Social and Environmental Manager

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HealthNet Homecare are specialists in delivering homecare services for patients, from medical deliveries to nursing support for patients in their own homes.

Working with over 180,000 patients across numerous different therapy areas, our dedicated team offer support to patients with rare and orphan diseases right through to more common conditions. Our aim is to make patients' lives easier by taking the stress out of managing their medication and ensuring they are confident they are in safe hands with HealthNet.

We are looking for a Social Values and Environmental Manager

If you are a passionate and caring individual, seeking a role with a mission statement you can truly get behind, where you can help to make a difference to patients' everyday lives, then this is the opportunity for you!

MainResponsibilities

To champion, and develop the ethical, environmentally friendly, and community-minded focuses of the business. To ensure that the company's policies in relation to Social Value matters reflect current legislation, company policy and customer requirements, and that they are regularly reviewed and updated. Accountable for ensuring key KPI's and targets surround the company's social responsibility targets are executed and completed in a timely manner.Responsible for raising public awareness of the company's social value commitments through marketing and social media and advising and assisting the business in the development, implementation, and modification of social responsibility policies. The post-holder will also be responsible for ensuring the companies social values policies fulfil legal and commercial requirements and provide detailed reports and updates on activity to the board of directors. the post-holder will support the Commercial team with responsibility for providing specific input to the company's Tender submissions in relation to all Social Value matters.

• Internal and external facing - managing inter-departmental relationships and relationships with key clients, charities and professional bodies where Social Values matters are concerned.
• The development and delivery of Social Value programs working the with People Services team and wider stakeholders across the organisation and HealthNet's Net Zero Strategy.
• Raising positive awareness of the organisation's commitment to sustainable social responsibility by championing the company's initiatives both externally and internally.
• Manage, maintain, develop, communicate, and implement the Sustainability Standards, ensuring the requirements of the standards evolve and progress.
• Produce and deliver reports about our Environment, Social Value and Governance and sustainability strategy and the delivery progress to internal / external stakeholders.
• Ensuring that key sub-contractors and supply chain partners support HealthNet's Social Value initiatives, Carbon-reduction plan and Net Zero Strategy.
• Creating projects relating to key D&I dates like Pride Month and Mental Health Awareness Week - working closely with HR for support on creating the strategy as well as the overall execution.
• Reinforce Social Value initiatives through internal and external communication, including social media.
• Liaise with operations teams to build case studies of Social Value initiatives, helping to share and encourage best practice across the business and throughout HealthNet's supply chain.
• Help coordinate initiatives such as community and charity activities, which support the company's Social Value policies.
• Providing specialist environmental expertise, acting as technical authority for matters related to protection of environment & sustainability.
• Promoting green travel and discouraging unnecessary waste. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle".
• Ensure compliance of Sustainability regulations are adhered to across the business, by HealthNet's sub-contractors and throughout the organisation's supply chain.
• Monitor Sustainability performance against targets and drive continuous improvement.
• Evaluate proposals with regards to sustainability functions with service providers where required.
• Coordinate all aspects of pollution control, waste management, recycling, environmental health, conservation, and renewable energy.
• Lead the implementation of environmental policies and practices, ensuring sustainability and carbon-reduction or carbon-offset is considered at each aspect of project and event delivery.
• Ensure compliance with Social Value legislation and keep up to date with UK and International regulation and legislation.
• Liaise with relevant bodies such as BSI, local authorities, public bodies and competent bodies around Social Value performance.
• Support the Commercial team with responsibility for providing specific input to the company's Tender submissions in relation to all Social Value matters.
• Provide reports, data and insights for both internal and external reporting purposes, ad hoc reports and information to the support the wider business.

What experience and skills are we looking for?

• The ability to provide expertise of Environmental, Social Value and Governance related issues.
• Delivery of a Corporate Social Value Programme, or equivalent experience.
• Experience driving behavioural change through strong communication and people skills.
• Knowledge of how to measure and grow a Net Promoter Score.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience with the ability to build relationships based on collaboration and analysis.

Qualifications?

• Desirable or working towards - BSc/BA Degree in Sustainability
• Ideally working towards a professional qualification IEMA or similar
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong relationship building and management
• Ability to present and influence in an engaging manner
• Taking the initiative
• Communication
• Motivation and Commitment
• Decision Making
• Problem Solving
• Delivering results
• Planning and Organizing

What we offer:

• Competitive salary structure
• 25 days holiday + bank holiday
• Pension Scheme
• Ongoing training and development
• Employee Assistant Programme including 24/7 hour access to remote GP appointments.
• Refer a friend scheme
• Uniform provided
• Kit bags for all Homecare Nurses
• Perks and benefits via Perkbox
• Long service awards.

If the role sounds of interest, and you want to be a part of a company who truly places our patients at the heart of everything we do, please feel free to apply through our careers page and join us in making a difference.

Please note: Due to a high volume of applications, we usually receive, we are unable to contact each applicant individually regarding the status of their application. If you are selected for an interview, we will shortly be in touch.