Assistant Social Value Manager

York, England, United Kingdom

12/19/2024

Willmott Dixon is seeking an Assistant Social Vale Manager for an exciting role based in South Yorkshire. This is an ideal role for someone highly motivated, ambitious and looking to make a real difference in the communities where we work.

You will play a lead role in organising and delivering community projects and supporting the delivery of careers and skills programmes around the South Yorkshire area, based from the Morley office in Leeds. You will also play a key role in supporting our apprentices and work experience placements to ensure they get the most from their time spent with us.

This position would suit someone full of energy, exceptionally organised and has a keen eye for detail. We’re looking for someone that has the confidence to build networks and deliver training programmes to a group of people both face to face and virtually.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver social value activities that are tailored to customer and business needs
• Support other business functions (supply chain, commercial teams) to ensure social value is delivered through our partners effectively.
• Working with our teams and customers to understand local communities and arranging community projects;
• Delivering high impact programmes that support people on the path to good careers;
• Actively supporting apprentices and work experience placements to ensure they get the most from their experience;
• Arranging networking sessions on behalf of the social value team;
• Accurately recording and reporting performance of projects against relevant KPIs
• Communicating with customers on the social value activites devliered for them
  
  

Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential

• Able to use Microsoft suite of office programmes including Excel, Word, Outlook
• Good level of education including Maths and English (both written and spoken).
• Full UK driving licence.
  
  

Desirable

• Degree educated.
• Facilitation/coaching experience or training.
• Social Sustainability related degree.
  
  

Additional Information

At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in and we are happy to support agile working wherever possible.

We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive. Willmott Dixon was awarded No 1 in the Best "big" Companies (2022) to work for and the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 and is the first major contractor and developer to win a King’s Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.