Social Value Advisor

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for a Social Value Advisor to join our Building team based in London.

Working as a Social Value Advisor you will be responsible for support projects with their social value requirements by developing and delivering project Social Value plans. Plans should support customer and local authority social value requirements and will need to align with the Skanska focus areas of employment & skills, carbon, inclusion & diversity and supply chain.

What you’ll do:

• Supporting projects to deliver skills, employment and other social value aspects as part of contractual obligations.
• Developing project ‑ specific social value plans which support customer, local authority and Skanska social value aspirations.
• Developing social value reporting process on projects and inputting into internal and external reports.
• Forming positive working relationship with relevant regulators particularly local authorities.
• Building positive relationships with supply chain to support them with their s106 targets and relevant local authority employment mechanisms. Encourage their support of wider social value aspects such as school engagement programmes.
• Maintaining a good relationship with Industry bodies e.g. Considerate Constructors, Build UK and sharing communications and best practise around the Skanska business.

What you\’ll bring to the role:

• Proven experience working in a Social Value Advisors role.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with wide range of stakeholders essential.
• Good understanding of the Social Value Act, Construction Playbook, Public Procurement Note 06/20, Social Value Model and the National TOMs or other similar social value measurement tool preferred.
• Experience of delivering contractual obligations.
• Experience working with Local Authorities.

PLEASE NOTE THIS A FIXED TERM CONTRACT UNTIL 1 ST April 2027.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.