Interim Data & Impact Director

Reports to: Head of Investment Management
Grade and Salary: £72,950
Contract: 12 months (dependent on start date)
Location: Hybrid / London, EC4A and homeworking
The opportunity:Working within the Impact and Investment team, you will support Better Society Capital to manage and leverage impact and system change data, processes and our tools, to enable effective data driven insights to help decision making, drive our strategy and support market building.

The Interim Data & Impact Director will play an important role in defining the way we manage our impact and systems change data by designing workflows and processes to ensure an effective flow of data across our investment process and translating this into impact management information and insight. The role will also help support key impact projects and influence the impact practices of other market players.
What you will do:Lead on developing our impact and system change data management architecture and infrastructure to create a 'data-on demand' environment. This includes designing workflows to collect and receive impact data from fund managers, aggregating with existing portfolio data, and presenting for insights, learning, and decision making, including the creation of data dashboards and other tools.Oversee the impact and systems change data stored on Salesforce and other management information systems ensuring it is up-to-date and accurate and designing workflows to process and report on the data.Lead on the design, data collation, analysis and presentation of the investment portfolio's impact performance for our annual impact and systems change performance committee.Supporting the impact manager to deliver the annual impact report, leading on our data input.Creation of reports and presentations that are engaging, user-friendly, insightful, and incorporate best practices in data visualisation and storytelling throughout the impact calendar i.e. lead on website updates for our investment numbers & where we invest section.Working collaboratively with Communications, Investor Engagement, Policy, Finance, Legal, and Operations groups and external Fund Managers on cross functional projects and initiatives.Assist the Head of Impact and the Head of Investment Management in delivering our impact and systems change approach across stakeholders (incl. BSC Board, external audiences) and products (BSC's Annual Report, BSC's Impact Report, etc.)Market Data Leading our annual market sizing estimate & enterprise level data release, collaborating closely with relevant teams including market systems and communications to effectively communicate our findings and insight.Working closely with other market players i.e. GIIN, Impact Investing Institute and European NABS to share and align best practice with market sizing methodologies.Systems Management Maintain and help develop back-end architecture of Salesforce and user experience on our frontline, impact and co-investor objects working closely with our Salesforce Administrator to continue to build out our impact data infrastructure.Using Tableau/Power BI and other visualisation tools to present data clearly and build in house capacity to encourage others to 'self-serve'– allowing users to gain portfolio level insight.What you will bring:Skills, Abilities and Attributes Structured thinker able to synthesise, simplify and reframe complex problemsA collaborative team player, able to establish excellent working relationshipsAttention to detail with an ability to prioritize ideas and initiativesAbility to balance quantitative with qualitative, leading to pragmatic creativityEmbody Big 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 Experience leading on impact, ESG or equivalent data management process design and execution to enable insights and drive decision making.Experience and confidence in using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualisation software to create dashboards (i.e. Tableau, Power BI or similar).A background relevant to Better Society Capital objectives (such as government, social enterprise or charity, finance, or investment).A passion for and demonstrable commitment to Better Society Capital's social mission and the UK social sector.Experience in using Salesforce.Awareness and experience of utilising external data sets to supplement internal data analysis.Experience in leveraging new technologies (i.e. AI generated analytics) to drive insights.Experience in impact measurement and management processes, ideally in an investment context.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:Provide an overview of other terms and consider if the role is suitable for visa sponsorship (appropriate for particularly specialist or senior positions that are hard-to-fill). 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. Our current approach allows colleagues to 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 continue to adapt to the changing needs of our diverse workforce.Right to work: Right to work in the UK required.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+; racialized; 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 ******. How to apply:Please apply via Applied by 19th November 2024.
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. If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applicants, we may not be able to facilitate interviews for everyone.Interviews Round 1 interviews will be held on w/c 25th November.
Round 2 interviews will be held on w/c 2nd December.
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