Social Value Lead

This role is critical in defining and leading the delivery of the charity’s social value agenda. It will focus on developing and embedding strategies, frameworks, and processes to deliver social value across all contracts, ensuring that AFG’s social value offer aligns with both our charitable purpose and the social value priorities of our various NHS and local authority commissioners. The Social Value Lead will work alongside both internal and external stakeholders to:

• Develop and coordinate the delivery of social value commitments.
• Establish systems to track, measure, and report on social value achievements.
• Coordinate the production of an annual Social Value Report to demonstrate the positive impact that AFG has had on the communities in which we operate.

• Work alongside the Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance to develop and launch a social value strategy for AFG that aligns with both organisational goals and commissioner requirements.
• Work alongside the Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance to adopt or develop robust frameworks and methodologies for delivery and measurement of social value (e.g. the National TOMS Framework).
• Develop training, guidance and other resources to embed the social value strategy and frameworks across the organisation.

• Work alongside the Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance to lead the social value component of competitive tenders, ensuring offers are realistic, impactful, and achievable.
• Conduct research and utilise customer intelligence to inform AFG’s social value bids, ensuring that these are aligned to the social value priorities and objectives of our commissioners.
• Work with bid teams to evaluate the results, scoring and feedback from social value tender submissions and ensure that learnings from previous bids are used to adjust and calibrate future social value offers to contribute to competitive scoring.

• Establish systems and processes for tracking AFG’s social value commitments across all contracts and work with colleagues across the organisation to coordinate the effective delivery these commitments.
• Develop systems to monitor progress, track outcomes and evidence the delivery of social value commitments, working with key account managers to communicate this information to commissioners wherever appropriate.
• Support both operational and corporate teams in delivering social value initiatives, liaising with the Health & Safety Lead as appropriate to ensure all activity is conducted safely, and providing guidance, training and resources as needed.

• Implement a methodology for measuring social value outcomes, aligned with TOMS or other relevant frameworks.
• Produce annual social value reports to communicate achievements and impacts to stakeholders.
• Work with colleagues in the Marketing Team to develop and maintain a social value area of the AFG website to help promote and publish our work around social value.

• Build strong relationships with commissioners, partners, and internal teams to champion social value initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops, training and internal comms to raise awareness and understanding of social value across the organisation.

• Work with the procurement team to identify opportunities to embed social value considerations into AFG’s procurement practices, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and ethical standards.
• Stay informed of evolving social value requirements, best practices, and innovations within this field.
• Identify opportunities to enhance the organisation’s social value impact and refine strategies.

Please only apply if you meet the essential requirements detailed below:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a social value, community development, or corporate social responsibility role.
• A track record of successfully coordinating the delivery of social value initiatives in a complex organisational setting.
• Demonstrable experience of building partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of providing administrative support or…