Salary circa £45,000

If you’re passionate about Aviva’s sustainability ambition and delivering positive social impact in your local community, here’s an exciting new opportunity. We’re seeking a driven self-starter, a networker, and a ‘doer’ who loves to make things happen and deliver as part of a team.

Aviva is a recognised leader in sustainability and social action but with a concerted focus on ‘Place’ we will strengthen, deepen, and amplify the impact we make. Working in partnership with local businesses, councils, and community groups to understand the issues in the locality and then bringing together the levers of change across Aviva, our charitable partnerships, colleague volunteering, propositions and investment, we will drive significant social action to address the needs of our local communities.

A bit about the job:

You will play a critical role in a team driving social action and developing a “Place Focussed” strategic direction. You will be the key driver for ‘Place’ in the locality, ensuring strategic alignment of activities, collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, mobilising colleagues, and activating the vision and strategy for that locality. You will work closely with and support a newly appointed senior Community Ambassador for the site, and report through the central sustainability team to ensure a strategically aligned approach. You will also benefit from sponsorship and support of the Exco Site Lead. Deeply embedded in your local community you will direct Aviva’s Social Action activities, enabling the community and our people to be stronger and more resilient.

The role provides an amazing opportunity to learn and develop as a leader. You will be a passionate advocate for social action and ensure Aviva has a strong presence in the community to enable positive social impact to be delivered; create a Place focussed Social Action strategy and plan mapped against local need and Aviva’s Social Action Strategy Framework; convene the Aviva Local Place Taskforce from across Aviva teams to lead the implementation of the social action plan; connect with all site-based activity (incl. Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Aviva Communities, Wellbeing Heroes etc), and work alongside Site Leads to spot opportunities for alignment and collaboration; and manage and develop the Business in the Community (BITC) relationship, working closely with local businesses, councils and community stakeholders to develop a shared view on local priorities.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience in social impact, community development and the delivery of social impact programmes.
• Confident and articulate communicator, with an ability to develop internal and external stakeholder relationships. Partnered with strong written and oral presentation skills, deliverable to varying audiences.
• Collaborative team player with the capability to inspire and motivate others and the conviction to make decisions to enable delivery.
• Analytical skills to assess local need and develop long-term strategies and implementation plans, with proven ability to execute successfully against strategic plans.
• Experience of measuring of social impact initiatives, setting parameters of success and reporting against measures.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary circa £45,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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