Head of Social Impact

Were Kingfisher A team made up of over 74000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q Screwfix Brico Depot Castorama and Koctas - to life. Thats right were big but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And thats where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues future colleagues and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age gender marital or civil partnership status colour ethnic or national origin culture religious belief philosophical belief political opinion disability gender identity gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working both of hours and location. Therefore we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices located in London Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

In this brand new role as Head of Social Impact you will be the driving force behind Kingfishers mission to create positive change for people and communities. Leading our Social Impact agenda youll champion initiatives across Communities Human Rights Inclusion & Diversity and Social Mobilityembedding these ambitions into every part of our business. Working closely with retail banners and Group functions youll shape strategies that bring our 2030 Responsible Business goals to life and deliver on our purpose: Better homes better lives for everyone.

Strategic direction:

• Shape and align Group-wide ambitions and programmes for Communities Human Rights I&D and Social Mobility.
• Lead the co-creation of programmes targets and governance for Social Mobility and I&D including 2030 ambitions/targets together with the People Leaders (HRDs/COEs etc)
• Maintain strategic oversight of community engagement and disaster response.
• Evolve the Human Rights strategy in line with regulation and stakeholder expectations.
• Ensure banner co-creation so strategies are locally relevant and Group-aligned and support activating our purpose.
• Maintain simple effective governance structures (e.g. I&D forum) and clear ways of working

Stakeholder engagement:

• Bring together the communities of practice across the social impact topics
• Build strong cross-functional relationships (HR Corporate Affairs Comms O&S GNFR Talent).
• Embed social impact into employee experience talent processes and communications.
• Amplify Group-wide social impact stories internally and externally.

Partnering and thought leadership

• Develop strategic partnerships with NGOs experts and external organisations and represent Kingfisher in relevant forums.
• Bring external insights trends and provocations to challenge and advance thinking.
• Strengthen storytelling on social mobility and broader social impact.

Measurement & reporting:

• Oversee the definition of KPIs baselines and methodologies for social impact areas and the creation of tools and processes that drive consistency and build maturity across the Group.
• Oversee annual ESG and programme reporting including targets such as apprenticeships and Gender Pay reporting requirements.
• Oversee Group community programmes budget management and annual reporting.
• Ensure compliance with global standards and regulatory requirements (e.g. CSDDD).

Team leadership:

• Work closely with other Responsible Business leads to deliver the 2030 strategy.
• Contribute to function-level strategic planning (e.g. 3YP).
• Lead and develop direct reports.

• Strong track record of corporate responsibility leadership experience and passion for/ expertise in the topics
• Translates thinking into simple tangible solutions bringing a pragmatic approach versus theory driven or perfectionist
• Strong collaboration and facilitation skills thriving in a matrix global organisation where partnership is critical to drive new thinking and practice
• Being able to demonstrate agility and prioritisation for example in response to external changes
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills especially at senior levels and strong written communication skills (e.g. board reports)
• Technical expertise across the areas and experience in data-driven programme design and impact measurement an asset

Be Customer Focusedconstantly improving our customersexperience

• We listen to our customers and colleagues
• We innovate products and experiences to stay ahead

Be Human leading with purposehumanity and care

• We do the right thing
• We invest in our people and build great teams

Be Curious thrive onlearning thinking beyond the obvious

• We focus externally globally and build the long term
• We experiment and share our learnings

Be Agile building trust and empowering people to work with agility

• We act with pace not perfection role modelling 80/20
• We take risks fail fast and adapt quickly

Be Inclusiveinspiring diverse teams to achieve together

• We celebrate difference as a strength
• We collaborate breaking down silos

Be Accountableowning the plan delivering results and growth

• We focus on performance outcomes
• We prioritise and simplify for others

At Kingfisher we value the perspectives that any new team members bring and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return we offer an inclusive environment where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas actively support experimentation and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisherhere!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested Great apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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