Social Value Lead

Job Title: Social Value Lead

Location: Leeds

Salary: £36,602 per annum

Job Type: Full-time / Permanent

Closing Date: Wednesday 30th July 2025

Interview Date: Monday 11th August 2025

The Company:

Leeds Federated is a housing association with around 4,500 properties across Leeds, Wakefield, and North Yorkshire.

Our mission is to enable the maximum number of people to access and live sustainably in good-value, affordable housing.

About the role:

Do you want to work in a role where you can shape projects and support community change? Join us as our Social Value Lead and influence how we invest in and support our communities.

You'll engage with colleagues, customer groups, stakeholders, and grant funders to ensure we're achieving the best outcomes for our communities, from securing social value through external contracts and supporting work experience opportunities, to encouraging colleague volunteering. You will also lead on raising awareness of social value and energy efficiency across our customer audience.

We're looking for someone who's ready to take ownership of this role and make it their own. You'll bring fresh ideas, curiosity, and the drive to seek out opportunities that will help us deliver even greater outcomes for our customers and communities. You'll be comfortable working proactively and using your initiative to turn plans into action, helping us to grow and strengthen our approach to social value.

As part of the role, you'll:

• Develop a social value framework to ensure all parts of Leeds Federated contribute meaningfully
• Maximise investment in community projects through contracts, partnerships, and internal resources
• Work with colleagues to develop measures that demonstrate the positive outcomes we are achieving for our customers and communities
• Draft and collate information to coordinate the production of the annual ESG report
• Promote energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives to customers, including running workshops and awareness campaigns
• Collaborate with local organisations to support training, work experience, and other opportunities for residents
• Collect and report on social value outcomes to demonstrate the impact of our work
• Engage with customers, colleagues, and stakeholders to find new opportunities that meet community needs

About you:

• Experience of managing community initiatives and projects
• Experience or strong interest in social value, community engagement, and/or sustainability
• Experience of working in a customer facing service role
• A clear communicator, able to engage effectively with customers and colleagues
• Understand the importance of social value in housing and community contexts
• Enthusiastic and motivated, with the confidence to take ownership of the role
• A Level or equivalent level of education

Why Join Us?

• Flexible working hours and options for home working
• Healthshield health benefits scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Occupational pension scheme

Additional Information:

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

Leeds Federated is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in everything we do and therefore welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Please click on the APPLY button to be redirected to the company's careers page to apply for this role.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Senior Social Value Lead, Social Value Coordinator, CSR, Social Value Officer, Social Value and Community Coordinator may also be considered for this role.