milestones and dependencies are owned and tracked.

You will provide clear reporting, flag risks, and collaborate with clients and partners to create additional value for communities, while applying AI responsibly within governance and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience managing integrated delivery plans across multiple contracts or workstreams.
• Strong reporting and analytical skills to monitor progress and communicate performance.
• Ability to identify, assess and mitigate risks and issues to support on-time delivery.
• Proven stakeholder management across internal teams, external organisations and community partners.
• Experience collaborating with clients to align commitments and create additional value.
• Excellent written and verbal communication tailored for different audiences.
• Understanding of using AI ethically to improve efficiency within governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Manage an integrated delivery plan for a range of social value commitments across contracts.
• Provide clear, accurate reporting against the plan and flag risks and issues promptly.
• Liaise with stakeholders to identify opportunities and maintain a strong pipeline of activities.
• Collaborate with clients to connect commitments across contracts and deliver value to communities.
• Apply AI thoughtfully to accelerate outputs while upholding governance and quality standards.

Skills

Integrated delivery plans

Reporting & analytics

Risk & issue management

Stakeholder management

Client collaboration

Written & verbal communication

AI ethics & governance

Job description

Social Value Project Manager

Job Title

Social Value Project Manager

Location

Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary

Competitive salary and package, dependent on experience

Hybrid Working

This role will require regular attendance at our Newcastle, Cobalt Business Park office, with flexibility to work at client and partner locations where required.

Security Clearance

Any offer of employment may be subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance. This requires five years’ continuous UK address history at the point of application, typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside the UK.

As a team

Join Accenture and help deliver meaningful change for our clients, our people and the communities in which we work. Based in our Newcastle Advanced Technology Centre, you will work across regional leadership, recruitment, delivery and client teams to shape social value, social mobility and early talent programmes that respond to local needs and support sustainable business growth.

Our Advanced Technology Centre is a thriving technology and innovation hub delivering high-quality services to public and private sector clients. You will join an inclusive, collaborative environment where shared success, diverse perspectives and continuous learning create opportunities to grow your career.

In our team you will learn

Our Advanced Technology Centre is a thriving technology and innovation hub from where we deliver high quality services to a number of private and public sector clients.

You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

As a Social Value Project Manager, you will

• Manage an integrated delivery plan for a range of social value commitments across multiple contracts, maintaining clear ownership, milestones and dependencies.
• Provide clear, accurate reporting against the plan, proactively flagging risks and issues and driving actions to ensure commitments are delivered on time and in line with agreed outcomes.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities and maintain a strong pipeline of new social value activities.
• Work collaboratively with clients to connect commitments across contracts, identify synergies and deliver additional value for clients and communities.
• Use AI ethically and appropriately to accelerate outputs, improve insight and support efficient delivery, while applying suitable judgement, governance and quality assurance.

We Are Looking For Experience In The Following Skills

• Experience managing integrated delivery plans across multiple contracts or workstreams, with clear ownership, milestones and dependencies.
• Strong reporting and analytical skills, with the ability to monitor progress, maintain accurate delivery information and communicate performance clearly.
• A proven ability to identify, assess and elevate risks and issues, drive mitigating actions and support on-time, on-plan delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working across internal teams, external organisations and community partners to develop a pipeline of activities.
• Experience collaborating with clients to align commitments, identify synergies and create additional value across contracts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to tailor updates, recommendations and decisions for different audiences.
• An understanding of how to use AI ethically and appropriately to improve efficiency and accelerate outputs, supported by sound judgement, governance and quality assurance.

Set yourself apart

• Knowledge of the North East skills, education, employability or community ecosystem.
• A strong interest in technology careers and inclusive routes into the sector.
• Experience supporting public sector bids or contractual social value commitments.
• Strong storytelling skills, with the ability to communicate impact through evidence and human-centred narratives.

About Accenture

We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.

We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.

At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.

Join Accenture to work at the heart of change. Visit us at www.accenture.com.