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We’re invested in you and your success. Everything we do – whether Aerospace, Defense, Intelligence, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Nuclear, Automotive, or Telecommunications – is more than just a project. It’s our challenge as human beings, too. That’s why we bring a thoughtful and collaborative approach to every one of our partnerships.
It’s our promise to challenge the status quo as we redefine how to solve the world’s greatest challenges, and transform big ideas into intelligent solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
Design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed –today and into tomorrow.
Your impact
We're invested in you and your success. Everything we do – whether Aerospace, Defense, Intelligence, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Nuclear, Automotive, or Telecommunications – is more than just a project. It's our challenge as human beings, too. That's why we bring a thoughtful and collaborative approach to every one of our partnerships.
It's our promise to challenge the status quo as we redefine how to solve the world's greatest challenges, and transform big ideas into intelligent solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
Design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed -today and into tomorrow.
The mission
Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.
Our ES&T business – we are invested in you and your success. Everything we do – whether Aerospace, Defence, Intelligence, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Nuclear, Automotive, or Telecommunications – is more than just a project. It is our challenge as human beings, too. That is why we bring a thoughtful and collaborative approach to every one of our partnerships.
It is our promise to challenge the status quo as we redefine how to solve the world's greatest challenges and transform big ideas into intelligent solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
What you’ll be doing
We are looking for a motivated graduate to join the delivery team, working in Social Value and Sustainability. This role will be working within a fast-paced working environment, where you will gain valuable communication and time management skills.
- Supporting the development and implementation of social impact activities in response to the identified social impact needs, in alignment with business strategy.
- Support the integration of UK Government requirements and guidance on creation of Social Value.
- Support progress reporting of actions from social impact or sustainability plans within contracts
- Support business reporting, including but not limited tomonthly progress reports and dashboards
- Arrange and attend team meetings/conferences, supply chain meetings, engagement events as required, to take minutes, and ensure appropriate facilities are organised.
- Support development of social value and sustainability initiatives at the contract tendering stage.
Day to day responsibilities include
- Understand clients and operational key aims and objectives and actions and deliver on these in the timescales required.
- Where required, represent the company at local focus groups including education, employment and skills developments and opportunities.
- Attend external events to obtain details of best practice and assist with the implementation of new initiatives to improve business performance.
- Develop and maintain effective networks with all relevant contacts to ensure the Social Value and Sustainability actions are delivered in the most effective way.
- Monitor contract commitments to ensure these are completed.
- Support the completion of social value and sustainability case studies, including appropriate metrics.
- Helping understand, and map, our client’s maturity around social value and identify opportunities to improve our approach.
- Supervising the co-ordination and management of current evidence gathering processes and the adoption
Here’s What You’ll Need
- A relevant Bachelors degree
- An understanding and passion for social value and change.
- Experience of working in a collaborative environment.
- Desire and commitment to learn.
- Able to work with data (analysis and interpretations)
- Prior evidence of working to tight deadlines, with strong organisation skills.
- Confidence in analysing and interpreting numerical data but further understanding the importance of outcomes over basic metrics
- Confidence in presenting to a range of audiences.
- Strong communication & influencing skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage own caseload.
- Ability to work on numerous projects at one time.
Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have:
- Proven communication skills; both verbally and written
- Demonstrated a previous interest in working in the Engineering Sector
- Full driving licence
We want you to have unlimited learning opportunities and space for growth in order for you to work towards the next stage of your career.
The essentials
Jacobs require innovation, whether that be technology enabled or not, it requires us to use our ‘Essential Skills’ as well as our technical skills and experiences to positively disrupt and innovate.
It will be our Curiosity, Innovative thinking and Adaptability that allows us to embrace change, it will be our Empathy and Listening capability that allow us to truly understand our client’s requirements.
As we learn to automate some of the activities it will be these ‘Essentials’ that will allow us to offer competitive advantage over our clients and prepare us for the future. We believe that ‘The Essentials’ are the foundation for all of us, to equip us with not just the human skills that allow us to embrace change and bring world class innovation to our clients but also that allow us to explore and shape diverse and creative career opportunities in Jacobs.
Why Jacobs?
Recognised throughout industry as a benchmark of good practice our Graduate Development Programme offers a structured approach to Continuous Professional Development. You’ll benefit from learning that complements chartership progression that will provide both the technical skills, behavioural competencies and business acumen you require to create your future.
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $13 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.
