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Head of Americas - Capital Formation

Job details
Posting date: 30 April 2026
Salary: £69,185 to £80,538 per year
Additional salary information: National: £69,185 - £78,401 London: £72,970 - £80,538
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 12 May 2026
Location: Edinburgh
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 455589/5

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Summary

Increasing private investment, foreign and domestic, is crucial to the UK’s economic growth and the future prosperity of its citizens. Leveraging private investment is also fundamental to delivering energy transition and establishing international leadership as a science and technology driven economy.

The Office for Investment (OfI) was spun out of Downing Street in January 2021 and is now a joint unit between No.10, HMT and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). The OfI is an exciting, creative and dynamic place to work among a motivated and driven team with both commercial and public sector backgrounds. The Office works closely with Secretaries of State, Junior Ministers, and No.10 to deliver the highest-value, highest profile investment propositions.

The team operates a flexible and flat structure which means that staff across all grades have the opportunity to work directly alongside the senior leadership and have direct exposure to ministers and senior business executives.

OfI's vision and mission is to secure investment to drive growth, job creation and increased productivity across the UK. We are proactive and entrepreneurial, delivering ambitious outcomes aligned to the Industrial Strategy and HMG Missions. To become a centre of excellence for attracting and growing investment we want to attract talented people from the private sector and across government who are curious, creative and agile in pursuing emerging opportunities for the UK.

This is a wide-ranging role where you will get to develop new skills and build on existing ones to increase investment opportunities and shape the wider Government policies investors will operate under.

You will have a unique opportunity to engage directly with varied stakeholders across all levels of seniority, including established and new businesses, investors, colleagues overseas, sector specialists, DBT Senior Leadership, and Ministers.

  • Leading the UK Government’s most significant relationships with large institutional investors, such as pension funds, endowments, asset managers and real estate developers across the Americas
  • Setting direction and providing leadership for the UK Government’s strategy for working with large capital investors for the benefit of the UK economy
  • Proactively identifying and leading the project management of high impact investment projects
  • Continue to lead the Capital Formation’s cross-cutting priority areas, such as defence and sports
  • Collaboration and leadership with embassies and consulates across the US, Canada and Latin America
  • Representing the UK to investors, including at external events, leading to potential investment into the UK

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