Social Sustainability Manager

Location: Hybrid working from the Manchester office, home and project sites across the North West, including Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, North Wales and Lancashire; regular travel across the region and UK&I required.

Company

hirify.global engineers vital infrastructure and constructs high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

What you will do

• Lead the development and delivery of Social Sustainability and Social Value strategies across projects and the wider business.
• Build relationships with clients, communities, supply chain partners and internal stakeholders to maximise social impact.
• Drive employment, education, skills development, community engagement, volunteering, diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Develop social value proposals, case studies and tender responses to support bids and work-winning activities.
• Monitor, measure and report social value performance against contractual requirements, National TOMs and business objectives.
• Represent BAM at client meetings, industry forums and community engagement events while identifying innovation and continuous improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of societal, industry and legislative drivers of social value, informed by thought leadership, best practice and research in Social Sustainability.
• Previous experience in a similar role applying social value and social sustainability principles, preparing and delivering social value plans, and leading performance measurement and reporting.
• Track record of leading in a team environment, with management capabilities and experience.
• Experience in stakeholder management, community engagement and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
• Knowledge and experience of National TOMs and tools and techniques for assessing social value outputs, impact and outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience writing high-scoring tender responses and supporting tender submissions.
• Ability to champion diversity and inclusion in social value and stakeholder management.
• Excellent organisation, time management, written communication and verbal communication skills, with the ability to inspire, influence and engage a broad cross-section of stakeholders.
• High competence in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint; ideally a degree-level qualification or equivalent.
• Willingness to travel regularly throughout the region and UK&I as required; ideally a full UK driving licence.
• Alignment with BAM values: sustainable, inclusive, reliable, ownership and collaborative.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working across office, home and project sites.
• Company car or car allowance and a competitive salary.
• Family-friendly policies, private healthcare, life assurance and 8% matched pension contributions.
• 26 days of holiday, two wellbeing days and one volunteering day.
• Personal and professional development opportunities and a flexible benefits pot.
• Inclusive recruitment and onboarding process with reasonable adjustments available on request.

Hiring process

• Applications close on Friday 13th November 2026.
• Contact Victoria Duncan, Recruitment Manager, for the full job description or reasonable-adjustment support.