Manager/Executive – Gender & Diversity Finance
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British International Investment
Hybrid- Career category: Finance
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Funds
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 17/06/2025
- Location: United Kingdom
About BII
British International Investment is the UK’s development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. With a mission to solve the biggest global development challenges, we aim to create a virtuous circle of investment and impact. Your contribution will be essential.
Team and role overview
As a development finance institution, BII has a dual mandate to create both investment and development impact. In the context of BIIs 2022-26 five-year strategy, BII has prioritised promoting gender equality and increased representation of women in our portfolio at all levels as well as Black ownership and leadership in our investments in sub-Saharan Africa.
We approach our Gender & Diversity lens investing by focusing on three pathways:
- Mainstreaming consideration of diversity elements as a core factor in investment decision-making and portfolio management
- Originating with a gender and diversity lens to intentionally target our capital to enterprising, financial institutions and funds that meaningfully support women and black African business leaders.
- Value creation across our portfolio by partnering with our investees to make changes to improve gender balance and diverse representation across the business.
The role
This job description relates to the duties, tasks and responsibilities of the Gender & Diversity Finance Manager or Executive position – the level will be determined based on previous experience and qualifications. Role responsibilities will vary overtime depending on activities and evolving priorities across the Gender & Diversity Finance team and will, of necessity, remain flexible as workplans evolve.
The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is highly collaborative and a good communicator, with strong analytical skills and high attention to detail. The candidate will have a demonstrated interested in gender and diversity finance, and how the private sector can drive impact across these themes in BII’s markets and portfolio. The candidate will ideally come from a commercial or development background with expertise across gender, finance/business and sustainability more broadly.
The candidate
Background, skills and aptitude
The ideal candidate will have all or a good selection of the following:
- Demonstrated interest in gender-smart investing and gender equality and women’s economic empowerment through a private sector lens
- Strong business, investment and sustainability acumen with the ability to quickly grasp varying investment and business models
- Previous experience working in international development or emerging markets or demonstrable knowledge working within local contexts and having cultural sensitivity
- Excellent research and analytical skills and comfort with basic financial modelling and data analysis using Excel
- Strong communicator with ability to structure and report findings in a coherent and practical way
- Ability to deliver high quality work, with close attention to detail, within tight timelines
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