Social Value Wellbeing Coordinator

Global Recruitment Group; Stockport; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Recruitment Group invites a proactive Social Value, wellbeing and sustainability coordinator to lead the organisation's social value commitments, engage diverse stakeholders, and support internal and external communications.

You will coordinate employee volunteering, track activities and outcomes, contribute to sustainability reporting, align with HSE programmes, and help standardise documentation and branding across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience leading social value or ESG initiatives.
• Ability to compile and present reports for stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the organisation's Social Value strategy, ensuring commitments are delivered and evidenced across projects and business activities.
• Manage and promote employee volunteering initiatives, including identifying opportunities, coordinating participation, and recording outcomes.
• Build and maintain relationships with community groups, charities, educational establishments, and other external stakeholders.
• Track, measure, and report on social value activities, volunteering hours, sustainability targets, and associated business benefits.
• Support internal communication campaigns to increase employee engagement in social value, wellbeing, sustainability, and compliance initiatives.
• Lead on business-wide wellbeing initiatives and support H&S with Occupational Health and EAP programmes.
• Support Health & Safety initiatives by maintaining compliance calendars, monitoring key actions, and assisting with the implementation of H&S strategies.
• Support sustainability and ESG objectives through data collection, reporting, and the promotion of best practices.
• Lead, create and schedule engaging social media content to showcase the brand, including its achievements, community engagement activities, and company initiatives.
• Maintain and update corporate document templates, ensuring compliance with branding guidelines and company standards.
• Coordinate event planning and logistics, including venue bookings, travel arrangements, accommodation reservations, and attendee management.
• Assist with the preparation of reports, presentations, and communications relating to social value, sustainability, compliance, and business performance.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Internal communications

Reporting

Event coordination

Social value strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, or related field

Tools

MS Office

SharePoint

Social media tools

Job description

Our client is a well-established and growing rail and civil engineering contractor with a strong presence across the Northeast and surrounding regions. Delivering a mixture of rail, civil engineering and renewables projects, the business has built an excellent reputation for quality and sustainable growth.

Role Overview

This role leads the delivery and evidencing of the organisation's Social Value commitments, alongside business-wide wellbeing, sustainability and compliance support. It combines stakeholder engagement, internal and external communications, reporting, and office and event coordination, and works closely with senior management and the Health & Safety function.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the organisation's Social Value strategy, ensuring commitments are delivered and evidenced across projects and business activities.
• Manage and promote employee volunteering initiatives, including identifying opportunities, coordinating participation, and recording outcomes.
• Build and maintain relationships with community groups, charities, educational establishments, and other external stakeholders.
• Track, measure, and report on social value activities, volunteering hours, sustainability targets, and associated business benefits.
• Support internal communication campaigns to increase employee engagement in social value, wellbeing, sustainability, and compliance initiatives.
• Lead on business-wide wellbeing initiatives and support H&S with Occupational Health and EAP programmes.
• Support Health & Safety initiatives by maintaining compliance calendars, monitoring key actions, and assisting with the implementation of H&S strategies.
• Support sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives through data collection, reporting, and the promotion of best practices.
• Lead, create and schedule engaging social media content to showcase the brand, including its achievements, community engagement activities, and company initiatives.
• Maintain and update corporate document templates, ensuring compliance with branding guidelines and company standards.
• Coordinate event planning and logistics, including venue bookings, travel arrangements, accommodation reservations, and attendee management.
• Assist with the preparation of reports, presentations, and communications relating to social value, sustainability, compliance, and business performance.

Additional Support (Could Assist With)

• Maintain accurate records and databases relating to office administration, social value activities, training, and compliance requirements.
• Provide ad hoc administrative and organisational support to senior management and wider business teams as required.
• Provide comprehensive administrative support to the business, ensuring the effective day-to-day operation of the office.
• Manage office compliance processes and records, ensuring documents remain accurate, up to date, and audit-ready.