Social Specialist - SECONDMENT​/FTC

Social Performance Specialist - 12 MONTH SECONDMENT/FTC

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About Network Rail At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter.

Location Glasgow, GB

Managing the delivery and implementation of the Social Value Delivery Plan, part of the Climate Action Plan for Scotland’s Railways.

• Contribute to standardised reports and dashboards, providing insight into the Scotland region’s progress against relevant social performance metrics across the business.
• Manage the delivery of a range of prioritised charitable activities internally and externally to improve social performance.
• Lead the development and coordinate reporting of social performance to key internal stakeholders, driving continual improvement across the organisation’s social performance.
• Manage the development of the use of the Rail Social Value Tool across Scotland's Railway, internally and externally through our supply chain users.
• Deliver a programme of works to improve the region’s approach to managing social performance and responsible business issues.
• Liaise with Communications teams to circulate social performance progress to external and internal audiences.
• Manage the Scotland region’s entry to awards and other schemes that showcase its progress in delivering its Climate Action Plan.
• Monitor the implementation of business-wide social performance policies and procedures and good practice guides to facilitate the delivery of Network Rail’s social performance strategy.
• Provide specialist advice on all aspects of social performance to internal teams, contractors and suppliers.
• Liaise with Scot Rail and a range of external stakeholders from the rail industry and further afield to develop collaborative approaches for the organisation’s social performance priorities.

• Knowledge and appreciation of social performance and project management disciplines at a high standard.
• Good performance measurement and analysis skills.
• Strong communication, presentation and persuasion skills.
• A business focus, with experience of balancing social performance goals against other business objectives.
• Experience in implementing social performance good practice within large and complex organisations.
• Degree in a relevant subject.

• Broad understanding of the rail industry/regulated business.
• Membership of a relevant professional body.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Human Resources
• Industry: Rail Transportation

Salary: £35,582 rising to £42,218 per annum.

Closing date: Midnight of 12th January 2026.

Application Notes: Please note proof of all essential qualifications will be required. Late applications will not be accepted. The recruitment process for this role is a competency-based interview.

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and will try its best to adapt the recruitment process to support people with disabilities. Reasonable adjustments can be requested by adding a note to your application.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!