Social Impact Advisor - Woking, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty

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Woking, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role
Here at Balfour Beatty, our work inspires communities and advances society. Our commitment to sustainability looks even further, generations further.

As part of our Building New Futures sustainability strategy, we have committed to positively impacting over 1 million people by 2040.

Working in our Customer and Social Value Team in Highways, you will supporting multiple Highways projects in the South East.

You will be responsible for the co-ordination of the planning, delivery, and reporting of social value activity across our Highways business, as well as supporting cross-business initiatives.

What you'll be doing
The Social Impact Advisor will support projects in the South East to achieve their social impact commitments through:

Engage and build positive relationships with clients including National Highways and local authorities to identify their social value aims
Develop social value plans that align with business and client requirements for our projects
Engage with and support our supply chain to align their social value delivery with our project objectives
Lead third sector engagement and build partnerships to deliver our commitments at a project and regional level
Collect projects' social value and social sustainability outcomes and report these through internal and external systems
Monitor supply chain performance and ensure supply chain data and evidence collected is compliant with our standards and auditable
Design and coordinate cross business unit social value initiatives aligned to our Building New Futures Sustainability strategy
Coordinate community based volunteering
Develop education content and coordinate and deliver workshops within schools in areas of STEM and construction
Work collaboratively to ensure our social value activity is widely promoted internally and externally
Assist in the delivery of Equality Diversity & Inclusion strategies and plans
Support Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) audits on site.

Who we're looking for

Be able to demonstrate a passion for delivering social value in the areas within which we work and motivate others to do the same
Previous experience of delivering social value projects
Previous experience of leading community engagement activity
Able to collaborate with and build relationships with a range of stakeholders both internal and externally
Be able to proactively communicate social value activity via social media and other internal and external communications channels
Experience of project management, data collection and management
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and SharePoint
Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure whilst remaining calm and focused
Willingness to travel regionally and nationally as required

Why work for us

Company car
Medical health cover
BB Pension Scheme
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Payment of an annual professional membership
Enhanced maternity & family friendly policies
Real career progression opportunities
Access to our employee referral scheme
Discretionary annual salary reviews

About us

Balfour Beatty Highways delivers major schemes including smart motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways.

We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put our customer, the road user, at the heart of everything we do.

We work safely, delivering net carbon reductions and social value to the communities within which we work.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.

We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Job Reference:
BBUK06858