Senior Investment Manager (Real Estate) in Bristol

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The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is seeking to appoint a Senior Investment Manager to join the Finance & Investment Directorate team.

Your key responsibility in this role will be to ensure a strong focus on delivering the priorities of the Mayor by supporting the delivery of housing, regeneration and place-based investment across the West of England. You will play a leading role in shaping commercially robust investment opportunities, helping to unlock growth, secure funding and deliver transformational outcomes for communities across the region.

We're looking for a dynamic, strategic and commercially astute investment professional who is passionate about housing delivery, regeneration and creating opportunities that drive sustainable economic growth. This is a unique opportunity to work on some of the region's most ambitious development and regeneration programmes, partnering with public and private sector organisations to turn vision into reality. This is a critical time in our transformation and growth journey, and you'll be pivotal in helping us achieve our ambitions by:

• Leading investment appraisal, financial modelling and viability assessments for complex housing and regeneration schemes.
• Developing innovative commercial structures, funding solutions and investment propositions to unlock delivery.
• Ensuring investment opportunities are commercially robust, investment-ready and aligned to regional priorities.
• Completing high-quality business cases, investment papers and governance submissions.
• Providing expert commercial and financial advice to colleagues, partners and stakeholders across the region.

What you'll be doing

As our Senior Investment Manager, you'll:

• Lead on financial appraisal, risk analysis, sensitivity testing and commercial assessments for major housing and regeneration projects.
• Support the progression of priority schemes from concept through to investment-ready propositions.
• Work closely with local authorities, developers, Registered Providers, Homes England, investors and government partners.
• Design funding approaches and capital structures that blend public and private investment.
• Influence and advise on commercial negotiations, helping to ensure value for money and successful project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and assurance on investment modelling methodologies across the organisation.
• Contribute to the development of regional investment strategies and project prioritisation frameworks.

What you'll bring

You'll be a highly experienced investment, finance or regeneration professional with a track record of developing commercially viable solutions for complex projects and programmes. We’re particularly interested in people who:

• Hold a professional investment qualification such as CFA, CISI, CII or equivalent.
• Have significant experience in investment appraisal, commercial structuring or financial analysis within housing, regeneration, infrastructure, real estate or public-sector investment.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of financial modelling, risk analysis and development viability.
• Understand housing delivery, regeneration finance and public-sector investment frameworks.
• Can translate strategic objectives into practical, deliverable investment propositions.
• Communicate complex financial information clearly and confidently to a wide range of audiences.
• Build credibility quickly and develop strong partnerships across organisations and sectors.
• Are proactive, highly organised and focused on delivering impactful results.

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years continuous service. There is also the option to increase your annual leave with our annual leave purchase scheme.
• 2 days paid leave each year to volunteer.
• Local Government Pension Scheme (one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK).
• Flexible, family friendly and hybrid working options to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance.
• Reduced bus fare travel across the West of England.

The salary for this role is £63,685 - £69,665. This is the full-time equivalent salary, and will be pro‑rata for part-time. We advertise salary ranges for job roles, with new appointments for external candidates typically starting at the lowest salary point. In exceptional cases, where higher skill levels or experience are applicable, the salary point may be adjusted to secure the best candidate. This approach allows for potential year‑on‑year salary increases, offering progression and appropriate rewards to employees.

Good Employment Charter https://www.goodemploymentcharter.co.uk/ As a founding Member of the West of England Good Employment Charter and accredited Living Wage Employer, we’re committed to creating a diverse environment where all our employees can thrive. We make sure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and we particularly welcome applications from under‑represented groups without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or citizenship status.

Fair and Inclusive Recruitment

As part of our commitment to fair and inclusive recruitment, we provide interview questions to all shortlisted candidates in advance/on request. This approach helps ensure everyone can demonstrate their skills, knowledge and experience fully, and supports our duties under the Equality Act 2010. You will also be asked follow‑up questions during the interview to explore your responses in more detail.

Reasonable Adjustments If you have an accessibility need, disability, condition or need any additional support that means you might require changes to the application or recruitment process (for example, you might need to submit your application in a different format), please get in touch with our Resourcing Team at Resourcing@westofengland-ca.gov.uk . We are here to assist and accommodate your needs.