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Social Value Implementation Lead

Location: London
Location London
Mergefield Title {Mergefield Value}
Mergefield Title {Mergefield Value}

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Social Value Implementation Lead will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing social value initiatives that align with our company’s strategic goals. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders, measuring the impact of social value projects, and ensuring that all activities support our mission of creating positive social change.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deputise for Head of Social Value.
  • Directly manage 3 members of staff including a Social Value Copy Writer, Researcher and Impact Analyst and Team Administrator, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
  • Responsible for developing, implementing, managing and reporting on the Ridge Sustainability Impact Programme including the overall management of the Ridge Community Investment Fund, via a newly established charity fund for employee fundraising and to support social value delivery.
  • Manage progress of the Programme monthly, providing updates against agreed KPIs.
  • Implementing governance for the Community Investment Fund.
  • Responsible for managing our social value approach for embedding social value into frameworks and managing all social value reporting on all key frameworks.
  • Work with Head of Social Value to develop, implement and promote a new service supporting clients requiring consultancy within social value and social impact.
  • Manage the budget for social value programs, ensuring cost-effective use of resources.
  • Drive internal communications and advocacy for social value by promoting social value initiatives through internal and external communication channels.
  • Develop and manage the Ridge Social Value Network, a multi office network of social impact champions and enthusiasts who lead of local office charity partnerships and volunteering initiatives.   Your role will be to empower the network to create value at office level as well as collect information on any outputs and impacts.
  • Responsible for staff engagement to promote and educate teams across the business about opportunities contributing to social value delivery.
  • Work with Communications and Marketing to drive internal engagement and promote storytelling including quarterly newsletters highlighting good news stories from our social value programmes.
  • Identify opportunities for social value creation across all business operations, including social value creation for our disciplines and sectors.
  • Promote volunteering opportunities from our national charity partners across the Partnership and work closely with the Ridge Employee Experience Lead to carve a process for managed volunteering activities.
  • Prepare detailed reports and presentations for Head of Social Value and other senior management and stakeholders, highlighting the impact and value generated by the corporate social value programmes

Experience and Skills Required

To be successful in this role you will need to be passionate about delivering social value and able to communicate with different stakeholders (within Ridge and with clients and external third parties helping us deliver social value).  You will need to have experience of delivering social value activities. 

Previous employment as a Social Value Manager, Responsible Business Lead or CSR professional or

Social Value Coordinator, Social Value Officer or Section 106 Officer or similar to be considered.

  • Experience within Sustainability (Social and Environmental)
  • Excellent knowledge of Theory of Change
  • Excellent knowledge of social value measurement frameworks including HACT, SVS, TOMs
  • Excellent knowledge of the UN’s SDGs
  • Experience in a social value or CSR role within a government organisation, construction, professional services or training/skills background.
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation and project management skills.
  • Strong literacy skills and excellent attention to detail.
  • Excellent networking and relationship management skills.
  • Excellent Knowledge of PPN/06/20
  • Ability to analyse data and generate insights.
  • Proven ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Environmental Studies, or a related field.

Personal Attributes:

  • Passionate about social impact and sustainability.
  • Highly motivated and proactive.
  • Adaptable and open to change.
  • Strong ethical standards and integrity.
  • Collaborative and team-oriented.

What's in it for you

Our people are our business – our vision is to be ever progressive, expanding our expertise and nurturing our talent through Quality, Innovation & Growth, to achieve our strategic outcomes:

  • Growth which fuels ideas and opportunity for all
  • Purposeful and meaningful work
  • Continual development and mentoring
  • Empowerment, inclusivity and respect
  • Happiness and enjoyment
  • Openness, honesty and integrity
  • Acting as one team

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,000+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.

Ridge core values 1. Quality and reliability Pressing for superior results - every time. 2. Agile and flexible Deep listening, a true understanding and workable, bespoke solutions in response. 3. Proactive and creative One step ahead, we dare to imagine a brighter world. 4. Entrepreneurial and dynamic Our inner spirit for learning, discovery and innovation inspires opportunities.

The benefits package we have put together for you supports every aspect of your life.

Annual
leave

A healthy holiday allowance that starts at 25 days pa, plus the option to buy, carry over or sell.

Community
spirit

You can take three volunteering days each year to spend time on causes close to your heart.

Mental
health

Mental Health First Aiders are here to support you, backed up by Unum’s Help@hand app.

Financial benefits

A path to peace of mind: life assurance, pension scheme and income protection.

Physical
wellbeing

Your health is a priority for us too, so we offer medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership.

Flexible
working

Our flexible approach to hybrid working is there to suit you, your family and your team.

Career development

A pathway at Ridge that’s focused on your professional, personal or educational aspirations.

Extra
benefits

Performance bonus, car allowance and more based on your role - and progression.

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application and selection process, please contact us at workwithus@ridge.co.uk and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.

A polite note to Recruitment Agencies
We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework, and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However, we are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from agency partners at this time – any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework, but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

A polite note to recruitment agencies

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

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