Investment Director
1 month ago
The Investment Team at Impetus is responsible for identifying, assessing, and supporting portfolio partner charities and other non-profit organisations to deepen their impact and scale their outcomes.
We are a passionate and rigorous team of 18 people, including former teachers, charity chief executives, charity impact leads, management consultants, social investment portfolio managers, and impact consultants.
Our team has a good track record of role progression, with all four Leads and a number of our Investment Directors promoted from within the team.
Job Description – Investment DirectorThe Investment Director is a key member of the Investment Team, playing a leading role in identifying, assessing, and supporting portfolio partner charities and other non-profit organisations.
This role works closely with other Investment Directors and Investment Managers to deliver external facing support to portfolio partners as well as internal projects to support the development of the investment model and portfolio strategy.
Key Responsibilities- Identifying potential charitable organisations for investment.
- Leading in-depth due diligence process to assess and build partnership foundations with potential partners.
- Developing and championing high quality investment propositions to our Investment Committee.
- Agreeing Service Funding Agreements, including appropriate annual investment milestones.
- Regularly monitoring and assessing partner progress / risks against milestones and making recommendations for progression or exit.
- Escalating key risks on performance, leadership, and safeguarding.
- Conducting annual partnership review with Sector Leads and partner CEOs.
- Working with Impetus Finance colleagues to ensure timely distribution of grant payments.
- Scoping and project managing pro bono capacity-building projects.
- Effectively leveraging the support of investment managers to advance the objectives developed for each charity partner.
- Leading on and contributing to internal topics, such as team strategy development, digital transformation, or equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Contribute towards Impetus' public affairs and philanthropy objectives.
- Sharing the learning from our work across the team, across the organisation, and externally.
- Where appropriate, line-managing and supporting Investment Managers on the team.
- Talent for strategic thinking around complex issues.
- Strong financial acumen and analytical skills.
- Strong planning and time management skills.
- Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Experience in consulting, investment management, senior charity management, or other in-depth grant making and advisory work.
- Knowledge and expertise in UK education or youth employability sectors.
- Board experience in private, public, or third sector.
- Understanding of or experience with commissioning impact evaluations.
We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more open, creative, and gets better results.
We want our team at Impetus to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve.
We recognise the importance of a good work / life balance and do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, working part-time, job shares, and other arrangements.
Impetus is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, or marital status.
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