Social Sustainability Manager

At BAM, we are currently recruiting for a Social Sustainability Manager to support projects across the Southeast of England. In this role, you will lead and deliver social sustainability initiatives that create positive outcomes across social mobility, employment, education, skills development, community investment, volunteering, and social inclusion.

Working closely with internal teams, clients, and local communities, you will be responsible for planning, promoting, delivering, monitoring, and reporting on BAM’s social sustainability activities. You will play a key role in ensuring social value commitments are achieved, stakeholder relationships are strengthened, and meaningful, lasting benefits are delivered to the communities in which we work.

The role offers a blend of office, home, and project site working, with hybrid and flexible working arrangements actively supported.

Travel will be required as part of the role, with the frequency and expectations discussed in more detail during the interview process.

Management & Leadership

Lead and develop high-performing teams through coaching, performance management, and regular development.

Inspire, motivate, and engage others by building trust, accountability, collaboration, and strong communication.

Demonstrate emotional intelligence and effective stakeholder management, influencing and negotiating to achieve shared goals.

Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and effective decision-making to deliver business objectives.

Plan and prioritise resources effectively to ensure timely delivery, excellent customer service, and individuals reach their full potential.

Social Sustainability Knowledge

Act as a subject matter expert in social sustainability and social value, promoting best practice and industry-leading approaches.

Apply and communicate social value measurement frameworks and methodologies.

Stay informed of emerging legislation, policy, research, and industry trends.

Identify opportunities to maximise social impact while managing associated risks.

Strategy & Planning

Lead the development and delivery of social sustainability strategies, plans, and targets aligned with client requirements and National TOMs.

Deliver initiatives across employment, skills, education, volunteering, community investment, and social inclusion.

Build strong relationships across BAM and external stakeholders to support strategic objectives.

Support regional and business-wide strategies, working groups, events, and communications activities.

Compliance & Assurance

Ensure compliance with BAM policies, contractual obligations, and industry best practice.

Develop, maintain, and monitor documentation, reporting processes, and assurance activities across projects.

Stakeholder & Community Engagement

Develop and maintain stakeholder engagement and communication plans.

Build and manage strategic partnerships that enhance social impact and support project delivery.

Lead engagement initiatives with communities, disadvantaged groups, and underrepresented stakeholders.

Represent BAM at internal and external forums, steering groups, and community events.

Socially Responsible Procurement

Embed social sustainability requirements into procurement, contracts, and supply chain activities.

Support suppliers and subcontractors to improve social value performance and maturity.

Promote compliance with relevant legislation, including Modern Slavery and Human Rights requirements.

Work Winning

Support business development activities through bid writing, tender submissions, case studies, local needs analysis, and client presentations.

Contribute to post-tender interviews and early client engagement opportunities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion across all activities in line with BAM and client strategies.

Challenge non-inclusive behaviours and promote a culture of respect and belonging.

Work collaboratively with clients and supply chain partners to advance shared D&I objectives.

Research, Analysis & Reporting

Analyse performance data and provide insights to support strategic decision-making.

Measure, monitor, and report social value outcomes against project, client, and business targets.

Identify trends, opportunities, and improvements, implementing lessons learned to maximise impact and performance.

Has a deep understanding of societal, industry and legislative drivers of social value. Informed by thought leadership, best practice and research related to Social Sustainability

Demonstrates a track record of leading in a team environment, with management capabilities and experience

A high degree of energy and self-motivation

Previous experience in a similar role, applying social value and social sustainability principles preparing and delivering social value plans and leading performance measurement and reporting

Ideally a degree level qualification or equivalent

Experienced in stakeholder management/community engagement and managing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders

Champions Diversity and Inclusion related to social value and stakeholder management

Knowledge and experience in National TOMs and expertise in using tools and techniques to assess social value outputs, impact and outcomes

Demonstrable experience of writing high scoring tender responses and supporting tender submissions

Excellent organisation / time management skills

Enthusiasm and ability to inspire, influence and engage a broad cross section of stakeholders

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrate BAM Values: sustainable, inclusive, reliable, ownership, collaborative

Be highly competent in MS Suite – especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint

A willingness to travel regularly throughout the region, and UK&I as required, and ideally a full UK driving licence

Competitive salary

A wide range of family-friendly policies

Company car/car allowance/travel allowance

8 % matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

2 wellbeing days

1 volunteering day

Personal and professional development

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.