Social Impact Manager - Partnerships & Programmes

Job Description

Overview

The position is available across all AtkinsRéalis office locations in the UK. This role is advertised as full-time, but part-time applications are welcome.

At AtkinsRéalis we are driven by our purpose to engineer a better future for the planet and its people. Our UK&I Corporate Impact & ESG function ensures that we embed sustainability, social impact, ethical governance and inclusive growth into how we operate, how we support our people and communities, and how we deliver value for clients.

This role sits within the Corporate Impact & ESG team and plays a critical operational and delivery role within AtkinsRéalis’ social impact agenda, supporting the effective implementation of a strategically aligned portfolio of partnerships and programmes. Working closely with the Head of Social Impact, you will ensure that partnerships and programmes are well managed, effectively governed, and delivering against defined outcomes, contributing to social value delivery, business priorities, and community impact.

You will act as a key connector across the Corporate Impact & ESG function and wider business, translating strategy into delivery by coordinating partners, supporting teams, and embedding programmes into bids, projects, and workforce initiatives. With responsibility for day-to-day management, performance tracking, and continuous improvement, the role ensures the portfolio operates efficiently, delivers measurable results, and maintains high standards of governance and compliance.

Your role

• Deliver the Partnerships & Programmes strategy, supporting its implementation through effective coordination, planning, and execution.
• Manage day-to-day partnership relationships, ensuring agreements are delivered, stakeholders are engaged, and programmes remain aligned to defined objectives.
• Operate strong governance processes, maintaining documentation, tracking performance, and ensuring consistent reporting across the portfolio.
• Monitor and assess programme performance, gathering data and insight to support portfolio reviews and identify opportunities for improvement, scaling, or exit.
• Coordinate delivery across the business, working with social value consultants, project teams, and functional leads to embed partnerships and programmes into activities and priorities.
• Support work winning and client engagement, identifying and activating opportunities where partnerships can add value to bids and projects.
• Oversee delivery of core programmes such as volunteering, STEM, and corporate giving, ensuring high-quality execution and engagement.
• Support impact measurement and reporting, ensuring outcomes are captured consistently and translated into clear, evidence-based insights.
• Maintain compliance in delivery, working with Legal and Integrity & Ethics teams to ensure all partnerships and activities meet UK charity law and internal requirements.
• Build strong working relationships across stakeholders, facilitating collaboration between partners and internal teams such as Early Careers, HR, Integrity & Ethics, and Procurement.

About you

• Experience in social impact, partnerships, social value, or stakeholder engagement, ideally within a complex or matrixed organisation or Third Sector.
• Proven project management ability and/or ability to manage partnerships or programmes effectively, delivering against defined objectives and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
• Strong organisational and operational capability, with experience coordinating delivery, maintaining governance processes, and managing multiple priorities.
• Data-driven and analytical, able to gather insight, monitor performance, and contribute to continuous improvement and informed decision-making.
• Good understanding of, or ability to quickly develop knowledge of, the UK social value landscape, policy, and measurement approaches.
• Awareness of UK charity law and compliance requirements.
• Commercial awareness, with an understanding of how social impact activity supports bids, client relationships, and business priorities.
• A clear and confident communicator, able to engage a wide range of stakeholders and translate strategy into practical delivery.
• Collaborative, proactive and delivery-focused, with a strong commitment to high-quality execution and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, balancing strategic intent with hands-on delivery.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.