Social Value Officer (Grade B)NHS

Job summary

AGH Solutions is seeking an organised and enthusiastic Social Value Officer to support the delivery of the Trust's Social Value Strategy and Green Plan.

Working alongside the Sustainability Manager, the Social Value Officer will help coordinate social value initiatives, engage with stakeholders and partners, support community benefit activities, and monitor and report on social value outcomes. The role provides an opportunity to contribute to programmes that improve skills, employment, health and wellbeing, community engagement and environmental outcomes across the Trust and local communities.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities Include:

o Supporting the administration and delivery of social value programmes. o Supporting delivery of the Trust's Social Value Strategy and associatedprogrammes.o Coordinating social value initiatives and community benefit activities.o Supporting engagement with internal colleagues, suppliers, education providers,local authorities, voluntary organisations and community groups.o Helping identify and develop opportunities that maximise social value outcomes. o Supporting initiatives relating to local employment, apprenticeships, volunteering,education, environmental improvement and community wellbeing. o Collecting, monitoring and reporting data relating to social value activities andoutcomes. o Preparing reports, dashboards, presentations and Green Plan reportinginformation. o Organising meetings, events and stakeholder engagement activities.

This role is ideal for someone with strong organisational, stakeholder engagement and communication skills who is passionate about social impact and sustainability and improving outcomes for local communities.The post works within the Sustainability Team and supports the delivery, monitoring and reporting of the Trust's Social Value Strategy. There is no line management or budget responsibility, and decisions are escalated to the Sustainability Manager.

Join AGH Solutions and help create positive social, economic andenvironmental benefits for the communities we serve.

Job description

For further details including the full job description please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.

About us

AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.

We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.

We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.

Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.

Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHSFT specifically.