Arup
UK Social Value Delivery Lead
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UK Social Value Delivery Leader – Arup
About Arup
Arup’s purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world. We are an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants, and technical specialists, offering a broad range of professional services.
Social value has become a critical part of public procurement and client decision-making. Organisations are expected not only to make strong commitments but to deliver them credibly, measure them consistently, and show the difference they make. In this role, you will help ensure our approach is commercially strong, operationally robust, and aligned with evolving UK procurement expectations, including the Social Value Act.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced UK Social Value Delivery Leader to shape and lead our social value approach across the UK. This is a senior leadership role for someone who can turn ambition into delivery—building a clear regional strategy, strengthening work-winning efforts, creating scalable programmes and partnerships, and improving how we measure and evidence impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a small central social value hub and collaborate with a distributed network across the business
- Partner with senior leaders, bid teams, project teams, and external partners
- Influence at a senior level to connect social value strategy to client outcomes, community benefit, and business performance
- Enable diverse projects to meet their social value commitments, ensuring delivery compliance and impact
- Develop practical frameworks, delivery models, measurement approaches, and reporting processes
- Drive scalable programmes and partnerships that improve bid quality and demonstrate credible impact
This is a unique opportunity to build a distinctive, high-impact social value capability in the built environment and professional services sector:
- Improves bid quality
- Supports consistent delivery
- Creates a credible evidence base for impact at project, geographic, and UK levels
It is also an opportunity to shape and grow a regional social value capability in a business with significant influence across the sector. Your work will span:
- Supporting major pursuits and projects
- Influencing at a senior level
- Creating an approach that is both commercially effective and socially impactful
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If you are passionate about building capability, influencing leadership, and delivering measurable social value, this role offers exciting growth opportunities.
At Arup, You Belong to an Extraordinary Collective
We celebrate individuality and thrive by respecting, sharing, and connecting diverse perspectives and ideas. Your work will enable socially useful contributions that make a meaningful difference:
- To Arup: Enhancing our reputation as a socially responsible firm
- To your career: Advancing through high-impact work
- To communities and clients we serve: Driving real-world social impact
Is This Role Right for You?
We’re searching for candidates with:
- A university degree (or preferably a master’s degree or equivalent) in relevant fields such as sustainable development, economics, social sciences, or planning
- Senior experience leading social value, social impact, ESG, or related programmes in a complex organisation
- A strong understanding of UK public procurement, including:
- How social value is evaluated, delivered, and reported across the procurement lifecycle
- Experience shaping bids and influencing clients in a commercial environment
- Stakeholder management with senior leaders
- Ability to design practical frameworks, delivery models, measurement approaches, and reporting systems
- Experience (desirable) in the built environment, infrastructure, or professional services sector
- Exceptional stakeholder management and distributed network leadership
Have Questions?
Not yet ready to apply? Contact Karin Spies at karin.spies@arup.com for guidance. Note: Do not send CVs directly via this email (GDPR compliance).
What We Offer
At Arup, we grow together. Guided by our shared values, we provide:
- Competitive, fair, and equitable pay
- A rewarding career where you can belong, grow, and thrive:
- Benefits supporting health, wellbeing, and development
- Learning opportunities and impactful work
- Profit-sharing based on collective success
- Comprehensive insurance policies:
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Accident insurance
- Income protection
- Flexible benefits for holistic wellbeing and personal fulfilment
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Ownership & Business Model
Arup is member-owned in trust, empowering us:
- To set our own direction
- To prioritise meaningful work aligned with our purpose
- To contribute to our legacy through ambitious projects
Different People, Shared Values
Arup is an inclusive, equal-opportunity employer. We actively promote a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including but not limited to:
- Age (within legal limits)
- Gender identity/expression, marital status, disability, neurotype
- Race, ethnicity, faith/belief, sexual orientation
- Pregnant/on family leave
- Socioeconomic backgrounds
We foster:
- Inclusivity for all through respectful engagement
- Support for our internal employee networks, covering race, ethnicity, cross-cultural working, gender, LGBTQ+, and disability inclusion
Dive deeper into life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.
Accessibility & Accommodation
We are committed to an accessible recruitment process. For support or to request reasonable adjustments, contact Karin Spies at karin.spies@arup.com. We will assist in ensuring full participation.
Our Application Process
For steps ahead, visit www.arup.com/careers/recruitment-process/.
Security Note
Arup will never ask for your bank details during recruitment.
Recruitment Agencies
We work with a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners. Unolicited CVs/introductions from 未listed agencies are not acknowledged.
Closing Date: Friday 10 July 2026 Note: If we receive a high number of applications earlier, we may close the role sooner. Apply early to secure your position.
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