Job Title: Investment Project Officer

Department: Investment Team

Reports to: Investments and Operations Manager

Grade and Salary: £33,500 - £37,000

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Location: Hybrid / London, EC4A and homeworking

The opportunity:

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with proven administration and project management experience who is keen to develop their experience in the social impact investment sector as part of our mission-driven Investment Group.

This role is key supporting the effective management of our investment activity and team, including our learning and development offer. This is a varied role that requires a logical and thoughtful approach to ensure management of multiple work streams with rigour and purpose in a timely and professional manner.

We celebrate innovation and this role would suit someone who is client-centric and excited by making systems work well, suggesting recommendations for adaptation and improvement.

We are committed to every team member’s learning and development which makes this role well suited to someone who is keen and curious to learn new things and develop new skills.

What you will do:

Investment Management Project Support

• Support the delivery of our Investment Activity Calendar (for example Investment Committee, Performance Committee) including scheduling meetings, collating and disseminating papers, and supporting with minute-taking as required

• Support the project management of key milestones and activity tracking across our new and portfolio investments to enable effective management of our investments and resources

• Support the completion of investment-related checklists at different stages of an investment’s life to ensure we deliver our best-in-class impact investment processes

• Support the record and data management of our investments

Team Management Support

• Support the production of team management information to enable effective team and resource management

• Support the team’s ongoing resource management, recruitment and onboarding process for new joiners to ensure a quality and consistent experience for every team member

• Provide ad-hoc team administration support including team meetings, away days, travel bookings for the team members

• Supporting the Chief Investment Officers’ diary management and other senior members of the team to organise multi-stakeholder meetings with internal and external stakeholders

• Manage incoming enquiries via email and telephone, responding or routing to colleague as needed

• Supporting Investment Group’s relationship management using Salesforce CRM database, Notion and BSC’s intranet

Investment Learning and Development Support

• Project manage our bi-annual Foundations of Social Investment Programme for internal and external colleagues enabling knowledge sharing and network building

• Support the project management of the Investment Group’s learning resources and coordinate the training schedule and external bookings

Other support

• Providing admin support together with other support staff across Better Society Capital, sharing best practice and cover when needed

What you will bring:

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

• Excellent project management support, time management and organisational skills

• A collaborative team player with strong communication skills and ability to establish excellent working relationships internally and externally

• Enthusiastic and proactive

• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail

• Strong research and analytical skills

• Good at finding innovative solutions to problems

• Excellent judgement, discretion and utmost integrity

• Keen and curious to learn new things and develop new skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Prioritises effectively and takes ownership of tasks

• Thrives in a varied role

• Flexible

Embody Better Society Capital core values:

• Purposeful –We are passionate and energetic in our work to bring about our long-term vision of a thriving social investment market that enables positive social impact.

• Pioneering Spirit - We give our team the autonomy and flexibility to be entrepreneurial and creative. We have the courage to push boundaries and a restless drive for change

• Openness - We listen, learn, experiment and collaborate.  And we are adaptive and flexible in responding to what we learn.

• Rigorous - We take a rigorous approach in all we do.  We expect the highest standards and continually strive for excellence

• Respectful - We are genuine in both our approach and aspiration.  We value each member of our team and our partners for what they bring.

Experience

Essential experience

• A strong background in project management support and administrative support

• Experience working in a busy office environment handling a varied and sometimes conflicting workload

• Working as part of a team, building relationships with key stakeholders at all levels and providing support

• Experience in supporting committees, collating papers and liaising with committee stakeholders

• Confident and competent use of Microsoft Office

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working within the financial services, charity or social enterprise sector

• Experience of broader software platforms for example Salesforce CRM, Slack, Notion

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from racialised communities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Other terms

• Location: We are a UK-based business with an office in the Chancery Lane area of London, accessible to a number of public transport links. Colleagues typically spend 40% - 60% of their working hours in the office, and the remainder from home. We hope that this working pattern encourages Better Society Capital employees to achieve a healthy balance between work and personal life, as we adapt to the needs of our diverse workforce. 

• Right to work: For this role we ask that candidates have existing right to work in the UK.

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Better Society Capital is committed to being a diverse organisation that is truly representative of the communities we serve. We therefore welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, particularly those under-represented in the social impact investment sector (e.g. people from LGBTQIA+; racialised; disabled; under-served communities)

We are an equal opportunities employer with an inclusive environment where all employees can contribute to their fullest potential. We want every colleague to be able to deliver their work with dignity, equality, comfort and independence. Our office is fully accessible with step-free access and an open-plan set up. We are open to accommodation requests regarding assistive technologies, accessibility tools, flexible working or any other reasonable adjustments that will make working or visiting here more accessible for you. If you have a disability or other access needs and require any support to assist you through the recruitment process, please get in touch with Nica Gordon (People and Talent Officer) at ngordon@bettersocietycapital.com

How to apply:

Please apply via Applied by midday, 20th September.

Applied is a platform designed to minimise unconscious bias in recruitment. You will be asked some work-based questions which are reviewed anonymously by the hiring panel. Please note, while you will upload your CV, it will not be viewed by panel members at this stage, so we ask that you give full consideration to each answer. Please note: we screen for answers generated by Chat GPT. To get a 5 star score, we ask that your Applied answers are authentic and reflect your own knowledge, skills and motivations.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an initial telephone interview for all candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We are defining a disability in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, as a person who has a physical or mental impairment, and the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. You will be asked in your Applied application whether this applies to you.

Interviews

Round 1 interviews will be held virtually approx week commencing Monday 30th September.

Round 2 interviews will be held in person approx week commencing Monday 7th October.

You can find out more about our recruitment approach here