Social Value Manager - Environmental Sustainability

Please note that you must be eligible for SC clearance to be considered for the role.

Here at Cognizant, we work with clients across the UK’s public sector to help modernise their businesses. As one of our largest growing business sectors, we guide our government, defence and healthcare clients through their digital transformation journeys.

Social value is a core part of our culture and is embedded in much of our existing public sector work. With even more focus on bringing our social value commitments to fruition, we are seeking a Social Value Manager- Environmental Sustainability, to coordinate the realisation of these efforts. In this role you will manage and oversee the delivery and monitoring of our social value commitments, procedures and partnerships, ensuring we bring these to life in the contractual commitments we already have in place for existing business and for new business secured.

In this role you will support our Public Sector team to develop and implement strategies and programmes which will allow our clients to realise ambitions commitments around climate change and resources. You will support sustainability certifications, reporting, performance management and ESG advisory and this role is crucial in driving our environmental initiatives across all Public Sector clients.

The role is based in London, and you will be expected to travel onsite 2 to 3 times a week. Travel might be required across the UK occasionally.

Some of your key responsibilities will be to:

You will lead on delivery of social value commitments in line Cognizant’s social value strategy, project planning and delivering for multiple clients against a set plan of commitments. This includes preparing action plan for social value bids. You will develop and manage sustainability projects aimed at reducing waste, emissions, and energy consumption, ensuring they are compliant with the relevant legislation. This includes supervising the impact assessments to identify, evaluate and reduce our environmental risks and financial costs to the us and the client. You will own the full delivery of specific events which are aligned with our commitment plan This includes finding partners to deliver on those commitments, co-ordinating and booking clients, cognizant teams, and venues and hosting the events. You will oversee the delivery of some of our core programmes including Apprentice Levy and Levy Transfer, Bootcamps, Work Experience, Cognizant Women in Technology Leadership MSc programme. You will monitor, evaluate, budget and report performance against planned objectives, deliverables and milestones. You will engage a broad network of external and internal partners across multiple channels, platforms and activities to advance Cognizant’s reputation plus to support delivery. You will handle our social value reporting against the IES framework and in Thrive to ensure it is outstanding, relevant and impactful. You will stay up to date with environmental and sustainable trends which could impact future work with clients.

The experience you will need to demonstrate:

A passion in understanding social value and Experience in delivering social value programmes or initiatives including Diversity and inclusion. Experience working in sustainability and the environment, knowledge of environmental regulations and sustainability practices. Proven experience in conducting environmental impact assessments and audits. Good understanding of major sustainability disclosure frameworks (such as GRI, SASB, CDP, Ecovadis). You will be a great communicator with the ability to build effective and balanced relationships. Time management and prioritisation skills. Problem-solving and analytical capabilities. Numerical skills and commercial acumen. Advances Excel skills.

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world. We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen. We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right. We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.

About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer: 
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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