Social Impact Investment, Senior Policy Advisor
| Posting date: | 09 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £49,839 to £55,531 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National £49,839 - £55,531 + benefits. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 May 2024 |
| Location: | M2 3AW |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 352848/1 |
Summary
Social impact investing considers impact on people and the planet alongside financial returns. It is a vital source of investment for social enterprises and other businesses which are addressing social and environmental challenges. The UK is recognised as a world leader for social impact investing, with the UK Government playing a critical role in catalysing and supporting the growth of the UK social impact investing market.
The Social Impact investment team leads on this policy area across Government and has three key objectives: (1) facilitating access to investment finance for charities and social enterprises; (2) encouraging more mainstream (institutional) investors to engage with social impact investment; and (3) working across government to identify where social impact investment can address key policy priorities. We are looking for a candidate to deliver a programme of work to support these objectives.
See the Candidate Information Pack attached at the bottom of the webpage for further information.
Responsibilities will likely include:
- Providing strategic leadership for social investment policy development, applying judgement and communication to develop and complete large projects within set budgets and timelines. Including leading the development of spending review proposals and drafting business cases.
- Lead on managing strong, effective relationships in and out of government, including with leading social impact investment organisations, such as Big Society Capital, and Access - The Foundation for Social Investment, amongst many others.
- Delivering the flagship partnership with the Impact Investing Institute, the market builder and thought leader for impact investing in the UK, with the aim of directing millions of pounds of private funding towards social and environmental goals.
- Supporting cross-government engagement to ensure social impact investment policy plans meet wider government priorities, and can support government to achieve its objectives.
- Act as a lead source of expertise on this policy area to Senior Officials and Ministers, as well as leading on drafting timely responses to cross-government commissions, writing briefings and submissions for ministers on wide-ranging topic areas.