Engagement Executive (Ref: CRH151)

Job title: Engagement Executive x6

Department: Property Procurement

Reporting to:  Head of Property/ Procurement

Location: Remote working

Contract type: Permanent

Hours of work: 40 hours p/w (Mon - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm)

Salary:  £38,500.00 - £43,500.00 per annum

This role will develop and lead the CRH Engagement activities in the dispersed accommodation sector across the South of England and Wales. The role will report to Head of Property and Procurement to provide an opportunity to collaboratively shape and deliver an engagement strategy to support the business and to provide assurance to stakeholders.

Working with the wider procurement and property team the role will manage a portfolio of dispersed properties, including standard and ODA/ larger sites and lead on the engagement across all stakeholders and partners. This role will support Head of Property and Procurement in developing key relationships and ensuring CRH representation at all necessary meetings. The role will require a recent background in engagement and stakeholder management. The role will work with the Procurement/ property teams, operations and wider CRH teams who will work in partnership to produce comms material, information sharing protocols and continuous improvement processes as a result of this essential and rewarding work.



Procedures

• Manage a portfolio of dispersed accommodation engagement meetings.
• Provide direct input into continuous improvement processes
• Building successful stakeholder relationships, engaging confidently with leaders and colleagues across all required contract areas
• Building positive relationships with external stakeholders, and third sector groups and proactively lead all engagement
• Identifying and informing real business needs at a practical level

 Connect and Collaborate

• Forge excellent communication with the senior leadership team in procurement and property in order to fully understand the business needs and communication and manage all stakeholder expectations.
• Proactively communicate and build relationships with SPOCs from all local authorities
• Collaborate with others, attending meetings as required
• Exceptional Communication: Ability to articulate complex issues clearly, concisely, and diplomatically
• Work closely with your line manager and team members
• Supporting team members and provide on-the-job training
• Provide cover for other staff as agreed by line manager

Responsive

• Keep up to date with all written and verbal communications (i.e. emails/messages/calls)
• Ensure all records are maintained and kept up-to-date according to company policies and procedures

Talented

• Monitor own work levels, progress and development in the role
• Take a lead on the development of best practices for managing high-level queries and stakeholder communication.
• Undertake all core learning and development programmes as required
• Undertake relevant learning according to agreed Personal Development Plan

 Trusted

• All employees are responsible for ensuring any personal data which Clearsprings Group holds and for which they are responsible, is kept securely and is not under any conditions disclosed to any third party unless that third party has been specifically authorised by Clearsprings Group to receive that information and has entered into a confidentiality agreement.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven experience in managing relationships with senior-level stakeholders, ideally within a government or public sector context

 Agile and Diverse

• Any other duties within the scope of responsibility and ability, as required, inclusive of providing similar support to any other local company project

Professional

• Maintain a good understanding of the legislation of the contract 

• 25 days annual leave plus national bank holidays
• Westfield Health Membership (offering cashback on health services plus discounts for retailers and gym memberships)
• Life Cover (2 x basic salary)
• 6-month probation period
• Employer pension contribution (4% employer, 4% employee)
• Laptop/Phone/other equipment if required as part of job role
• Referral Scheme

Diversity Statement

Clearsprings Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Modern Slavery Statement

Clearsprings Groups conduct robust checks on any new employee including eligibility to work in the UK to safeguard against human trafficking or individuals being forced to work against their will.

Safeguarding Statement

Clearsprings Group is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and expect all employees to share this commitment.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a satisfactory DBS check in line with their job role.

This role is not open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer withdrawn.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if there is a higher level of interest that expected.