MSV Housing
Social Investment Officer
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At MSV Housing
We’re committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes and our Social Investment Officer's are key to making this happen.
Role Overview
Reporting to our Community Investment Team Leader, our Social Investment Officer's are responsible for delivering MSV’s Social Investment Strategy by working with local and national partners to develop community hubs, create neighbourhood touch points, and deliver high-quality initiatives that support employment, training, volunteering, and community development. The role empowers volunteers and community groups to lead sustainable projects, secure external funding, ensure customer voice is at the heart of all activities, and capture social value outcomes to demonstrate impact and value for money.
In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal teams, external organisations, and local networks to maximise community impact and promote collaborative working.
- Deliver and lead initiatives that support customers and communities, with a particular focus on employment, training, community sustainability, and generating new opportunities for the Group.
- Manage and empower volunteers to support local projects, while ensuring equality, diversity, inclusion, health and safety, and customer-focused service delivery are embedded in all activities.
- Secure, manage, and maximise external funding and grants, undertake social return on investment assessments, and ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures.
- Produce performance data and reports, represent MSV professionally across forums and partnerships, and ensure compliance with GDPR, confidentiality requirements, and corporate policies.
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What We Are Looking For
- Proven experience delivering high-quality projects and initiatives within community-focused environments, ensuring work is completed to a high standard and on time.
- Skilled in bid writing, securing external grant funding, and managing community assets to maximise opportunities and resources for local communities.
- Strong track record of working collaboratively within busy teams and with stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes and support sustainable community development.
- Highly organised and self-motivated professional with strong problem-solving, presentation, and interpersonal skills, able to manage competing priorities, work under pressure, and use initiative while recognising when to escalate issues.
- Customer-focused and collaborative, with a track record of innovation and delivering high-quality services, supported by strong Microsoft Office skills and a professional, approachable manner.
Benefits
- Essential car user allowance to support you with car running costs
- Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided
- 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy scheme.
- Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions
- Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental, and much more.
- Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay
- Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders, and numerous wellbeing initiatives
- Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
- Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career
- Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.
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Equality and Inclusion
MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.
MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.
How to Apply
For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careers/job-vacancies/
If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Jade Crowe, Community Investment Team Leader on 07786960241.
Interview dates are to be confirmed, interviews will be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.
We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.
If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.
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