Investment Manager - Portfolio in London

About Better Society Capital (BSC): Better Society Capital (BSC) is the UK's leading social impact-led investor. Our mission is to grow the amount of money invested in tackling social issues and inequalities in the UK; we do this by investing ourselves and enabling others to invest for impact too. Since 2012, we have helped grow the UK's social impact investment market thirteen-fold, to more than £11 billion, proving that impact investing can scale when social outcomes and investment opportunity are genuinely aligned. We have committed more than £1 billion of our own capital to social impact investments and today hold a live portfolio of over 100 across the UK, primarily made into funds spanning early-stage and mature positions, all working towards lasting impact for the people and communities they serve. We're now delivering our 2026–2030 strategy: mobilising £20–30 billion in capital to positively impact 15–20 million lives across the UK over the next decade.

The Opportunity: We are recruiting an Investment Manager – Portfolio to take a leading role in the delivery of our existing portfolio including on special situations and exits. You will take ownership of performance and manager relationships across a broad portfolio of social impact investments. You will build relationships with senior leaders at our fund managers and take responsibility for how these investments perform against their financial, social impact and systems change goals. You will also oversee several treasury holdings, held for financial return and sustainable outcomes, that support how we manage liquidity.

What you will do:

• Lead the performance management and manager relationships for a portfolio of social impact and treasury investments.
• Manage a portfolio of social impact investments towards exit, delivering on financial returns, high social impact and systems change goals, including our charity bond investments and direct investments into or with fund managers.
• Share portfolio learnings that improve how we invest to benefit underserved and vulnerable individuals in the UK.
• Manage several treasury fixed income holdings alongside your primary social impact portfolio, overseeing performance of our externally managed mandate and contributing to strategic treasury initiatives such as asset allocation and ESG approach.
• Take the lead on special situations and exits.
• Contribute to the management of our multi-asset portfolio.
• Help lead the next phase of our market-leading impact investment approach.

What you will bring– Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

• A passion and demonstrable commitment to improving lives in the UK.
• Investment experience including analysis, recommendations, monitoring performance and engaging with investees, issuers or fund managers.
• Strong quantitative analysis and investment research skills, including financial analysis, modelling and market research.
• Work experience that faces the financial, social or public sector.
• Proven relationship-building and stakeholder management.

Desirable:

• Exposure to fixed income or credit analysis (we will support you here if needed).
• Work experience in social impact investing or sustainable investing.
• Proven project management skills.
• Knowledge of investing in real estate, renewables, venture, or outcomes contracts.

Skills, Abilities and Attributes:

• Structured thinker – able to deal with complexity and uncertainty.
• Innovative, creative and strategic approach to problem solving.
• Solves problems with multiple stakeholders in an open and empathetic way.
• Collegial team player – flexible and willing to work with and contribute to a team.
• Self-starter – able to work under own initiative and source new opportunities.
• Relationship management – excellent interpersonal skills and able to build relationships at all levels.
• A confident and effective communicator when writing and speaking.
• Hunger for continued learning and development, including developing others.

How to Apply & Interviews:

Closing Date: Wednesday 12th August at Midnight. Please apply via Applied which is designed to minimise unconscious bias in recruitment. You will be asked to provide your CV and a short-written answer. Your CV and answer will be anonymised before being reviewed by the hiring panel.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will be considered for an initial screening interview. If you have a disability or other access needs and require any support to assist you through the recruitment process, please get in touch.

Other terms: Location: We are a UK-based business with an office in the Old Street area of London, accessible via a number of public transport links. Colleagues typically spend 40% - 60% of their working hours in the office, and the remainder from home. However, the exact requirements for this role can be discussed at interview.

Right to work: Unfortunately we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application and for the duration of employment.

Equity, 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.