Senior Social Value Manager

We are looking for a Senior Social Value Manager to lead social value across our growing Yorkshire business, supporting projects throughout West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and the wider region.

You will work closely with our customers to understand their priorities and turn them into meaningful social value plans, focusing our efforts where we can make the biggest difference to local communities.

This is a leadership role where you'll take responsibility for managing and developing our Yorkshire Social Value team, building strong customer relationships and driving delivery. You'll oversee social value across a variety of construction projects, working closely with our customers, project teams, supply chain partners and local stakeholders to ensure our commitments translate into meaningful outcomes.

We're looking for someone who is passionate about social value, highly customer-focused and enjoys working in a busy environment. You'll need to be organised, comfortable managing competing priorities and confident influencing others to get things moving.

Most importantly, you'll recognise the part social value plays in our continued growth, helping strengthen customer relationships, maximise our impact across Yorkshire and make Willmott Dixon a business our customers want to work with again.

Responsibilities

• Lead social value delivery across our Yorkshire business, including some of our largest and most strategically important projects.
• Line manage, coach and develop our Yorkshire Social Value team, supporting their performance, development and progression.
• Proactively engage with customers to understand their priorities, build lasting relationships and identify opportunities where we can add value.
• Lead the development, implementation and quality assurance of customer-focused social value plans, translating local needs and customer priorities into meaningful, measurable commitments and outcomes.
• Monitor performance against commitments, ensuring accurate data capture and reporting, challenging underperformance and producing high-quality customer-facing reports that demonstrate the impact we make.
• Support major bids and pre-construction activities, helping develop compelling social value proposals.
• Work closely with project teams, consultants and supply chain partners to embed social value commitments and drive delivery.
• Develop opportunities for local employment, apprenticeships, T-Level placements and work experience, including supporting the recruitment of management trainees.
• Work closely with our wider sustainability and social value teams to share best practice, improve standards and drive continuous improvement.

Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential Criteria

• Experience developing and delivering customer-focused social value initiatives, with a track record of building strong relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Experience leading, managing or developing others, with the ability to coach colleagues, improve performance and build team capability.
• Experience developing social value plans and translating customer priorities into meaningful, measurable commitments.
• Experience measuring, analysing and reporting social value outcomes across different reporting platforms.
• Strong communication skills, including experience producing high-quality customer-facing reports.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working in construction or a related industry.
• Social sustainability qualifications or professional memberships.
• Experience delivering training, coaching or facilitating workshops.
• Experience using Power BI.

In Return

We reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities.

This includes, but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, discounted or fully funded private medical cover, life assurance, incentive bonus and a sustainable car scheme. Applicable roles will also benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA).

Additional Information

Studies have shown that people often hesitate to apply for new jobs unless they meet every requirement. If you're excited about this role, even if you don't tick every box, we'd encourage you to apply.

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.