Partner Services

Social Value Lead

Glasgow, York, Swansea, Sheffield, Reading, Nottingham, Newcastle, Milton Keynes, London, Liverpool, Lincoln, Leeds, Aberdeen, Exeter, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester

About Us

We’re an award-winning innovative tech consultancy - a team of creative problem solvers. Since 1993 we’ve been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world’s leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.

In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.

Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world-class delivery.

We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!

About the Role

BJSS is seeking a Social Value Lead to play a key role in the Business Development team, proactively driving BJSS’ Social Value message into bids and proposals and ensuring we are staying ahead of the competition with regards to our Social Value proposition.

Key responsibilities:

Collaborate with the business development and bid response teams to ensure key social value data and collateral is incorporated into client proposals, pitches, bids and presentations
Own, manage and develop all information and collateral related to BJSS’ social value efforts so that it can be used as part of business development activity. Continuously iterate and improve this to strengthen our message and positioning
Drive BJSS’ social value message out to the market to ensure our initiatives are understood and amplified, working collaboratively with marketing to develop collateral, case studies and thought leadership content highlight our social impact initiatives and successes
Identify and cultivate relationships with potential clients, partners, and stakeholders who share our commitment to social responsibility and sustainability
Work closely with BJSS’ partners to understand their social value agendas and initiatives available to BJSS to help strengthen our social value position
Represent BJSS at industry conferences, networking events and client meetings to promote our social value proposition and build brand awareness
Stay up to date with the market and identify emerging trends, opportunities and challenges to ensure BJSS stays ahead of the competition with regards to its social value proposition, providing recommendations back into the business as to how we can continuously improve
Understand social value requirements across the public sector and ensure we are meeting these, and where not, work with stakeholders internally to develop plans to ensure we can in the future

About You

An expert in social value, you have a deep understanding of market needs/requirements, particularly in a public sector context. You have experience of working in a professional services setting and know how social value can be driven and best leveraged to support business development efforts. A natural collaborator, you are comfortable working across multiple functions to gather data, develop propositions and collateral. You are able to operate and communicate across all levels and have experience of working with external stakeholders in relation to social value topics.

Some of the Perks

Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and other
Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Hybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFH
Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
Flexible holiday buy/sell option
Electric vehicle scheme
Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly
Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
We have a busy social calendar that you can choose to join– quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethers
GymFlex gym membership programme

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What life at BJSS is like

Big rewards

At BJSS, the rewards aren’t based on your time served, they’re based on merit and the strength of your contributions. In exchange for bringing your best ideas to the most challenging problems, you’ll be compensated with a competitive salary and the knowledge that you’ll be rewarded and recognized for giving it your all.

Be outstanding

We pride ourselves on the high quality of the work we deliver. Our culture is all about valuing and rewarding excellence, whether it’s the technical aspects of the job or the way you interact with clients and colleagues. If you join BJSS, it’ll be because you share that passion to excel, to do the very best job you can, and to support others to deliver outstanding results.

Benefits that suit you

Aside from the standard annual leave allowance, life assurance and pension, our flexible benefits allowance lets you decide which benefits you want, with options across industry-leading health and wellbeing, buying and selling annual leave, electric vehicle scheme, GymFlex gym membership, as well as discounts across dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands.

Bring your authentic self to work

We’ve built an environment where respect and inclusivity are paramount, where fantastic people of all kinds are free to be themselves and get on with doing a great job. And even though BJSS is a global business, each regional office is as distinct and idiosyncratic as the people in it – you can expect to be part of a unique, tight-knit community with a busy social calendar.

Make your mark

Clients trust us to get the hard things done. And if you join us, you’ll be faced with challenges only people like you have the drive to solve. You’ll be pushed out of your comfort zone, and you won’t be sitting on the sidelines, but you’ll also make a real difference on extraordinary projects.

Forge your own path

At BJSS, we don’t believe in job titles or hierarchies, so how you progress in the company is entirely down to you. You’ve got the flexibility and freedom to follow your interests and pursue your career goals - with full support, training opportunities and incentives from the business.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & DIVERSITY STATEMENT

BJSS is committed to equal opportunities and diversity so we want to ensure that our recruitment and selection processes are fair to all who wish to apply.

We encourage you to feel confident to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to the application or interview process to help support you. You can do this by speaking to your BJSS recruitment contact. Or, if you’re not yet in touch with anyone from our recruitment team.

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