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Benefits and Social Value Officer
£37,336 - £39,186 a year | Temporary (see job advertisement)
- Reference:
- 23-25539-H2
- Job title:
- Benefits and Social Value Officer
- Directorate:
- Ambition North Wales
- Closing date:
- 14/11/2023 10:00
- Job type/Hours:
- Temporary (see job advertisement) | 37 Hour
- Salary:
- £37,336 - £39,186 a year
- Pay Scale:
- PS1
- Location(s):
- Sarn Mynach, Cyffordd Llandudno
Details
Job Advertisement
This is a Fixed term contract for 12-15 months.
Do you have a passion for North Wales and a desire to see the region grow and deliver on its potential? Are you enthusiastic, committed and a team player? If so, this role providing flexible working arrangements, a hybrid working model, generous annual leave entitlement, and professional development opportunities within a supportive environment – could be the role for you!
The role will sit within the Portfolio Management Office’s Operations Team. The Operations Team have led on a successful application for Shared Prosperity Funding to support and complement the delivery of the North Wales Growth Deal, this includes a benefits and social value workstream, for which the Benefits and Social Value Officer will lead on. Capturing benefits and social value is key for the success of the Growth Deal.
The Benefits and Social Value Officer will manage and implement the delivery of an online monitoring platform for benefits and social value commitments. This unique position will ensure that the benefits of major capital investments aligned to the Growth Vision are realised locally through project design, procurement, social value and benefits realisation, as well as embedding benefits and social value capture into the processes of Ambition North Wales . The role will lead on sharing best practice on benefits realisation and social value to ensure the benefits of investments are realised locally including developing guidance and delivery of training sessions to partners.
Reporting to the Senior Operations Officer the Benefits and Social Value Officer will work across the Portfolio Management Office working closely with the Growth Deal Programme Manager on benefits realisation and with the Procurement and Social Value Manager on social value. Our ideal candidate will have good knowledge and an understanding of social value and community benefits, and an understanding of public sector procurement processes. A proven track record of working effectively and in co-operation and partnership with a range of stakeholders is essential, and experience of stakeholder and supply chain engagement. Excellent organisational skills, and the ability to motivate and inspire others are also essential.
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
For further information about this post please contact Sara Jones on swyddi@uchelgaisgogledd.cymru
Interviews will be held on 27/11/2023.
Application forms and further details available from, Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
Tel: 01286 679076
E-Mail: swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
CLOSING DATE: 06/11/2023
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
Person Specification
Education / Professional Qualifications
Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field
Evidence of relevant continuous professional development
Desirable
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Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Good knowledge and understanding of social value and community benefits
Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
Experience of effective public/stakeholder engagement
Understanding of public sector procurement processes
Understanding of performance management
Ability to analyse complex issues and adopt a creative approach to problem solving
ICT literate, at ease with Word, PowerPoint, Excel and relevant databases and social media
Desirable
Knowledge of Ambition North Wales and the North Wales Growth Deal
Understanding of the North Wales region and the social and economic characteristics
An understanding of local government and central government processes
Experience
Essential
Experience of delivering social value and community benefit through procurement activity
Experience of working in partnership
A proven track record of working effectively and in co-operation and partnership with colleagues, stakeholders and a range of partner agencies
Experence of stakeholder and supply chain engagement
Experience of working within a programme/project environment
Desirable
Experience of contract management and project management
Personal attributes
Essential
Self-motivated and strong under pressure
Dedicated and enthusiastic
Innovative thinker
Flexible in managing competing priorities and work demands
Excellent organisational skills
Proven ability to meet deadlines and targets
Ability to motivate and inspire others to take action
Language Requirements
Desirable
Listening and Speaking
Able to deal with all aspects of the job verbally in a confident manner in both English and Welsh
Reading and Understanding
Able to use and interpret correctly any information in both English and Welsh from a wide variety of sources in order to deal with all aspects of the post
Writing
Able to present written information in both English and Welsh with complete confidence using the most appropriate language and style to meet the needs of the reader
Job Description
Job Purpose:
• Lead on maximising the social value and community benefits derived from procurement activity.
• develop and maintain effective relationships with key partners and all contractors
• Monitor that social value commitments are delivered, as outlined, meeting required deadlines and quality.
• To lead on benefits for Ambition North Wales, managing the Impact reporting system. •
Responsibility for functions (e.g. staff, budgets, equipment):
• Office assets and other mobile equipment including laptops and mobile phones
• Matrix management of staff and resources (including budgets) across project teams incuding allocation and management of work
Duties and Responsibilities:
Social Value
• Lead on the continuing development of social value and wellbeing impacts into the procurement process;
• Embed the delivery of social value and community benefits into procurement activity
• Maintain effective networks of external stakeholders and community partners to promote partnership working which will address contractual Social Value commitments in the most effective way
• Maintain a strong understanding of the Social Value commitments on contract/s, progress against these commitments and alignment to Ambition North Wales’s’ Strategic Objectives
• Ensure delivery on social value commitments to meet required deadlines (e.g., Site visits, work experience, workshops, employment and skills support, volunteering projects etc)
• Assist in developing strong working relationships with Stakeholders and supply chain across North Wales and work alongside the Procurement and Social Value Manager and use the Councils procurement and planning opportunities as a mechanism to generate social value.
• Assist in collaborating with internal and external teams and agencies, to ensure that our supply chain is familiar with our social value processes and requirements relating to various contracts.
• Utilise Ambition North Wales’ Social Value framework and Procurement Principles to capture, measure and manage data for the programmes and projects.
• Assist in supporting the team with producing social value impact reports as well as extracting reports using The Social Value Portal – National TOMs to distribute to clients, partners and to support bids. – using the online impact system.
• To be the central point of contact in monitoring and coordinating all social value opportunities.
Benefits
• Lead on the Benefits Realisation Strategy for Ambition North Wales, ensuring that any learning gained through delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the strategy is captured and intergreated into the process.
• Identify, monitor and realise benefits as set out in the Programme and Project Business Cases.
• Manage the Impact Reporting system, continuously reviewing and monitoring the system for ease of use and to identify any issues.
• Lead the development of tools and techniques for data analysis and data visualisation working with senior management, programme/project leads to ensure the analysis supports organisational needs.
• Lead the production of clear and visually compelling quarterly and annual reports, working with programme/project leads to ensure data in the system is valid and up-to-date
• Ensure data systems are compliant with all regulations (e.g. GDPR) and are linked appropriately into other organisational systems.
• Ensure up-to-date, accurate data is recorded on Impact platform Tracker/s to enable production of internal and external reports by / for the senior leadership team and support the continued development of localised Social Value Strategies and Engagement Plans
Communications
• Assist in highlighting good news and achievements relating to social value to the team / newsletters / comms etc. Write articles and take photos to forward to the Strategic Communications and Engagement Lead to filter across the various social media platforms.
Strategic
• Support the co-ordination, development and delivery of the North Wales Growth Vision
• Support the collective co-ordination and management of the inter-dependencies across programmes and projects
• Champion the procurement principles of Ambition North Wales across the partnership
Portfolio Management Office
• Work with the Procurement and Social Value Manager and the Growth Deal Programme Manager to ensure sufficient resources are in place across the Portfolio Managmenet Office to support with the social value and benefits realisation.
• Work closely with the Programme and Project teams including the Regional Skills Partnership to ensure that social value and benefits are embedded into all Ambition North Wales delivery.
Reporting and Accountability
• Prepare and co-ordinate reports on social value and benefits activity.
Ambassadorial
• Acting as an advocate for the Growth Vision and the region.
• Development and management of effective external relationships at all levels.
• Champion social value and community benefits across the Ambition North Wales partnership.
Compliance and Conduct
• Working to all set policies and procedures and law e.g. financial, equalities, health and safety.
• Demonstrating the highest standards of professional behaviours and values in line with Ambition North Wales’ organisational values.
