Title:  Social Procurement Advisor

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do.

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the Role

The Social Procurement Advisor will be responsible for the application and delivery of social procurement, training and local content requirements on projects and to provide support to the delivery of client social inclusion and procurement obligations.

Responsibilities of the role include;

• Manage and implement the social procurement strategy for the project in accordance with the contract and broader John Holland strategy
• Assist subcontractors to understand their social procurement, training and local content obligations under the contract
• Coordinate delivery, monitoring and reporting of project social procurement targets
• Build relationships with social benefit suppliers that can support JHG’s social inclusion procurement requirements
• Facilitate cultural awareness and training relevant to achieving social procurement strategy to JHG employees and sub-contractors on topics such as disability, mental health, cultural and domestic violence to support the project to meet their targets
• Collaborate with the broader social inclusion and diversity community to share learnings and information
• Co-ordinate events and celebrations of cultural significance while providing an up-to-date diversity and inclusion calendar and implementation of relevant initiatives

What we are looking for;

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role developing and implementing social procurement requirements in an operational environment
• Understanding of government-related policies
• Demonstrated experience developing networks with job networks and community groups and managing client relationships
• Understanding of commercial terms with contractors
• Strong ability to build networks and relationships
• Exposure to engineering, construction, manufacturing or similar industry

As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What’s in it for you

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.