Speller Metcalfe is on a mission… and it’s a simple one. We want to build a sustainable company at the forefront of construction – one that is built with a people-first approach in mind.

As a family business with over 30 years’ experience under our belts, our focus is not just getting you through the door, but developing your skills to support a long-term career with us. We’re proud of our high levels of staff retention and with staff at the very heart of our company, you’re never just a cog in the machine, but someone who can truly have an impact on how we do business.

Our background

Established in 1995 by Steve Speller and Andy Metcalfe, their vision was to develop a business at the cutting edge of construction, built upon an ethos of family values which are reflected in everything we do.

Now one of the UK’s leading regional contractors, we predominantly work across the Midlands and South West regions. With offices in Malvern and Wolverhampton, we deliver a range of public and private sector projects from £250k up to £30 million across a numbers of fields including education, healthcare, residential and leisure.

How you’ll contribute

Developing and implementing social value (SV) strategies and initiatives across the group of companies, the role includes identifying and delivering activities and the management of social value trackers alongside the site delivery teams.

The main tasks and responsibilities include:

• Work with bid and pre-construction teams to develop social value strategies in support of tender submissions. Assist in the bid writing process in respect of social value. Where required, attend project interviews to promote social value.
• Support bid stage responses with bid leads.
• Support development of Social Value Plans (SVP) at bid stage and beyond, liaising with internal teams, clients and project stakeholders to ensure production of robust and achievable targets.
• Use of multiple software platforms to generate, manage and monitor social value plans.
• Update Social Value Calculator with project KPIs.
• Attendance at client / framework specific social value meetings / events. Development of strong-working relationships with social value leads in key client organisations.
• Coordinate, lead and participate in activities with stakeholders and site delivery teams, examples include site tours, school assemblies, careers fairs and framework engagement.
  Build and maintain relationships with beneficiaries.
• Contribute to process modernisation and development.
• Work with framework and commercial teams to manage monthly data capture related to framework activity and feed this back to framework providers. Ensure management information responses are prompt, accurate and comprehensive.

To be successful in this role you will bring your enthusiasm and determination as well as:

Essential

• At least 3 year’s experience in a similar role
• Confident public speaker
• Confident communicator
• Full driving licence

Desirable

• Social Value qualification
• Construction experience advantageous

Core behaviours which will help you to be successful in this role include:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to maintain positive relationships both internally and externally
• Highly motivated and organised with the ability to work to deadlines, multi-task and prioritise workload
• Proactive and takes initiative
• Takes responsibility and accountability
• Drives for results

The successful candidate will be provided with training and mentoring as required.

This is a full-time position, with working hours between 08:30 – 17:00.

As well as a competitive salary, increasing holiday benefits and access to private healthcare, we offer a number of other benefits for our staff.

Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our values, we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. Our mission has always been to encourage, develop and combine the individual talents of our staff, and we welcome and encourage staff from all backgrounds and abilities.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

To apply for the role, please email in your CV and a covering letter to careers@spellermetcalfe.com

If you don’t meet all the criteria, but are still interested in joining us, email us your CV anyway! It’s always good to hear from people who can bring their enthusiasm and desire to learn to our team.