Senior Social Value Advisor

Job Title: Senior Social Value Advisor
Location: Based in Manchester, Sale -with influence across Lincolnshire, Suffolk & Newcastle (limited travel)

Ready to drive meaningful change on MOD projects? Laing O'Rourke is seeking a passionate Senior Social Value Advisor to lead the creation and delivery of social value strategies across single living accommodation programmes in three regions. Based in Manchester with limited travel, this role offers the opportunity to work across a high-profile MOD framework, shaping impactful initiatives that leave a lasting legacy.

The Role:

• Be based in Manchester with the project team to plan, coordinate, and support delivery remotely
• Develop and customize local implementation plans from a national social value strategy
• Inspire and guide site teams and project managers to deliver social value outcomes on the ground
• Manage stakeholder relationships, including senior leadership engagement
• Write and report on social value plans and KPIs, using frameworks like the UK Government's Social Value Model and UN SDGs
• Track progress and risks, ensuring commitments are met without micromanaging day-to-day delivery

Who You Are:

• Experienced in running programmes or projects, ideally with social value planning and delivery
• Skilled at project management and strategic planning
• Comfortable working closely with senior leadership and managing stakeholders
• Strong communicator with a personable approach
• Ideally, you've had onsite experience or worked in an office role delivering onsite programmes
• Confident in tailoring plans to local needs while aligned to national goals
• Ready to be hands-on with planning and leadership, but not driving across sites every day

What's in it for you:

• Competitive salary + car/travel allowance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced pension & parental leave
• Life, dental, and critical illness cover + income protection
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Professional development opportunities

About us

At Laing O'Rourke, you'll join an established, supportive team and work on large-scale projects that make a tangible difference. We offer the depth of opportunity to grow your career while contributing to meaningful social value outcomes.

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Our ambition is to be the recognised leader for innovation and excellence in the industry, driven by technical excellence in design, manufacturing and construction. Our business strategy is focussed on making an even bigger contribution to society by delivering buildings and infrastructure that excite, enable, and support people and communities, leaving an amazing legacy from our work.

We offer a competitive remuneration package (base salary + car/travel allowance) with access to PMI; enhanced pension and parental leave schemes; Life/Dental/Critical illness insurance and income protection; 33 days holiday inc. bank holidays; professional development opportunities and more!  

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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