United Kingdom · Compliance Quality Health Safety · Principal/Manager (12-16 years)

Head of Social Value

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandPrincipal/Manager (12-16 years)
  • Direct reports3-8 reports
  • Reports toDirector of Social Impact & ESG
  • UK framework levelUsually someone running a function, or a director

Also advertised as Social Impact Manager · ESG Social Lead · Senior Social Value Lead · Social Value Programme Manager

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1What this role really is

You'll be the one steering our social value ship, making sure we actually deliver on our promises and report it all properly. This isn't just about ticking boxes; it's about making a real, measurable difference and proving it to our clients and the wider world. You'll lead the team, set the strategy, and honestly, you'll probably spend a fair bit of time translating between what operations *think* they're doing and what we *need* to report.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Social Value Platforms (e.g., Impact Reporting, Social Value Portal, Loop)Architect

Leading platform selection, defining enterprise-wide data standards, managing API integrations with other business systems (like ERP or HRIS), and overseeing the platform's strategic use for reporting and insights.

Defining key metrics, data governance policies, and reporting requirements. You'll rely on your team's advanced Excel skills, but you'll need to interpret the analysis to make strategic recommendations.

Business Intelligence (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)Enterprise View

Commissioning and interpreting enterprise-level dashboards for board-level reporting, identifying strategic trends, and using visualisations to communicate complex impact data to senior leadership.

Collaboration & Document Management (e.g., MS Teams, SharePoint, Power Automate)Strategist

Setting the information architecture and governance policies for all social value documentation across the enterprise, ensuring auditability and ease of access for your team and other departments.

Project & Portfolio Management (e.g., Asana, Monday.com, MS Project)Portfolio Management

Overseeing the entire portfolio of social value commitments, allocating resources, prioritising initiatives based on strategic importance, and tracking overall progress against organisational goals.

GRC / ESG Platforms (e.g., ServiceNow GRC, OneTrust, Diligent ESG)Owns 'Social' module

Owning the 'Social' module within broader GRC/ESG platforms, ensuring data integrity, auditability, and alignment with enterprise-wide ESG reporting frameworks.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Social Value Strategy & FrameworkFollows established framework.Proposes minor adjustments to framework for specific projects.Leads the design and implementation of framework updates, makes recommendations to leadership.
Team Management & DevelopmentFocuses on personal learning and development.Provides informal guidance to new joiners.Mentors 0-2 junior team members, provides technical guidance.
Budget Allocation (Social Value Function)No budget authority.Requests resources for specific project needs (e.g., software licence).Recommends budget for specific workstreams up to £5K.
External RepresentationNo external representation.Supports manager in client meetings, presents project updates.Presents to clients on specific project social value performance, handles audit queries.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Contractual KPI Achievement Rate
The percentage of all committed social value KPIs (from method statements) that are successfully met or exceeded across the entire portfolio of projects.
Target · Achieve 95%+ of all contractual social value KPIs.

If we committed to 100 social value KPIs across all projects in a year, you'd be tracking that 95 or more of those were demonstrably achieved with solid evidence.

Bid Win-Rate (Social Value Weighted Tenders)
The percentage of tenders with a social value weighting (typically 10%+) that our company successfully wins.
Target · Increase bid win-rate by 5% on tenders with a >10% social value weighting year-on-year.

If we bid on 20 tenders with a social value weighting and won 10 last year (50%), we'd expect to win 11 or more this year (55%+).

Portfolio-Wide SROI Ratio
The average Social Return on Investment ratio calculated across all major social value programmes, demonstrating the monetary value created for every £1 invested.
Target · Maintain or improve a portfolio-wide SROI ratio of at least 3:1.

If we invested £1M into social value programmes, we'd aim to demonstrate at least £3M in social value created, using recognised proxy values.

External Audit / Client Scrutiny Pass Rate
The number of times our social value reporting and evidence passes external audits or client verification without significant non-conformities.
Target · Zero major non-conformities in annual client or external audits.

Passing the annual client audit for our largest public sector contract with no 'red' flags on our social value claims.

Team Capability & Development
How well you're building, mentoring, and developing your team, ensuring they have the skills and resilience to deliver our social value commitments.
  • Regular 1:1s, clear development plans for each team member, team members taking on greater responsibility, positive feedback from team engagement surveys, successful internal promotions within the team.
Strategic Influence & Integration
Your ability to embed social value thinking into core business processes, from bid development to project delivery, rather than it being an afterthought.
  • Social value considerations included in early-stage bid discussions, operational teams proactively seeking your team's advice, social value becoming a standard agenda item in project review meetings, positive feedback from Commercial and Operations leadership.
Reputational Enhancement
How effectively your team's work contributes to a positive external perception of our company's social impact and ethical standing.
  • Positive mentions in client reviews or case studies, awards or recognitions for social value, increased media coverage of our social impact initiatives, positive feedback from community partners.
Data Governance & Integrity
The robustness and reliability of our social value data, ensuring it's auditable, consistent, and trustworthy across the organisation.
  • Clear data collection protocols, minimal data discrepancies reported by the team, successful internal data quality checks, positive feedback from Finance or Internal Audit on data integrity.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Building and Shaping a Function

You'll get a kick out of designing new processes, implementing better reporting tools, and seeing your team grow in capability. It's about leaving a lasting mark on how we do social value.

Successfully rolling out a new social value platform across the entire organisation, seeing your team adopt it, and getting positive feedback from project managers on its ease of use.

Driving Tangible Impact

You're motivated by seeing the real-world results of your team's efforts – whether it's a new apprenticeship programme, a community garden, or a local charity receiving support. You want to know your work truly makes a difference.

Presenting a quarterly report to the board that clearly demonstrates how our social value programmes have positively impacted hundreds of lives and contributed to local economic growth.

Navigating Complexity & Influence

You enjoy the challenge of getting different departments on the same page, solving tricky data problems, and influencing senior leaders to prioritise social value. It's about making things happen in a complex organisation.

Successfully convincing the Commercial Director to allocate more resource to social value training for bid writers, leading to a measurable increase in social value scores on our tenders.

What frustrates people
  • Organisational inertia: getting buy-in for new ideas or processes can be incredibly slow.
  • Managing team dynamics: dealing with different personalities, skill levels, and occasional conflicts.
  • The constant pressure to 'do more with less' when it comes to social value resources.
  • Strategic pivots: having to re-align your team's focus due to shifting business priorities.
  • The sheer volume of reporting and internal communications required at this level.
What this role does not give you
  • A purely individual contributor role where you can just focus on your own projects.
  • A static, predictable environment with no changes in strategy or priorities.
  • A role where you won't have to manage people or deal with team challenges.
  • Complete autonomy over budget and resources without any senior oversight.

6Who you work with

This role directly shapes our company's reputation, bid success rate (especially for public sector contracts), and overall contribution to societal wellbeing. You'll own the narrative around our social impact, making sure it's both compelling and watertight. Poor performance here means lost business, reputational damage, and a failure to deliver on our ethical commitments.

Inside the business
  • Director of Social Impact & ESG
  • Commercial & Bid Teams
  • Operations Leadership (e.g., Project Directors, Regional Managers)
  • Finance Department
  • Marketing & Communications Team
  • HR Department (for local employment, apprenticeships)
Outside the business
  • Clients (especially public sector bodies)
  • External Auditors
  • Community Partners & Charities
  • Local Authorities & Government Bodies
  • Industry Bodies (e.g., Social Value UK)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven track record of successfully managing and delivering complex social value programmes for at least 5-8 years, ideally in a large organisation or consultancy.
  • Demonstrable experience in leading and developing a small team, including performance management, coaching, and mentoring.
  • Expert-level knowledge of the National TOMs Framework and its practical application in public procurement.
  • Strong experience in designing and implementing robust data collection, analysis, and reporting processes for social value.
  • A deep understanding of the public procurement landscape and the role of social value in winning contracts.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to influence senior leaders and external partners.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Strategic Platform Evolution & Integration

Our social value platforms (and the broader tech stack) won't stay static. You'll need to continuously evaluate new features, assess market offerings, and strategically plan how these tools integrate with our wider business systems (like CRM, ERP, HRIS) to create a seamless data flow.

API Management & Data Orchestration · Vendor Management for SaaS Solutions · Data Security & Privacy (GDPR) · User Adoption & Training Strategies

  • This quarter: Review our current social value platform's roadmap and identify any upcoming features that could benefit us.
  • Next 3 months: Schedule meetings with key internal IT/data teams to understand our broader data architecture and potential integration points.
  • Next 6 months: Conduct a market scan of emerging social value technologies and present a strategic recommendation for future investment.
  • Next 12 months: Lead a project to integrate our social value platform with at least one other core business system, automating a data flow.

Quick win: Start by documenting our current data flows for social value. Where does the data come from? Where does it go? This simple exercise often uncovers immediate opportunities for improvement.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attending industry conferences and webinars on social value, ESG, and sustainable procurement.
  • Subscribing to key industry publications and thought leadership from organisations like Social Value UK, IEMA, or the Social Progress Imperative.
  • Networking with peers in other organisations to share best practices and insights.
  • Actively participating in relevant professional bodies or working groups to stay abreast of emerging trends and regulations.
  • Taking advanced courses in data analytics or AI applications for social impact to enhance strategic capabilities.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Advanced AI-Driven Impact Modelling

AI and machine learning are rapidly advancing, allowing for more sophisticated analysis of social impact data, predictive modelling of outcomes, and automated identification of new social value opportunities. Competitors will be using this to gain an edge in bids and reporting.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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Built for Head of Social Value

5 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Position the commissioning organisation to embrace changeChartered Management Institute · covers 3 of 7 standardsLevel 7
  2. Marketing Strategy for Social EnterpriseQualifi Ltd · covers 2 of 7 standardsLevel 7
  3. Corporate Social Responsibility as a Key Strategic IssueNOCN · covers 1 of 7 standardsLevel 7
  4. Manage a programme of complementary projectsNCFE · covers 1 of 7 standardsLevel 7
  5. Marketing research and informationThe Market Research Society · covers 1 of 7 standardsLevel 7
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The rising capability

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What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Advanced AI-Driven Impact Modelling

AI and machine learning are rapidly advancing, allowing for more sophisticated analysis of social impact data, predictive modelling of outcomes, and automated identification of new social value opportunities. Competitors will be using this to gain an edge in bids and reporting.

  • Predictive Analytics for Social Outcomes
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Qualitative Data
  • Ethical AI in Social Impact
  • AI-Powered Scenario Planning

Integrated ESG & Social Value Reporting

Social value is increasingly seen as a critical component of broader ESG performance. Investors, regulators, and clients are demanding more holistic and integrated reporting across all ESG pillars. You'll need to seamlessly connect social value data into our overall ESG strategy and disclosures.

  • Double Materiality
  • ESG Data Harmonisation
  • TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) for Social Risk
  • Investor Relations & ESG Ratings

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Social Return on Investment (SROI) Analysis
  • National TOMs Framework
  • Theory of Change / Logic Modelling
  • Public Procurement Legislation (e.g., PPN 06/20, Social Value Act 2012)
  • Stakeholder Mapping & Strategic Engagement
  • ESG Reporting Standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD)

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Lead Social Value Practitioner (L4)

    3-5 years in previous role

    Skills to master

    • Designing complex evidence capture processes, writing method statements for major bids, leading internal training programmes, and managing significant workstreams independently.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently delivering on large, complex social value projects with minimal oversight.
    • Proactively identifying and solving systemic issues in data collection or reporting.
    • Demonstrating strong mentorship of junior team members and contributing to their development.
    • Successfully influencing cross-functional teams to adopt social value best practices.
  2. 2

    Senior ESG Manager (from another sector)

    4-6 years in previous role

    Skills to master

    • Deep dive into the specifics of UK public procurement social value legislation (PPN 06/20, Social Value Act), mastering the National TOMs framework, and understanding our company's specific operational context.

    You're ready to move on when

    • A strong track record in broader ESG strategy and reporting, with a clear understanding of the 'S' component.
    • Proven leadership experience in a compliance-driven environment.
    • Ability to quickly adapt to new regulatory frameworks and industry-specific nuances.
    • Excellent communication and influencing skills, transferable to our internal and external stakeholders.
  3. 3

    Social Impact Consultant (from a specialist consultancy)

    5-7 years in previous role

    Skills to master

    • Transitioning from client-facing advisory to in-house operational leadership, managing a permanent team, and navigating internal corporate structures and politics. Understanding our specific business model and commercial drivers.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Extensive experience in designing and implementing social value strategies for multiple clients.
    • Strong methodological expertise in SROI and other impact measurement frameworks.
    • Proven ability to manage complex projects and deliver high-quality reports.
    • A desire to move from a project-based role to building and owning a long-term function.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey as Head of Social Value is a pivotal one, offering the chance to build a high-impact function and shape the future of our business. We're excited to see where you take it, and we'll support you every step of the way.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

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The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Head of Social Value is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Position the commissioning organisation to embrace changeLevel 7

Applied to your work in Head of Social Value

This unit aims to enable learners to analyse the impact of changes and trends on commissioning organisations, support organisational responses, and recognise the potential impact of future developments.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
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One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

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Evidenced on your work in Head of Social Value

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Contractual KPI Achievement RateThe percentage of all committed social value KPIs (from method statements) that are successfully met or exceeded across the entire portfolio of projects.If we committed to 100 social value KPIs across all projects in a year, you'd be tracking that 95 or more of those were demonstrably achieved with solid evidence.Achieve 95%+ of all contractual social value KPIs.
  • Bid Win-Rate (Social Value Weighted Tenders)The percentage of tenders with a social value weighting (typically 10%+) that our company successfully wins.If we bid on 20 tenders with a social value weighting and won 10 last year (50%), we'd expect to win 11 or more this year (55%+).Increase bid win-rate by 5% on tenders with a >10% social value weighting year-on-year.
  • Portfolio-Wide SROI RatioThe average Social Return on Investment ratio calculated across all major social value programmes, demonstrating the monetary value created for every £1 invested.If we invested £1M into social value programmes, we'd aim to demonstrate at least £3M in social value created, using recognised proxy values.Maintain or improve a portfolio-wide SROI ratio of at least 3:1.
  • External Audit / Client Scrutiny Pass RateThe number of times our social value reporting and evidence passes external audits or client verification without significant non-conformities.Passing the annual client audit for our largest public sector contract with no 'red' flags on our social value claims.Zero major non-conformities in annual client or external audits.
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Head of Social Value to Director of Social Impact & ESG (L6), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 6 · in progressAI Fluency→ Director of Social Impact & ESG (L6)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey as Head of Social Value is a pivotal one, offering the chance to build a high-impact function and shape the future of our business. We're excited to see where you take it, and we'll support you every step of the way.

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Head of Social Value
  • Social Return on Investment (SROI) Analysis
  • National TOMs Framework
  • Theory of Change / Logic Modelling
  • Public Procurement Legislation (e.g., PPN 06/20, Social Value Act 2012)
  • Stakeholder Mapping & Strategic Engagement
  • ESG Reporting Standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD)
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Head of Social Value is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Director of Social Impact & ESG (L6)

    3-5 years in current role

    This is a significant step up, moving from managing a function to shaping the broader ESG strategy for a business unit or the entire organisation.

    • Leading the development of corporate-wide ESG policies and targets.
    • Managing external ESG ratings and investor relations.
    • Overseeing a larger, multi-disciplinary team, potentially including other ESG specialists.
    • Driving multi-year transformation programmes across the business.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be honest, managing a social value function means juggling a lot – strategy, team leadership, reporting, and endless data validation. What if you could cut through the noise and focus on what truly matters? AI isn't here to replace you; it's here to give you back your time and amplify your impact.

Imagine having an intelligent assistant that handles the grunt work, spots patterns you might miss, and keeps you ahead of the curve. For a Head of Social Value, this means less time buried in spreadsheets and more time strategising, coaching your team, and building those crucial stakeholder relationships. We're talking about smart tools that genuinely make your life easier and your function more effective.

Strategic Impact Analyser

AI can quickly analyse vast datasets of social value outcomes, identifying trends, correlations, and areas of highest impact across your entire portfolio. It'll flag underperforming programmes or unexpected successes, giving you the insights you need to refine your strategy and allocate resources more effectively. Think of it as a super-powered consultant for your social value data.

Team Workflow Optimiser

Use AI-driven project management tools to automatically assign routine tasks, track evidence collection progress, and flag bottlenecks within your team's workflow. It can even suggest optimal resource allocation based on project complexity and team member skills, freeing you up to focus on coaching and strategic oversight rather than micro-managing.

Regulatory Intelligence Hub

An AI agent can continuously monitor government portals, legal databases, and industry news for updates to social value legislation, procurement policies (like new PPNs), and emerging ESG reporting standards. It'll summarise key changes and their implications for our strategy, keeping you and your team always one step ahead of compliance requirements.

Automated Reporting Narratives

Feed validated social value data and key achievements into an LLM to generate first drafts of quarterly reports, board presentations, or client case studies. You can tailor the tone and focus for different audiences, saving hours on initial drafting and allowing you to fine-tune the narrative for maximum impact and accuracy.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Head of Social Value?

Common routes in include Lead Social Value Practitioner (L4) (3-5 years in previous role), Senior ESG Manager (from another sector) (4-6 years in previous role) and Social Impact Consultant (from a specialist consultancy) (5-7 years in previous role). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Head of Social Value progress to?

This role can lead on to Director of Social Impact & ESG (L6) (3-5 years in current role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Head of Social Value in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 6 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Head of Social Value?

Increasingly, Advanced AI-Driven Impact Modelling and Integrated ESG & Social Value Reporting. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Head of Social Value, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
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Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 7 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Head of Social Value: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 6

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Compliance Quality Health Safety

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll gain as Head of Social Value are highly transferable across various sectors, particularly within public sector contracting, infrastructure, construction, professional services, and any industry with significant ESG reporting requirements. You'll be well-placed to move into broader sustainability roles or specialist consultancies.

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