Investment Partner Yorkshire, United Kingdom

About the job

Job summary

Our Vision:

We aim to secure investment that drives growth and job creation, aligned with the UK's Industrial Strategy and HMG Missions. We are proactive and entrepreneurial, always seeking new opportunities to enhance the UK's economic landscape.

The Role:

As an Investment Partner for Yorkshire, you will be the bridge between OfI and senior regional/national partners, both public and private. Across Yorkshire you will be responsible for building partnerships with regional leaders, C-suite investors, and other government departments. Your goal is to develop high-quality, large-scale investment opportunities that align with the region's growth priorities.

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent OfI in Yorkshire, working closely with mayors, chief executives, and business leaders to bring large-scale investment opportunities to market.
• Lead and deliver transformative investment deals, collaborating with key stakeholders across HMG and the private sector.
• Identify and support transformational investment opportunities where OfI's expertise can increase the likelihood of success.
• Act as a central point of contact between senior regional stakeholders and OfI, providing expertise on the investment landscape.
• Lead national initiatives to unlock investment, such as new financial models and innovative financing.
• Organize and lead ministerial or investor visits and events in Yorkshire.
• Provide leadership to OfI's place function, including line management of the wider team.

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

The below criteria are essential and will be assessed at application stage;

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to represent the UK's investment environment to senior stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge of the global investment landscape and a proven track record of facilitating strategic investments.
• Strong network across, or detailed knowledge of, Yorkshire's investment and commercial environment.
• Highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills, with a history of building effective relationships and collaboration.
• Sound business acumen and knowledge of various investment modes, with experience working in or with multiple HMG departments or leading financial organizations.
• Experience working within or alongside the public sector so as to understand government operations in complex environments.

Desirable Criteria:

The below criteria are desirable only. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates;

• Experience working within or as a partner to local, regional, or devolved government.
• Experience working for or as a partner to corporate or institutional investors.

Personal Attributes&Skills:

The below is a list of characteristics which may be helpful in this role. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but are laid out to help candidates understand more about the role.

This role would generally suit someone who;

We are looking for a proactive and experienced leader who can drive relationship development with senior leaders across Whitehall, local government, and C-suite decision-makers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the private sector and the ability to lead teams and influence strategy at a senior level.

LocationThis job covers the Yorkshire region. Candidates do not necessarily need to be based in Yorkshire, they could work from the DBT Hub Offices in Manchester or Darlington, but frequent travel across Yorkshire will be required as part of this role.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of£69,185, Department for Business and Trade contributes£20,042 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.

Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.

To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:

• ACVsetting out your career history, withkey responsibilities and achievements that relate to the essential criterialisted in this advert. Any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years should be explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.
• APersonal Statementof up to750words explaining how your skills and experience apply to the job specification.

Your application will be sifted against the Experience criteria of the Civil Service Success Profiles.

It is likely that the sift will take place 1-2 weeks after the closing date and interviews 3-5 weeks after the closing date, though this is subject to change.

We aim to sift both the CV and the Personal Statement but, in the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift may be conducted on the Personal Statement only. Candidates who pass the initial sift of the Personal Statement will either progressed to a full sift where the CV is then assessed, or progressed straight to further assessment/interview.

Candidates who pass the sift will be invited to interview, where we will assess you on the Success Profiles elements of Behaviours.

As part of the interview process you may be asked to make a presentation on the investment landscape in Yorkshire.

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to the hiring manager:

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process. In order to request an adjustment:

Complete the'Assistance required'section on the'Additional requirements'page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.

Alternatively contact the Government Recruitment Service at as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the'Contact point for applicants'section.

Please see attached Candidate Pack for further information on: Diversity and Inclusion; Benefits; Learning and Development; Working Patterns and what we deliver as a department.

Further Information:

• A reserve list may be held for a period of 9 months from which further appointments can be made. Reserve Lists will be for each location and appointments made in merit order based on location preferences.
• Any move to the Department for Business and Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments.
• The Department will not consider sponsoring a visa or issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship. We are unable to offer advice on any Visa and Immigration cases.
• New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
• Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty. Any applicant who has details held …