Head of Social Value

Job title: Head of Social Value
Job Type: Permanent
Start date: ASAP
Rate: Market Led
Location: West Cumbria
Hours of work: 40 Hours Per Week

The Role carries strategic responsibility for delivering meaningful and measurable social value, supporting long-term capability for Sellafield and the wider UK nuclear sector. This includes developing local skills, creating employment opportunities, supporting SME growth and establishing a sustainable local supply chain. The role works jointly with the Head of Construction Workforce on skills and recruitment and the Head of Commercial on procurement and supplier engagement.

The Head of Social Value ensures commitments are delivered, measured and evidenced throughout the project lifecycle, preventing social value from becoming secondary to delivery pressures.

Assignments will include nuclear infrastructure projects, EPCM delivery contracts and decommissioning programmes.

Working closely with framework leadership, project teams, construction, engineering, commercial teams and client representatives, the role supports safe and successful project delivery while strengthening the organisation's reputation as a trusted partner in the UK nuclear sector.

Ultimately, the role delivers lasting social and economic value, supports local communities and contributes to sustainable business growth.

Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Social Value Strategy and Delivery: Own and deliver the social value strategy and delivery plan, ensuring all commitments have clear ownership, timescales, budgets, measurable outcomes and supporting evidence.

2. Commitment Management: Ensure all contractual social value commitments are delivered, funded and monitored, maintaining clear accountability and reporting against agreed targets.

3. Power UP Programme: Lead the design, funding and delivery of the Power UP programme, measuring participation, qualifications, employment outcomes and long-term progression.

4. Community Hub Development: Oversee the development and operation of the community hub, ensuring it provides lasting support for education, skills, employment, SMEs and local communities.

5. Education, Skills and Employment: Develop partnerships with schools, colleges and training providers to create local skills pathways, apprenticeships, STEM engagement and employment opportunities, including support for care leavers.

6. SME and Local Supply Chain Development: Drive local supplier engagement, SME participation, supply-chain development and delivery of agreed SME spend and payment targets, working closely with Commercial and Procurement teams.

7. Community Engagement and Volunteering: Build and maintain relationships with local authorities, charities, community groups and third-sector organisations, while coordinating meaningful volunteering and community initiatives.

8. Measurement and Performance Reporting: Own social value measurement, evidence and reporting, ensuring commitments are auditable, performance is transparent and any underperformance has clear recovery actions.

9. Mobilisation and Long-term Sustainability: Lead the mobilisation of social value programmes, partnerships, funding and community initiatives, ensuring commitments are established early and remain sustainable throughout the contract lifecycle.

10. Social Value Organisation and Leadership: Build, lead and develop the Social Value function, establishing the required resources, capabilities, responsibilities and succession arrangements to deliver commitments and embed social value across the wider organisation.

Candidates Essential Experience/Qualifications Requirements:
10 Years experience in a senior social value, regeneration or responsible business leadership delivering contracted, measured commitments on major infrastructure or public sector programmes.
Experience of the West Cumbria or Northwest social value, skills and supply chain landscape, preferably within the Nuclear sector.
Direct experience of social value measurement and reporting against contract KPIs, including evidence regimes that survive client audit.
Demonstrable delivery of skills, employment or education programmes with named outcome targets.
Experience of SME and local supply-chain development, including spend targets, procurement access and payment performance.
Experience of community and stakeholder relationships in a place based context, and the credibility to represent the company publicly.
Experienced and able to hold a budget, defend a commitment, and see when a programme is being quietly absorbed.

Please note for this role Security Vetting will be required, all candidates MUST be eligible to obtain or ideally already hold.

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Company information:
This is a Permanent vacancy and is being advertised by Rullion Ltd
Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands, to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.

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We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.