Social Value Lead

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Mott MacDonald

Position location: Flexible office locations throughout the United Kingdom
Recruiter contact: Chris Raybould

We're a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

Overview of role

To be an integral part of our business unit operational senior leadership within the social value team and to lead social value strategy and activity working across one of our business units - energy, buildings, advisory, transportation or water.

The role will have a specific focus on delivering Mott MacDonald's social value commitments, supporting working winning, capturing, monitoring, and reporting on progress and performance.

There is an added requirement to manage junior members of the team as well as up-skill and build capacity around understanding of social value requirements at Mott MacDonald.

This will include leading on the following activities:

• Drive and feed into the continuous improvement around Mott MacDonald's operational social value approach.
• Develop unit, sector, and project specific social value action plans.
• Manage delivery of agreed action plans, monitor, measure, and report on performance.
• Work closely with bid teams and respond to tendering requirements.
• Delivery of upskilling and capacity building workshops to colleagues in specific unit.
• Liaise with early career professionals to develop understanding of social value.
• Attend and speak at external events and undertake external business development.
• Identify opportunities for external collaboration with likeminded organisations, clients, and professional membership organisations.
• Contribute to building Mott MacDonald's reputation for being a leader in social value.
• Create good news stories, case studies and communicate social value stories via Mott MacDonald's social media channels.

In addition, you will be required to support the delivery of the team's existing portfolio of social value work, including

• Managing and delivering a range of projects across Mott MacDonald's sectors.
• Engaging with clients and project stakeholders.
• Managing, coaching, and developing junior members of staff in project teams around social value.
• Producing reports, action plans and presentations on social value performance.
• Responding to client briefs around social value.

Candidate Specification

We are looking for an individual with a passion for this subject area with the following attributes:

• An excellent knowledge of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, PPN 06/20, and best practice social value delivery.
• Proven experience of developing social value plans and strategies including, but not limited to, actions around community engagement, supply chain diversification, outreach, apprenticeship schemes, procurement policy and local skills development.
• Proven experience of contributing to bids and winning work.
• Experience of project delivery and management - including multiple budgets, managing resources, and working to tight deadlines.
• Confidence in liaising with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, including listening, presenting, and writing.
• Experience in public speaking.
• An ability to build networks and coach others.
• A proactive attitude towards innovation, leading initiatives and driving change. 

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UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.