Social Value Executive

This is a home-based role but with an expectation you will travel up north so ideally you will be located in Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire or North Yorkshire.

Be part of something great

Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people’s lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

The Social Value Executive supports the delivery of contractual social value, embedding and continuous improvement of social value across the organisation at a regional level, focused on enabling colleagues, functions and partners to deliver against contractual social value commitments.

The Executive works collaboratively with operational, corporate and external stakeholders to embed social value into everyday business activity, strengthen community and supply chain outcomes, and ensure consistent monitoring, reporting and learning across the organisation.

The role is to support delivery of social value initiatives across the Region on multiple contracts. Travel will be required to locations across the regional contract areas, to support in driving key delivery activities.

You will play a supportive role in coordinating and delivering social value activities to ensure social value is ‘brought to life’ across the contracts within our organisation. Your role will require you to maintain working relationships with various external organisations with the aim of providing tangible and measurable benefit to the local communities in which we operate.

Specific Accountabilities

• Embed and champion social value across the organisation by supporting delivery of corporate commitments, driving best practice and continuous improvement internally and across the supply chain, and contributing to organisation-wide initiatives and programmes.
• Build strong internal and external relationships to enable teams to deliver meaningful social value outcomes aligned with corporate priorities and local community needs.
• Support volunteering, inclusive employment, wellbeing and education initiatives by coordinating employee volunteering, working with HR and recruitment on diverse hiring and community partnerships, contributing to wellbeing activity, and supporting programmes that enable future employment opportunities.
• Collect, assure and report social value data across the business by maintaining robust monitoring frameworks, contributing to organisational reporting, and sharing learning and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Work collaboratively to develop social value strategy, tools, guidance and training, support communications and operational delivery, and share insight by staying informed on relevant legislation, policy and best practice.

Internal

• Operations and Service Delivery Teams
• HR and Recruitment
• Supply Chain and Procurement
• Communications and Marketing

External

• VCSE and community partners
• Education and skills providers

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience of working in social value, CSR, community engagement or a related area.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Confident using IT systems for data collection, monitoring and reporting.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Organisational skills
• Proactive, collaborative and solutions-focused
• Analytical skills
• Passion for community Impact

EEO Statement

• MAXIMUS is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process. We know that feeling included has a dramatic impact on personal wellbeing and are working to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment due to any personal characteristic. Advertisements for posts will include sufficiently clear and accurate information to enable potential applicants to assess their own suitability for the post.
• We are a Disability Confident Leader, thanks to our commitment to the recruitment, retention and career development of people with disabilities and long-term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme includes a guaranteed interview for any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum requirements for a job. When you complete your job application you will find a question asking you if you would like to apply under the Disability Confident Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you feel that you have a disability and apply under this scheme, providing that you meet the essential criteria for the job, you will then be invited for interview. Your Guaranteed Interview application will only be shared with the hiring manager and the local resourcing team.
• Where reasonable, MAXIMUS will review and consider adjustments for those applicants who express a requirement for them during the recruitment process.

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