Social Value Specialist

Please note - role can be remote or Hybrid subject to location

Are you passionate about making a real impact through meaningful initiatives?  Join us as a Social Value Specialist and play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our Social Value strategy - aligned with the UK Government’s Social Value Model.  Reporting to our Social Value Manager, this is your chance to influence  change and outcomes and help us win work that truly matters.

What You’ll Be Doing

As our Social Value Specialist, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to embed social value across our projects.  You will:

• Craft compelling Social Value solutions for tenders by analysing customer requirements and producing high-impact written responses and project plans.
• Ensure consistency and clarity across all written content, maintaining a strong and persuasive tone.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with account managers, consultants, project leads, and subject matter experts to gather insights and shape strategic responses.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of the latest in Social Value policy, procurement trends, and frameworks like PPNs, TOMs, and the Social Value Model.
• Maintain a powerful content library, updating templates and standard responses to reflect our evolving best practices.
• Track and report on our impact, gathering evidence and uploading KPIs to measurement platforms with accuracy.
• Drive engagement by working with internal and external stakeholders to deliver initiatives that make a difference.
• Present insights and outcomes through clear, data-driven reports - written, financial, and statistical.
• Champion continuous improvement, applying lessons learned to strengthen future bids and proposals.
• Shape the future by making recommendations that evolve our Social Value strategy.

What You’ll Bring

• A solid understanding of Social Value and/or Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Experience in writing bids or tenders for the public sector.
• Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills and experience producing impactful reports.
• Impeccable organisation and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Effective collaboration skills with the confidence to work independently.
• Relationship-building skills to engage stakeholders and drive results.
• A proactive, enthusiastic approach to making a difference.

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an above average pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following:

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost) 
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE)
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like. 

OTHER INFORMATION

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting, references and occupational health checks. 
• Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Who We Are:

We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.