Social Value Manager

London

Role overview

ID: 2024-5613

Entity: Vistry

Region: Vistry West London

Department: Technical

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

Job Location: Ealing, London

Date Posted: 14.05.2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Value Manager to join our team within Vistry West London, at our Ealing office. As our Social Value Manager, you will be Reporting to the Associate Social Value Director and working alongside our Project Delivery Teams across a portfolio of large-scale, mixed-use, mixed-tenure West London regeneration schemes to plan, co-ordinate, deliver and monitor a number of social value and employment and skills projects and initiatives that support the delivery of our local project-level commitments.

•             Deliver project-specific social value programmes in consultation with partners, communities, and stakeholders.

•             Support project-specific Community Boards and the allocation of project level Community-Chest funding.

•             Deliver skills, training and employment outreach and brokerage via schools and colleges visits, careers fairs, local supplier networking/events, work experience, mentoring and skills-share initiatives.

•             Provide timely and accurate monitoring and reporting on activity.

In line with our Agile Working Policy, the postholder will be required to work on site or regional offices for 4 days per week. They will need to have the ability to work flexibly across various regeneration sites and will be required to attend events during evenings or weekends as required.

Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you... Competitive basic salary and annual bonus

Company car, car allowance or travel allowance

Agile working possible (dependent on role)

Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private Healthcare

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Competitive contributory pension scheme

Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary

Share incentive schemes

Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...

In return, what we would like from you... Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality

Degree-level qualification

Good standard of written and spoken English

Experience in development or regeneration sector – developer, housebuilder, local authority, housing association

Experience of working within a regeneration, development, community liaison or resident liaison role

Knowledge of development and construction process

Estate regeneration working with a range of stakeholders

Chairing stakeholder meetings

Presenting to community groups

Effective and highly competent communication skills

Experience coordinating events and projects-ensuring these run to budget and time

Ability to collate and present information into a report

Business engagement

Experience of Social Value delivery

Experience of section 106 employment and skills delivery

Sourcing/promoting apprenticeships placements

Local Labour reporting

Ability to work in large teams with multiple stakeholders.

Communication skills at all levels of community and stakeholders – written and verbal

Empathetic with experience in dealing sensitively with stakeholders

Personable with ability to build relationships

Driven, organized and self-motivated

Working flexibly and autonomously, whilst maintaining business objectives

Communication skills, written and verbal, for a wide range of stakeholders

Passionate about working with local communities and forming relationships

Regular weekend and after hours working to meet project requirements

Will need to work onsite for a min of 4 days per week  and be visible to residents, communities and stakeholders

Desirable...

Development related qualification

Or any other vocational / supplementary qualification

Working knowledge of Social Value Models such as HACT, SV Portal, TOMs

London-based social value,  education / skills/ training delivery

Partner knowledge in social impact delivery (e.g. providers / suppliers contacts)

More about the Social Value Manager role...

Ensure that social value projects and programmes are delivered in accordance with project-level commitments, managing and delivering a range of social value initiatives across a portfolio of regeneration schemes.

Commissioning suppliers to deliver social value initiatives specific to each project, monitoring performance entering into Service Level Agreements where appropriate.

Attend/arrange staff cover and promotional/marketing materials for job fairs, training events, local supplier/meet the buyer events, school outreach.

Attend/arrange staff to deliver volunteering programmes.

Work with Development and Commercial Teams to prepare, implement and report on Employment, Careers, Skills, and Training Plans.

Brokering, coordinating, and monitoring of jobs, apprenticeships, traineeships, work experience placements delivered in-house and/or within our supply chain.

Building and maintaining new and existing relationships with potential referral partners such as schools, colleges, employment agencies etc to source candidates for our in-house and supply chain skills and employment opportunities.

Using Social Value reporting tools to monitor and report on social value being delivered at a project-level.

Contributing to Monthly Project Update Reports and preparing performance and evaluation information and briefings for Regional reporting.

Work with Development Management team to process invoices and ensure payments are made and recorded on system and file.

Ensure that Service Level Agreements with relevant/timely KPIs and case study requirements are in place prior to social value project initiative commencement and that these are regularly monitored.

Management of Community Chest and governance procedures associated with the funding, be it via a Community Board or alternative form. To manage resources within allocated