Implementation and Social Value Manager
Posted 8 hours 27 minutes ago by WEBRECRUIT
Implementation and Social Value Manager
Home-based
The Organisation
Our client transforms lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation.
They are now looking for an Implementation and Social Value Manager to join them on a full-time basis on a fixed-term contract until the 15th January 2027.
The Benefits
- Salary of £32,311 - £35,800 per annum, depending on experience
- An annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 30 working days plus bank holidays
- Up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- Flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- Eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
This is a rewarding opportunity for a project manager or co-ordinator from a health, social care, education, or local government background to join our client's compassionate and purpose-driven organisation.
You'll contribute to life-changing work for thousands of people across the UK whilst further enhancing your skills and delivering vital services.
In return, you'll benefit from an outstanding rewards package, and a culture that genuinely supports your wellbeing, values your autonomy, and invests in your professional development.
So, if you're ready to drive real transformation and help build stronger communities, our client would love to hear from you.
The Role
As the Implementation and Social Value Manager, you will take on a dual role co-ordinating teams to mobilise/implement new contracts whilst also delivering social value initiatives across the organisation.
Specifically, you'll oversee the launch of newly awarded contracts by managing cross-functional teams, developing implementation plans and risk registers, and ensuring timely delivery through effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
In parallel, you'll play a key role in embedding the social value strategy, supporting local teams to deliver on their commitments and driving a culture of continuous improvement, where our client's wider impact is both measurable and meaningful.
Additionally, you will:
- Provide early operational support to services during their transition stage
- Develop exit plans, where applicable, to ensure smooth service handovers
- Contribute to outcome development, quality assurance and reporting frameworks
- Collate and analyse data to produce reports and evaluations that drive improvement
- Use project management methodologies across all stages of implementation, merger, or exit activity
About You
To be considered as the Implementation and Social Value Manager, you will need:
- Demonstrable experience of project management/co-ordination and leadership within health, social care, education, or local government
- Experience overseeing and managing multiple workstreams
- Experience leading diverse teams and engaging stakeholders
- Experience co-ordinating national operations and/or remote teams
- Experience managing budgets and updating financial models
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and confidence presenting at senior level
- Strong IT skills and experience with Microsoft Office and databases
- The ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- A degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience
The closing date for this role is 7th September 2025.
Other organisations may call this role Service Manager, Project Implementation Manager, Social Value Programme Manager, Service Mobilisation Manager, or Contract Implementation Manager.
Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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