23 Oct
Countryside Properties
Finsbury Park
Location Finsbury Park
The Vacancy
Are you driven by a desire to make a real social impact? At Wates, our new purpose is all about thriving people, thriving places, and a thriving planet. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Social Value Manager in our established Wates Living Space team in the London area!
At Wates, social value is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the core of our mission to create meaningful, positive change in communities, supporting people to thrive by gaining skills, experience, and brighter futures. As part of a family business, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that our work leaves a legacy of thriving and sustainable communities.
Working in partnership our social value and environmental teams, you’ll help lead initiatives that empower individuals through skills development, engage schools and community groups, and contribute to the creation of greener, stronger neighbourhoods.
Ready to make a difference? Join us on our mission to create thriving people, thriving places, and a thriving planet!
Help shape the future with Wates! As Social Value Manager, you'll:
- Drive the divisional social value strategy in partnership with the Regional Social Value Manager, enhancing our brand and leaving a lasting legacy.
- Support the creation and review of annual Operational Plans.
- Collaborate with the Regional Social Value Manager to deliver impactful local strategies.
- Ensure timely, accurate client reporting and meet contractual obligations.
- Work with Project Teams to align social value efforts with community priorities.
- Understand the external funding landscape on future skills for Wates to bring to Customers.
- Mentor an apprentice and motivate teams to grow and thrive.
- Develop key partnerships to support in the delivery of green skills initiatives.
- Build strong client relationships, find innovative solutions, and explore/support funding opportunities.
- Plan PR initiatives and celebrate key milestones with case studies and impact reports.
Ready to lead and inspire? Join us!
We're looking for someone with proven experience in a similar role, who knows how to navigate social value obligations and processes while driving the achievement of KPIs.
To thrive in this position, you'll be a dynamic communicator across multiple platforms, with a knack for turning strategy into action and excelling in project management.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development,
building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.
We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
BEST PROJECT
Inside Housing Development Awards
WINNER
2022 Construction News Awards Winner
GOLD AWARD
Investors in People 2022
GOLD AWARD
Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
TOP 50 EMPLOYERS
2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
WINNER
2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards
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