We are recruiting!

Trainee/ Associate Social Value Consultant.

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We are looking for a communicative, passionate and highly organised individual to support our work across multiple projects, programmes and initiatives and learn from one of the leading pioneers of social value.

CHY Consultancy is a very small but very influential, established consultancy that has been driving the social value agenda since 2006.

Social Value is the positive and negative impact your actions have on people. You can find out more about Social Value on our website www.chyconsultancy.com

What will you do? - a bit of everything to support, organise and market our small, but influential, business. Most importantly you will learn a lot about a rewarding, challenging and fascinating vocation and future career that can have a positive impact on people, communities and society as a whole.

Initially supporting CHY Directors & team to secure and deliver and monitor social value projects, programmes and initiatives, progressing to independent working. This includes:
Project management; using applications such as Trello, Slack and Google Apps.
Liaising with clients, businesses and organisations, organising and coordinating activities, monitoring and evidencing activity across multiple projects.
Research of local areas; using available data in order to understand and provide meaningful outcomes for communities.
Strategic development and planning.

Organisational tasks will include:
Acting as a first point of contact for new enquiries.
Managing & organising meetings and appointments, tasks and deadlines.
Liaising with clients on operational tasks such as research, finance and communication.

Who are we looking for? We have no set criteria for this role; the right person can make it their own and grow alongside CHY. The most important thing is that you believe in your work, you can organise yourself and others and are eager to learn more and get stuck in.

We will help to build your knowledge of social value but what is key to this role is a desire to learn and be as passionate as we are about our work and the service we provide.

With this in mind it would be good to have:
Energy, passion and creativity
Organisation, Initiative and the ability to listen.
Flexibility, motivation and positivity.
Knowledge of Trello, Slack and Google Apps.
Communication and social media skills.
Excel and other office software skills.

This role can be flexible to suit your, and our, needs.

Flexible hours that can be part-time or full-time dependent on requirements and your experience.
Remote working and when required able to work at the Leeds office, and nationally for client meetings.
Pay is negotiable and dependent on experience and time commitment

To apply for this role, please send a brief email to info@chyconsultancy.com providing some information about yourself, why you are interested in this role and your contact details. We will be in touch to arrange an informal chat.

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