Job Ref: 215818734

Date: 2022-02-15 13:42:06

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Venesky-Brown is currently looking to recruit a Social Value Executive to work within our construction team on a permanent basis with a salary of £24,000 – £34,000 per annum. Due to the current circumstances this role will be remote based for the foreseeable future.

About Venesky Brown

Since 2005 Venesky-Brown has been supporting our customers throughout the UK supplying the highly skilled, reliable workforce, required to build the infrastructure we all use every day. In more recent years we’ve expanded into a leading provider of resourcing solutions for Corporate Services, Digital and IT. This job’s in our rapidly expanding construction team.

We’re UK wide and have been appointed to a number of large PSLs that will be around for years to come
We’re true to our values and culture. We respect all our workers, give everyone a voice and actively encourage people to get involved in improvement projects
We create rewarding career paths and quick progression for our employees and reward them well. 

About The Job

Venesky-Brown are passionate about delivering Social Value in partnership with our clients, so that the wider community can benefit from positive economic, social, and environmental impacts of our contracts. The successful candidate will need to be a self-motivated, team player with great communication skills and a genuine desire to help people. We aim to support people from all groups across the community into fantastic work opportunities.

More specifically:

Identifying KPI’s and develop bespoke high impact social value plans and programmes aligned to priorities, customer and community needs
Creating long term relationships with teams, customers, supply chain and local organisations to deliver social value outcomes
Plan and manage meetings with teams and customers, setting targets, measures and reporting social value created throughout the project life cycle
Tracking & Reporting of outcomes of Social Value activities on a Social Value Action Plan and specific client reporting tools
Collection and analysis of data – monitoring the number of underrepresented working groups in placements within our clients
Volunteering in the community & local community representation – there will be ad-hoc project related events you’ll need to get the VB branded gear on for and attend. These could be recruitment fairs, careers workshops, charity days or work in local schools
Facilitating collaborative planning workshops with teams, customers, supply chain and wider stakeholders to identify local need and opportunities
Planning and facilitate employability workshops for different community groups 

About You

You have social value experience and a background in CSR/sustainability with a good working knowledge of implementing social value programmes
Your full of great, innovative ideas and ways to achieve Social Value targets
You like shouting about your achievements and creating great social media posts and new articles for internal and external media
You have a strong understanding of the Public Services (Social Value) Act and what best practice is for companies in meeting these targets
Your communication skills will be outstanding, particularly when it comes to speaking with key client contacts and external stakeholders
You are able to manage multiple workstreams, projects and plan internal resources accordingly
Strong attention to detail and epic organisational skills are in your wheelhouse
You are happy to muck-in where required but can also get your head down and work independently when needed – and you know when to ask for help!
You’re a thoughtful and compassionate team player who is excited at the prospect of being part of something huge
You have a natural fit with VBs values, namely Safety, Integrity, Collaboration and Performance 

Benefits

Salary – based on experience
Company bonus structure to reward success
25 days holiday plus 9 public holidays of which 5 are flexible
Hybrid of home and client site working. With this role there is an expectation you’ll be on site 80% of the week.
Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy
Competitive pension scheme
Life assurance and critical illness cover as standard 

To know more, have a look at our website. Read a bit about our values, products and projects and if you like what you see, apply online with your CV and a cover letter to tell us why you want to join the VB team.

A fantastic culture is really important to Venesky Brown, we work hard to make it diverse and inclusive and want everyone to have access to the same opportunities. If you would like this advert in a different format or need an alternative method of applying, please let us know. You can email us at (url removed) or call us on (phone number removed)

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