Events and Social Value Coordinator - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

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Plymouth, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're looking for an Events and Social Value Coordinator to join our Construction team based in Devon & Cornwall.

Within this role, you can enjoy a pension matched up to 7.5%, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and even more.

Location:
Plymouth

Contract:
Full Time

Responsibilities

As an Events and Social Value Coordinator, you will be Responsible for supporting the delivery of the Kier Construction Devon & Cornwall Social Value & Sustainability strategy that addresses needs of both local and wider business to ensure that Kier not only meets but strives to exceed its client, internal and industry body social value KPIs.

Within the role, you will also assist in collecting and reporting on key Social Value and Sustainability Performance indicators in line with the Kier Building for a Sustainable World and project specific sustainability indicators.

Duties and responsibilities will include:

Support with collating and preparing information to report progress of objectives and targets.
Support with maintaining and updating databases including, Thrive and other framework specific portals such as Compliance Chain and Social Value Portal.
Engage in research for social value and sustainability elements of bids.
Work closely with the supply chain partners to influence suitable training to achieve social value targets.
Build relationships with local schools, colleges, charities, and other relevant organisations to identify and drive social value opportunities.
Plan and deliver educational sessions in schools and colleges.
Help to coordinate and take part in community volunteer days.
Produce case studies and other evidence related stories to help aid our bids.

Who are we looking for?

In order to be considered for the role, Previous experience of working with schools, community organisations or charities or in a social value role would be desirable.

Desirable:

Understanding of and experience of working with the Social Value Act
Experience of delivering Social Value in collaboration with key stakeholders
Experience of Community engagement
Experience of promoting a Social Value culture across a business and balancing Social Value with commercial pragmatism
Experience of working with Schools / Colleges.

First class communications skills (written and oral).

A clear and demonstrable interest in promoting Social Value balanced with a firm understanding of business need and commercial reality.

We are seeking someone who is a self-starter, highly organised and has the ability to be adaptable and think outside the box equipped with the tenacity required to build relationships with external bodies and busy internal colleagues alike.

Ability to work on own initiative but also be a true team player.

Will need to be fully conversant with Microsoft Office products including Word, Powerpoint and Excel.

Knowledge of Power BI would be an advantage.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

26 days holidays per annum + bank holidays
Pension matched up to 7.5%

Who is Kier?

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress.

We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more.

Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

_Closing Date:
__7th September 2023_