Associate Director

2 weeks ago

Leeds, United Kingdom UKIB Full time

**About UK Infrastructure Bank**

We are the new, government-owned policy bank - launched in June 2021 - providing £22bn of infrastructure finance and partnering with the private sector and local government to finance a green industrial revolution and drive growth across the country.

**Job purpose**

As part of the Bank’s mission to support Local Authorities deliver infrastructure projects which drive the transition to net zero by 2050 and/or promote local and regional economic growth, the Bank has established a Local Authority Advisory function.

Our advisory services will support Local Authorities to successfully implement the technically complex, innovative and essential infrastructure investments with an ambitious aim to improve how public infrastructure is delivered. The Local Authority Advisory Directors work seamlessly with the Local Authority Lending Function which has £4bn of lending capacity. Both teams work closely with the private investment teams to deliver commercial opportunities for the Bank.

Local Authorities have high ambitions and broad remits to manage and regenerate local infrastructure. This advisory function will help unlock potential and increase shared learning across authorities in the UK, working in partnership with local leaders and other sector experts and advisors.

The Associate Director(s) will play a pivotal role in delivering this mandate. He or she will help shape and deliver the advisory service within UKIB and provide expert financial and commercial guidance to Local Authorities on how they can improve how local infrastructure is financed and delivered. He or she will proactively build relationships across the sector to identify lending opportunities with portfolios of Local Authorities.

The Associate Director is a client-facing position, and the role holder will bring together excellent relationship management skills, delivery knowledge and financing excellence to enable local government to enter into successful commercial and financial arrangements with delivery partners and to bridge financing gaps in sustainable ways.

**Core responsibilities**
- Represent the Bank - cement the Bank’s reputation as a centre of excellence in local authority infrastructure financing. Act as an ambassador for UKIB by participating at industry events and conferences.
- Build relationships across Local Authority executive community. Proactively network and engage with both internal and external senior stakeholders, to include investors, developers, banks and leading industry experts to create future commercial opportunities to enhance UKIB’s reputation in the market.
- Strategically solve complex problems, draw on own expertise and identify solutions efficiently. Ensure that these clients receive expert advice enabling them to best identify and facilitate the most commercially sustainable and appropriate outcomes. and effectively that align to the Bank’s principles
- Deliver advisory mandates either working with the Advisory Directors or as the lead in their own right, the Advisory Associate Director will provide advice and support to Local Authorities in delivering infrastructure projects and engender best practice in infrastructure delivery. This may include participating and leading workshops, presentations, the development of advice notes, research, documentation review etc.
- Utilise industry experience to advise and partner with Local Authorities through legal and commercial negotiations i.e. the procurement of new technology and suppliers and ensure all affiliated risks are clearly identified and communicated to the appropriate levels within the Local Authority.
- Interface in an open, constructive, and collaborative manner with colleagues across the Bank to share expert knowledge and experience, draft sector strategies and to fulfil the strategic mission of the Bank.

**Required behaviours, experience and technical skills**

Experience
- Experience in financing or delivering local infrastructure investment. Ability to understand the risks associated with such investment and how these impact on a project and may be managed or mitigated.
- Specific experience working with, or knowledge of:

- Local Authorities and central Government bodies, and/or
- project finance/infrastructure transactions.
- Knowledge and experience of one of the Bank’s priority sectors e.g. clean energy, transport
- Must be commercially astute and demonstrate excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present confidently to and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Be an ambassador for the Bank’s twin missions of Local and regional growth and the Net Zero transition.
- Be a skilled communicator and passionate about contributing to the positive culture of the organisation.
- Ability to take a leadership role on projects, working autonomously to drive projects forward, dealing with uncertainty.

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