Apprentice Social Value/sustainability

Tilbury Douglas
Tilbury Douglas Construction is a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out company. We deliver vital projects across a range of sectors including health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water and environment. We are headquartered in the UK and have a workforce of circa 1,200 highly experienced colleagues.

We offer a competitive salary attached to this role and a variety of company benefits also. Please see the benefits section below.

**Social Value/Sustainability Apprentice**

Be the best and get the best of both worlds by joining Tilbury Douglas Construction as an apprentice where careers are created, and you will receive a mixture of on-the-job training and classroom learning enabling you to earn whilst you learn

Come join us at Tilbury Douglas Construction, a high performing construction business steeped in history with a bright future where our people make our success enabling us to innovate and remain resilient

In our inclusive culture and forward thinking, we look forward to sharing with you many new and exciting developments, including our journey to Net Zero Carbon, use of Modern Methods of Construction, digital transformation and commitment to long lasting social value.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our growing team as an apprentice.

As an apprentice you will be supporting the Social Value team on the design and delivery of the social value plan and how it will be achieved. You will be responsible for a range of administration tasks to support in the delivery of our social value and environmental commitments. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about economic and environmental impact and looking to start or expand their career within this sector.

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**Overview**

Over a 3-year period (this does not include EPA period), we provide bespoke training for our Social Value/Sustainability employees of the future along with on-the-job mentoring and learning. When not being fully supported on a site/office you will attend a local college or apprenticeship provider.

**What you will be studying**

You will study towards a Level 4 Level 4 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner Apprenticeship achieved through a combination of college work and gathering work-based experience and evidence.

**Academic Requirements**

The apprenticeship is a level 4 and requires you to have completed either A Levels, a BTEC or a level 3 apprenticeship to qualify

**What you will be doing**

To start you will be shadowing the Social Value team gaining a better understanding of the role. You will be allocated tasks, attend meetings with internal and external stakeholders allowing you to further your knowledge and expand your network.
- Support projects in recording, reporting and achieving social value targets
Attend meetings with clients, stakeholders, and other third-party organisations
Identify and liaise with relevant partner organisations, such as local schools, charities, employment and skills agencies
Monitor and review social value data to ensure accuracy and performance improvement
- Data Collection
- support with the monitoring and measuring of our performance and the success of both social value and environmental initiatives, including for individual contracts and the wider business
- Data Inputting
- Keeping social value tracker up to date
- Data Reporting
- support in producing reports against a range of social value and environmental KPI’s and performance measures. Support with producing updates for client contract reports in line with client requirements and deadlines

**Essential skills**
- Attention to detail
- Diligence
- Good time keeping
- Willingness to get stuck in

**What you can bring**:

- Good communication skills and the ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders, clients and individuals
- Proactive approach to managing workload and an ability to work autonomously with mínimal supervision
- Responsive and hardworking
- A team player, who is also able to work independently as required
- Enthusiastic about working with people and supporting positive social and environmental outcomes
- Enthusiastic
- Willingness to listen and learn
- Ability to be self-starting and independent as well as self-motivated
- Approachable, positive, flexible, adaptable and friendly team member

**What we can offer you**
- Competitive salary
- 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)
- Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)
- Life Assurance
- Company pension scheme matched up to 8%
- 2 days volunteering opportunities
- Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase b