Executive/Associate, Development Impact – Investments, ITS - Lagos

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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.
It won’t be easy: we do the hardest work in the most complex markets. Be prepared to test your skills, get creative and say your piece as you take on high-profile work as part of a diverse team of exceptionally smart, passionate people.
In return, you can take your career to all-new places in a culture that rewards curiosity and collaboration, and balances high performance with wellbeing.
BII at a glance
75 years supporting sustainable business growth in developing and emerging markets
£8.1 billion in net assets
1,400+ businesses invested in
950,000 workers in the businesses we support
£9 billion in new investments planned in the next 5 years
600+ people in our diverse global team

The responsibilities will include the following (not exhaustive):

Delivering impact management for the relevant part of the investment portfolio:

• Assessing development impact as part of origination and due diligence process. Working seamlessly with ITS investment team colleagues to inform the investment decision and define the impact objectives and appropriately escalating issues.
• Developing a high-quality development impact dashboard and Impact Score for each investment based on the Impact Management Project’s consensus which will involve desk research, facilitating discussions, due diligence and managing external suppliers where necessary. Liaise with other Impact Group teams (e.g. E&S, Climate Finance and Gender & Diversity etc) during the investment process where relevant.
• Defining the monitoring plan for the investments and post investment, collecting the impact metrics to track actual impact of investments, ensuring analysis is timely and high quality.
• Assessing how investments are performing against their initial development objectives, determining when course corrections are required and completing exit reviews, feeding back learnings to the organisation.
• Actively managing investments to enhance the impact by participating in the design and implementation of initiatives and partnerships.
• Developing and delivering strategies for the sector ensuring consistency with BII wide strategies and frameworks.
• Developing sector framework and tools (e.g. benchmarks) ensuring consistency with BII wide strategies and frameworks.

Relationship & Stakeholder management:

• Contact point for the relevant sector team within ITS, attending and representing development impact in relevant meetings
• Engagement with investees on impact management activities and data
• Ensuring appropriate communication of priorities, changes to processes and frameworks etc to internal teams
• Manage sector-specific relationships including with experts, peers and suppliers.
• Supporting the delivery of BII’s objectives in Nigeria, including playing a key role in ensuring Development Impact is well-represented locally.

Support and contribute to the wider Development Impact team:

• Support the Impact Management Team (Central Team) in the continual development of BII’s impact management framework ensuring tools, systems, policies and capabilities remain world class.
• Support other team members to ensure all activities within the sector are consistent with sector approach.
• Developing the overall capability and team effectiveness of the Development Impact team and sharing learnings within the team, the broader Impact Group and the organisation.