Regional Scotland - Inveraray, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty
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Inveraray, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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About the role This role will expect regular visits to the sites in the North West of Scotland at An Suidhe, Crarae, Craig Murrail - Argyle and Bute. You can live in this area and travel to Eurocentral just off the M8 near Glasgow (Head office) as and when needed
. A Car is provided with this role**Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a
Social Impact Coordinator to build new futures.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty.

By joining our well-established team working on our significant future pipeline of large-scale civil engineering projects in various locations throughout Scotland you will work with true experts who'll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning.

Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further.

What you'll be doing
As a Social Impact Coordinator, you will have the following accountabilities:

  • Supporting our
    An Suidhe, Crarae, Craig Murrail projects to deliver social impact outcomes by developing local networks of school groups, community groups, third sector organisations, employability partners and charities.
  • Coordinating attendance at events with schools, colleges and universities in areas of STEM and construction careers including developing relationships with local schools and education organisations including Developing the Young Workforce and Skills Development Scotland.
  • Promoting apprenticeship opportunities both with Balfour Beatty and through our supply chain.
  • Coordinating charitable donations and communitybased volunteering opportunities.
  • Support Considerate Constructor Scheme audits on site by attending training provided by CCS and supporting with evidence gathering for monitor visits.
  • Reporting and monitoring social impact outcomes which includes evidencing local labour, local spend, arranging work experience, recruitment from priority groups including participants from preemployability support programmes, positive destination programmes and coordinating communitybased activities.
  • Supporting project teams to create and distribute project newsletters and updates to local community. Promoting the successes of our project teams' social impact through creating case studies, good news articles and promoting successes internal and external.

Who we're looking for

  • A genuine passion for making a difference and supporting Argyll and Bute's vision to create local sustainable job opportunities and encourage people to move to region.
  • An awareness of the 'Social Impact' landscape in Scotland including Community Benefits legislation, Community Wealth Building, the National Performance Framework, and the ethos of socially sustainable development.
  • Excellent communication and planning skills and the ability to 'get things done' on projects that often have multiple interested stakeholders
  • Experience of working in a community facing role is desirable but not essential.
  • Strong IT skills across the Microsoft suite and comfortable learning about and working with new and evolving digital tools for reporting of outcomes.
  • Clean UK Driving License

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.


Why join us?


As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too.

You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life.

Here are some of our key benefits:

  • Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
  • 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
  • Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
  • Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

About us

From Dunfermline's tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.


We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.


Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland's transition towards net zero in the built environment.


Diversity and inclusion

Job Reference:
BBUK07888
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