Advisory Consultant (Social Value) in Edinburgh

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The Advisory Consultant (Social Value) role will sit within the Economics & Economics Development (EED) Team as part of AECOM's Buildings and Places business. The EED Team works across a range of business sectors including energy, nuclear, transport, water, residential, commercial and regeneration and has worked on several major infrastructure projects such as High Speed Two, Heathrow Airport, Sizewell C and A303 Stonehenge.

Key Responsibilities:

• Social Value Lead/Support across multiple infrastructure projects
• Creating social value action plans, coordinating, and delivering social value initiatives.
• Ongoing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to enable clients to track and assess performance against social value targets
• Producing client-ready social value reports using established monitoring and evaluation frameworks which track and assess performance against social value targets
• Managing day-to-day client relationships and, where relevant, third-party contractors and other stakeholders
• Providing guidance and insight to clients to enhance social value delivery on projects, and sharing best practices
• Supporting new social value work-winning opportunities, including undertaking business development activities and supporting the preparation of proposals

Qualifications:

• Proven experience gained within a consultancy or client organisation with a focus on social value work
• Knowledge and evidenced understanding of the implications of the Public Sector Services Act 2012, PPN 001 & PPN002 and other legislation in relation to planning, major infrastructure and urban regeneration
• Experience writing social value tender submissions and supporting work winning activities.
• Experience engaging with partners or stakeholders such as employment and educational organisations, social enterprises and charities to develop and maximise social value outcomes.
• Data analysis, management and presentation skills (strong Excel skills, and experience working with Social Value Portal TOMs System and THRIVE would be an advantage)
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, including experience in leading and chairing meetings

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.