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Head of Venture Support
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Head of Venture Support
- Base: East London with occasional travel to other Allia locations in Cambridge and Peterborough
- Annual Salary: £50k - £60k per annum depending on experience
- Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
- Reports to: Chief Executive of Allia Impact
- Benefits: Company pension scheme; private healthcare, healthcare cashback plan, wellness programme, store discounts, life insurance, flexible working, a strong commitment to personal & professional development...and more
Must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.
Allia are looking for a Head of Venture Support
The role of Head of Venture Support is a critical part of Allia’s leadership and will be a member of our executive team.
As Head of Venture Support, you will grow the brand profile of Allia’s venture support activities and lead our Venture Support team to deliver current support programmes, ranging from early-stage local business to tech for good startups/social enterprises. You will also develop and implement new service offerings to support our ventures in becoming a force for good in society as we grow the profile of our work. Our support includes structured accelerator programmes, grant initiatives, innovation challenges, and social investment.
You will champion Allia’s venture work to influence government, business, and investors, managing key strategic relationships whilst creating new partnerships and business development opportunities.
You’ll manage and develop a brilliant team of Programme Managers, Venture Outreach Associates, and Venture Advisors and make sure they’re on track with programme design, recruitment, budgets, delivery, and impact. You’ll provide timely support and direction to the team members who are passionate about enabling business to be a force for good.
You will be able to leverage your commercial and entrepreneurial experience to:
- Develop and oversee the execution of a strategy for outreach, seeking, attracting and onboarding deserving and qualified innovative entrepreneurs, and start-ups
- Provide credible strategic guidance to programme managers in content areas such as business modelling, sales and marketing, financing, fundraising, overall strategy, operations etc.
- Enable and support the professional growth of the incredible Venture team as they work across a variety of clients, programmes and geographies.
- Liaise with senior management, the fundraising team, and the broader organisation to sustainably grow the impact of our support.
- Manage the novel social investment programme we have established leveraging equity and revenue based finance instruments.
Person Specification
You’re a confident and competent leader
In previous roles, you’ve led teams, complex projects and/or large programmes. You break down problems with a cool head and take tough decisions when needed but understand the role of mentoring to build strong teams. People leadership will be a large component of your day to day.
You have strong financial skills
You’ve managed a P&L before and you have the skill to quickly read a cash flow and the confidence to make tough decisions when the business demands them. You also understand equity investment and bring angel and VC connections, and have a passion for developing out a new social investment vehicle in the Cambridgeshire area and beyond.
You understand entrepreneurs
Whether it’s time spent being around and supporting them or your own experience you will understand the journey of the entrepreneur, the challenges and barriers faced and the fundamental building blocks that create impactful and sustainable businesses.
You’re a shrewd relationship builder
Your ability to build rapport quickly and develop strong working relationships across different stakeholder groups will be based on reading situations quickly and strong interpersonal skills. You will have experience of working with start-ups, entrepreneurs, mentors, universities, research institutions, industry experts, business membership associations, local or central government, and angel investors.
You’re not afraid of working hard in pursuit of a big vision.
You are a strategic thinker, reliable, deeply collaborative, passionate about people, a quick learner, and thrive in an evolving environment
In summary, you will have:
Essential:
- A passion for the mission of Allia and our work supporting impact ventures
- At least 4-6 years’ experience working with entrepreneurs, start-ups, accelerators or incubators or incubation consultancy.
- Financial management skills, including P&L responsibility and social investment experience
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills
- A drive to continuously develop the team and organisation
- Comfortable speaking at events, roundtables and peer sessions
- Travel to Cambridge and Peterborough Future Business Centres fortnightly from an operating base in East London - Whitechapel
- Must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship
Nice to Haves:
- Experience of working in Tech for Good / Social Tech or Environmental Tech sectors
- Experience of managing similar incubator / accelerator programmes
- Experience of raising grant and other funding, pitching to organisations and writing proposals
- An MBA or MSc in Business Administration or relevant qualification in innovation or incubator management
- Experience managing remote teams
- Valid driving licence and own vehicle to enable travel to all FBC locations
In return:
You’ll be a part of a multi-award-winning organisation that drives innovation with a focus on addressing environmental and social challenges. We offer great benefits, flexible working options, and the chance to develop your fundraiser experience.
We are committed to equality and diversity for our ventures, tenants, colleagues, volunteers, trustees and supporters. We value the strength that comes with difference and the positive contribution that diversity brings to the communities in which we serve. We are working to increase diversity and would particularly welcome applications from groups that are currently under-represented, including those from a BAME background.
To apply for this role, please send an up-to-date CV with a supporting cover letter highlighting your skills and experience, why we should consider you for the role, and your salary expectations to recruitment@allia.org.uk. Applications will not be considered without this information.
Early application is encouraged, as we will be interviewing strong candidates as they apply.
Other roles you may have experience with could include Venture Support Director, Venture Client Manager, Venture Lead, Venture Development Lead, Head Social Venture Development