Investment Manager

Better Society Capital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social impact investment firm in London is seeking an Investment Manager to identify and manage impactful investment opportunities. The role involves developing solutions for social issues, leading investments through their lifecycle, and managing existing portfolio performance. Ideal candidates should have a strong commitment to social impact, experience in investment analysis, and excellent relationship management skills. Hybrid work model encourages a balance between work and personal life.

Benefits

Flexibility in working hours

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Passionate about improving lives in the UK.
• Experience conducting and communicating complex analyses.
• Work experience in social impact investing.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new investment opportunities.
• Lead investments through the investment process.
• Manage existing portfolio investments.
• Support strategic projects in social impact investing.
• Build a world-class social impact investment team.

Skills

Structured thinker

Innovative problem solver

Effective communicator

Relationship management

Self-starter

Job description

The opportunity

We're recruiting an Investment Manager to identify, assess and manage impact investment opportunities. You will also work with other teams to help develop the social impact investment market in the UK, working with investors, social enterprises and government.

What you will do

• Support the development of new investment opportunities, including:
  • Helping identify social issues or market needs where social impact investment can be an important part of the solution;
  • Helping develop creative and innovative solutions to these identified social issues including building collaborative partnerships with diverse stakeholders including investors, charities and government.
• Lead prospective investments through our investment process, including:
  • Project and relationship management, including supporting pipeline development and tracking;
  • Undertaking detailed investment analysis, including of the market, the prospective investee, and the financial, social impact and systems change cases;
  • Supporting the structuring of prospective investments;
  • Preparing and presenting investment recommendations to our Investment Committee;
  • Helping negotiate legal documents and close transactions.
• This role will start in either our social property or social lending & outcomes area with the potential to rotate across asset classes over time.
• Manage a number of our existing portfolio investments, including:
  • Working with the fund managers to evaluate and manage their financial and social impact performance;
  • Supporting and coordinating fund manager reporting to enable us to assess the contribution of the investments to our systems change, impact and financial goals across our portfolio and in the relevant asset classes;
  • Supporting the design and undertake of analysis on impact and financial performance across portfolios of investments, including across asset classes and impact themes.
• Systems change agent:
  • Supporting the development and delivery of key strategic projects in BSC's asset classes and strategic areas of focus, moving towards leadership of strands depending on experience and learning over time
  • Managing relationships with and help the long term business development of fund managers
  • Supporting our engagement work with investors and with charities and social enterprises to deliver on our strategic goals
• Team and approach
  • Helping to build a world class social impact investment team and approach at Better Society Capital, including acting as a champion for part of our impact investing approach or being part of a working group to deliver a strategic priority.
  • Contributing to organisation wide initiatives that help us deliver our mission such as working groups to improve the way we work or how we engage with certain stakeholders.

What you will bring

Qualifications & Experience

• A passion and demonstrable commitment to improving lives in the UK
• Experience of undertaking and communicating detailed analysis of complex problems
• Experience developing solutions to complex problems
• Work experience that faces the financial, social or public sector
• Proven relationship building and influencing skills
• Work experience in social impact investing
• Knowledge of housing or real estate, venture investment, social outcomes contracts or lending

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

Embody Better Society Capital core values

Ø 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.

Ø 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

Ø Openness - We listen, learn, experiment and collaborate. And we are adaptive and flexible in responding to what we learn.

Ø Rigorous - We take a rigorous approach in all we do. We expect the highest standards and continually strive for excellence

Ø Respectful - We are genuine in both our approach and aspiration. We value each member of our team and our partners for what they bring.

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 anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How to apply

Closing Date: 11.59pm on Sunday 21st December 2025

Please apply via Applied which is 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.

NB we screen for answers generated by Gen AI. To get a 5 star score, we ask that your Applied answers are authentic and reflect your own knowledge, skills and motivations.

Interviews

Round 1 interviews will be held w/c 12 January 2026

Round 2 interviews will be held w/c 19 January 2026

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 you have a disability or other access needs and require any support to assist you through the recruitment process, please get in touch with Krystle De Guzman (Talent Acquisition & Development Officer) at

You can find out more about our recruitment approach here

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. We hope that this working pattern encourages Better Society Capital employees to achieve a healthy balance between work and personal life, as we adapt to the needs of our diverse workforce.

Right to work

We will consider employment sponsorship for this role for successful candidates

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 (e.g. people from LGBTQIA+, racialised, disabled, or 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 Krystle De Guzman (Talent Acquisition & Development Officer) on