Social Value Monitoring Officer

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO1 (£37,443 – £39,264)
Work Location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 hours, Full Time
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 15th September 2024 at 23:59

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

This is an exciting time to join our team. Haringey is a borough of opportunities and potential and is fast becoming a celebrated destination for music and sport and will be Borough of Culture for 2027.  We recently launched Opportunity Haringey our new Inclusive Economy Framework which sets our ambition to build on our strengths and creativity to support a fairer and greener economy.

Reporting to the Social Value Officer, the Social Value Monitoring Officer will support activities to ensure maximum employment, skills and social value benefits are realised for Haringey residents and local borough-based businesses through the regeneration, development and the Council’s procurement programme and delivery against Shared Prosperity Funding Streams. The post holder will work collaboratively with a range of internal and external colleagues; development partners (developers and main contractors); and employment and skills support providers.

 The post holder will have a key role in support the monitoring the benefits from S106 employment and skills and affordable workspace planning obligations as well as from social value secured through the council’s social value approach in procurement. The role will gather social value employment and skills data from suppliers contracting with the council to ensure accuracy; record progress and manage a robust performance management system, including supporting the team with key data analysis, insight, and trends to help inform future strategies and programmes.

About the team

Make a real difference! Join our new Inclusive Economy service, where you’ll be instrumental in delivering Opportunity Haringey, the borough’s Inclusive Economy Framework. We have several exciting new roles available within the service. We’re seeking motivated individuals who are passionate about providing high-quality support to diverse local communities and fostering a more inclusive economy across all areas, from Wood Green to Crouch End, Alexandra Palace to Tottenham. This is the perfect time to join us in executing our plans, supporting local businesses and residents, and preparing for the London Borough of Culture 2027 and Euro 2028.

About you

The successful candidate will be adaptable and will provide business support to the S106/Social Value team, including coordinating event logistics, supporting communications, and assisting with the monitoring and oversight of Shared Prosperity Funding. We are seeking a results-driven individual with some knowledge of social value or S106, along with strong IT and analytical skills, who is passionate about ensuring the Council maximises our Social Value opportunities to benefit our residents and businesses.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.