Position summary

WSP is seeking a Corporate Sustainability Manager to manage WSP UK & Ireland’s corporate giving and social value measurement programmes. Working within the Corporate Sustainability team, the role coordinates a varied portfolio including the WSP Foundation, Charity of the Year, volunteering, and wider corporate giving, and manages the collection, validation, and reporting of corporate social value information.

Why this role matters

The role helps WSP achieve its ambition to generate £500M of embedded and additional social value between 2025-27 through credible evidence and clear analysis. It is a hands-on project management role bringing organisation, stakeholder engagement, and analytical rigour to WSP’s corporate giving and social value programmes.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the corporate giving programme including the WSP Foundation, Charity of the Year partnership, and volunteering, owning annual plans, programme cycles, budgets, and internal reporting.
• Maintain programme governance by keeping policies, guidance, resources, and communications for colleagues, and acting as the principal point of contact for corporate giving policy and activity.
• Monitor delivery and escalate high-risk, sensitive, or strategic matters to the Social Impact Lead, working with a graduate rotation to coordinate routine enquiries, resources, and delivery support.
• Manage social value measurement by overseeing corporate social value data collection, validation, and reporting, and managing the relationship with WSP’s social value measurement provider.
• Assure quality by owning the governance and QA of corporate social value measurement, ensuring appropriate review and approval.
• Improve processes by working with sustainability team colleagues to improve metrics, data capture, and reporting.
• Report to leadership by producing clear insights on social value performance for senior leadership.

Team and stakeholders

Part of the Corporate Sustainability team and reporting to the Social Impact Lead, the role works with colleagues across WSP, external charity and community partners, WSP’s social value measurement provider, and a graduate rotation.

Key details

This is a UK-based, hands-on project management role within WSP UK & Ireland’s Corporate Sustainability team (Job Identification 97775).

Requirements

Essential

• Experience managing social impact, social value, corporate giving, community investment, sustainability, or responsible business programmes.
• Strong programme or project management skills, able to coordinate multiple activities, deadlines, and stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, able to produce clear guidance and reports and engage confidently with colleagues, senior stakeholders, and external partners.
• Experience working with charities, community partners, or employee networks.
• Experience of social value measurement, impact reporting, and supporting evidence requirements.
• Sound judgement, with the ability to take ownership of delivery and escalate significant risks appropriately.
• Confidence managing budgets, including financial planning, monitoring expenditure, and producing clear internal reporting.

Preferred

• Experience using a social value measurement framework or platform, including TOMs or comparable metrics.
• Experience managing grants, volunteering, fundraising, or charitable programmes.
• Experience working in a complex or matrixed organisation.
• Experience in professional services, infrastructure, or the built environment.