Position summary

Cognizant is seeking a Social Value Delivery and Bid Manager to turn ambitious commitments into measurable outcomes while creating high-quality, commercially sound social value bid responses. You will coordinate programmes, partnerships, events, and reporting across existing contracts and new business, working with HR, Talent Acquisition, Diversity and Inclusion, ESG, Learning, Marketing, Business Development, and senior leadership to identify opportunities that add value beyond compliance and contribute to lasting impact in the communities Cognizant serves. This is a hands-on role combining programme delivery, stakeholder management, reporting, and bid writing.

Why this role matters

This role ensures Cognizant's social value commitments are deliverable, measurable, and commercially viable, both in delivery and in winning new work. By managing programmes and partnerships and owning compelling social value bid responses, you help Cognizant create lasting community impact while strengthening its public sector business.

Key responsibilities

• Delivery: Lead the delivery of social value commitments in line with Cognizant's strategy and client contracts, creating and managing project plans across multiple clients and tracking milestones, risks, budgets, and outcomes.
• Partnerships and events: Identify and manage delivery partners, and coordinate clients, teams, venues, and suppliers to deliver events and programmes such as bootcamps, work experience, and apprenticeships.
• Reporting: Monitor, evaluate, and report performance against objectives and milestones, and manage social value reporting through frameworks and systems including IES and Thrive.
• Bid management: Own the end-to-end creation, writing, and review of clear, compliant, and compelling social value bid responses, develop timed action plans and delivery schedules, and build detailed budget forecasts ensuring commitments are commercially viable.
• Continuous improvement: Improve bid tools, templates, and processes using lessons learned and best practice.

Team and stakeholders

You will work across HR, Talent Acquisition, Diversity and Inclusion, ESG, Learning, Marketing, Business Development, and senior leadership, and build relationships with external delivery partners, clients, venues, and suppliers.

Key details

• Work arrangement: Hybrid, based in London, with travel across the UK to deliver events and contractual commitments.

Requirements:

• Strong experience delivering social value or comparable community, sustainability, or inclusion programmes.
• A good understanding of social value themes, including diversity and inclusion.
• Excellent written communication, with the ability to turn complex requirements into persuasive bid content.
• Strong project management skills, able to prioritise and deliver several workstreams at once.
• Experience building effective relationships across functions, seniority levels, and partner organisations.
• Commercial awareness, numerical confidence, and experience managing budgets or forecasts.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving capability, with advanced Excel skills and attention to detail.
• Nice to have: knowledge of impact measurement frameworks such as IES or the Green Book; experience with public sector bids and social value responses; and familiarity with UK Government procurement requirements including the Social Value Model, MACs, and Procurement Policy Notes.