Senior Social Value Manager

Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions for transport infrastructure and complex facilities. Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future. Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight and collaboration.

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about creating lasting social impact? At Amey, we’re looking for an inspirational and strategic leader to join us as a Senior Social Value Manager within the Consulting People Team. This is your chance to shape and deliver innovative social value strategies that leave a meaningful legacy in the communities we serve. If you thrive on collaboration, innovation, and driving change, we want to hear from you.

The role

As our Senior Social Value Manager, you’ll be the go-to expert and ambassador for social value across the Consulting business unit. Reporting to the People Director, you’ll lead the design, delivery, and measurement of impactful social value plans. You’ll work closely with internal teams to embed social value into every stage of our operations — from strategy to execution and work collaboratively with other social value professionals across the business to develop innovative solutions and roll out existing programmes.

You will have experience in supporting STEM related activity, ideally you will have worked with educational institutions and young people to engage them with engineering more widely. We will also expect the successful candidate to seek opportunity for wider community engagement in STEM activity along with working collaboratively with our recruitment team on initiatives to support development of talent pipelines.

Responsibilities include:

• Designing and delivering social value strategies aligned with local needs and contractual commitments
• Developing, implementing and reporting performance indicators, targets, and reporting frameworks. Experience of utilising the Thrive social value tool would be beneficial.
• Driving innovation in social value initiatives, including funding models and business cases
• Collaborating with third party organisations and charities to achieve social value outcomes
• Supporting work-winning efforts with compelling social value proposals and case studies. Engaging the wider business to support with development of case study material.
• Delivering training and awareness sessions to embed social value across the business unit
• Representing Amey at industry events and contributing to thought leadership
• Organising and promoting Social Impact Days to maximise employee engagement
• Monitoring industry trends and benchmarking performance to inform future strategy

What you will bring to us:

• A degree or equivalent experience in social value, sustainability or a related field
• Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Proven experience in developing and delivering social value strategies and partnerships
• Good knowledge of the UK Government Social Value Act
• Knowledge of measuring frameworks such as Thrive, TOMs
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to influence and inspire across all levels
• A genuine passion for impact, with a drive to innovate and lead change
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and performance reporting tools
• Membership in a relevant professional body (e.g., Institute of Social Value, ICRS, IEMA, CIPD) is desirable

What we can offer you:

At Amey, we recognise that our biggest asset is our people. That’s why when you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers. With dedicated mentoring and support on hand to ensure you hit your career milestones. We’re huge advocates for professional development and offer a recognition bonus for those achieving professional qualifications.

Work-life Balance – Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

Health cash plan, 24 GP, support and assistance programmes, wellbeing ambassadors and Wellbeing Wednesday, dental vouchers

EDI - At Amey we celebrate our people and all that they are. This is reflected in our Affinity Group networks, providing a community of support and connection, a safe space to share experiences, learn from one another and generate ideas – Women @ Amey, NeuroDiversity, Armed Forces, Multicultural Network, Pride, Diversability and Parents & Carers.

Social Value – You’ll get 2 Social Impact Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.

Plus a range of other great perks and benefits including:

• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.

Your Career at Amey

At Amey, we value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. As one of us, you can really be yourself, because your individuality is an asset. You’ll be stretched but always supported. We’ll recognise your hard work and look after your well-being too. You’ll be empowered to play your part and achieve, encouraged to fulfil your own ambition as well as the shared one. Join us at Amey and be part of a team that’s transforming communities and shaping a better future. Ready to make a difference? Apply today.

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview, if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.