Community Impact Manager - Bristol and South West

Community Impact Manager 18-month fixed-term contract Salary: circa £50,000 Location: Bristol based If you’re passionate about Aviva’s sustainability ambition and delivering positive social impact in your local community, here’s an exciting new opportunity. We’re seeking a driven self-starter, a networker, and a ‘doer’ who loves to make things happen and deliver as part of a team. Working in partnership with local businesses, councils, and community groups to understand the issues in the locality and then bringing together the levers of change across Aviva, our charitable partnerships, colleague volunteering, propositions and investment, we will drive significant social action to address the needs of our local communities.

A bit about the job: This role is critical in enabling the delivery of Aviva’s ‘Place-Focussed’ approach to Social Action and developing a “Place Focussed” strategic direction. You will be ensuring the strategic alignment of activities, collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, mobilising colleagues, and activating the vision and strategy for that locality with the sponsorship and support of the Site Ambassador and Group Sustainability and Social Action Team. Deeply embedded in your local community you will direct Aviva’s Social Action activities, enabling the community and our people to be stronger and more resilient. The role requires a willingness to work across Aviva, often in agile project teams with shared objectives, to improve customer and community outcomes and help Aviva grow our business in a responsible and sustainable way.

Skills and experience we’re looking for: Experience in social impact, community development and the delivery of social impact programmes Confident and articulate communicator, with an ability to develop internal and external stakeholder relationships. Collaborative team player with the capability to inspire and motivate others and the conviction to make decisions to enable delivery. Analytical skills to assess local need and develop long-term strategies and implementation plans, with proven ability to execute successfully against strategic plans. Experience of measuring of social impact initiatives, setting parameters of success and reporting against measures

What you’ll get: Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We want you to shine. That’s why we have so much to offer you: Lighting everyone’s path: Salary around £50,000 - depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary, depending on your performance and the business’ Generous pension scheme – we’ll contribute up to 14% Get up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan Make your money go further – up to 40% discount on Aviva products, plus other retailer discounts 29 days holiday plus bank holidays – you can buy or sell up to 5 days Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave Industry-leading access to life and healthcare cover with discounted car and home insurance rates, including offers for friends and family too Fully paid maternity/paternity leave Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others Get free access to a wealth of resources that will help look after your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing, including company-funded Group Income Protection, Aviva Digicare+ and the popular Headspace app Brighten your prospects: Full financial support to pursue insurance qualifications Digital access to all sorts of useful on-demand learning content Aviva University and its business academies give you everything you need to empower your growth Aviva is for everyone: We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. Don’t let it be a barrier to your application. And if you’re in a job share, feel free to apply as a pair. We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week – combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied online, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you. We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you need a different way of applying, please send an email to balazs.palcsek@aviva.com.