Social Impact Advisor

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About the role

This role will have a specific focus on supporting delivery against our Social Impact priorities around Employment, Skills and Engaging Education Supporting.

This will include the creation and promotion of our Breaking Barriers pathways to work, developing resources and plans for implementation are at an appropriate standard for Balfour Beatty and for the audience.

What you'll be doing

* Support the delivery of social impact action plans across assigned projects, ensuring activity aligns with the Building New Futures strategy and client commitments.

* Coordinate the day-to-day planning and delivery of events, activities, or workshops involving communities, schools, or partners.

* Help develop Social Impact Action plans by contributing local insight and supporting delivery teams.

* Carry out associated needs analysis and align with client requirements and/or Government policy on progressive procurement for the relevant location as required.

* Assist with logistics, scheduling, and materials for community events, education sessions, or engagement activities. Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Building.

* Build and maintain relationships with local stakeholders, including site teams, schools, colleges, community groups, and VCSE organisations. (3rd sector in Scotland).

* Engage local supply chain, identifying opportunities for working collaboratively to coordinate opportunities such as apprenticeships, volunteering, or work experience.

* Represent the project in community facing activities.

Who we're looking for

* Experience supporting the delivery of community, education, social impact, or volunteering initiatives.

* Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage tasks, coordinate stakeholders, and support delivery plans effectively.

* Understanding of how community needs, local priorities, or client expectations shape project delivery.

* Awareness of relevant legislation and regulation to support delivery of client commitments. Stakeholder Engagement & Influence.

* Confident communicator, able to engage with schools, community groups, site teams, and supply chain partners in a professional and approachable way.

* Able to build trusted relationships and adapt communication to different audiences.

* Experience working directly with members of the public or local communities is desirable.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

* Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

* 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

* Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

* Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com <a class