Social Value & Safeguarding Apprentice

Social Value & Safeguarding Apprentice

We're looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Social Value & Safeguarding Apprentice to join our Safety, Security and Sustainability team. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience while developing valuable professional skills in community engagement, sustainability, social impact, and corporate responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Support projects and campaigns that contribute to our Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability strategy
• Build positive relationships with colleagues across the business to encourage engagement with social value initiatives
• Work with charities, community groups, and industry partners to create meaningful social and environmental impact
• Help promote campaigns and share success stories through internal communications
• Assist with collecting, analysing, and reporting social value and sustainability data
• Support the delivery and tracking of social value commitments, targets, and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Help organise community events, awareness campaigns, and stakeholder engagement activities
• Maintain accurate records and documentation relating to social value initiatives
• Produce reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders
• Keep abreast of developments to ensure the business is aware of current and future opportunities and challenges in relation to social & environmental issues
• Representing the business at events, conferences, and community engagement activities
• Support safeguarding campaigns, reward and recognition schemes, and community-focused projects when required

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training Details

Training provider

• COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

Training course

• Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)

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What You'll Learn

• Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/campaign lifecycle.
• Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
• Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
• Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
• Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g. objectives, key initiatives, and shared interests).
• Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
• Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
• Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
• Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
• Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
• Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
• Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
• Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
• Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
• Quality assure own and others' work in accordance with organisational requirements.
• Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
• Identify own organisation's CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
• Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
• Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
• Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
• Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
• Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.