Investment Manager

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is seeking a highly motivated Investment Manager for an 18-month fixed-term contract. The role involves developing and investing in projects that support business growth and community development. Candidates should have experience in partnership development and project management, with a passion for making a positive impact in the community. This position offers flexible working hours, generous holidays, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Free travel around Liverpool City Region

Flexible and hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Corporate discounts at council-owned gyms

Coaching and mentoring

Qualifications

• Extensive relevant professional experience in community development or business support.
• Experience of building partnerships with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and invest in people and skills, business growth, and innovation projects.
• Lead project teams and manage performance of junior members.

Skills

Partnership Development

Project Management

Community Development

Business Support

Problem Solving

Job description

To help make Liverpool City region the best place to grow up, grow a family, and grow a business – where no-one is left behind

• Employer: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
• Location: No 1 Mann Island, Liverpool
• Contract: Temporary
• Working Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full Time
• Hours: 35 hours per week.
• DBS Check: No
• Closing Date: 18/05/2025 at 23:59
• Reference: I&D/25/311977

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we recieve a sufficient number of applications.

This role will be an 18 months fixed term contract, due to a permanent member of staff being seconded into another opportunity. The CA will consider applicants who would like to pursue this as a secondment opportunity.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Investment Manager to join LCRCA’s Investment and Delivery Directorate as secondment cover. The post holder will help to develop and invest in people and skills, business growth and innovation projects. We’re seeking candidates with business support or people and skills experience to deliver against current and future pipeline. Recent activity includes the delivery of £44m pipeline for UK Shared Prosperity Fund, working on Innovation Zones and an ambitious pipeline of specialist business support.

We are looking for people who are passionate about supporting the aims of the Combined Authority, who are self-starting, highly motivated, commercially minded and possess willingness to go the extra mile. Our team comes from a range of backgrounds and experience, including finance, legal, property development and management, and social economy gained in a variety of private and public sector roles.

The role provide the opportunity to influence and have impact with stakeholders, build strong relationships, and use your ideas and experience to shape policy and delivery. In addition, you will support the development of the team and wider organisation through a combination of leading and support sharing of best practice, training, line management and process improvement

Our team has some exciting working coming up over the next 18 months, including development of the CA’s longer-term investment strategy, partnership development and preparing for Integrated Settlement. The role will be varied and someone who has a strong track record in partnership development, working within a strategy implementation space as well as understanding delivery of projects is preferred. The ability to work on your own initiative is essential.

About the person

The right candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate experience and skills in the following:

• • Extensive relevant professional experience, preferably in either the monitoring, delivery or management of support interventions in community development, employment and skills or business support
• • Experience of building and strengthening external partnerships with key stakeholder and organisations
• • Experience of leading project/deal teams, providing direction and managing the performance of junior team members
• • Be self-starting, team player and highly-motivated
• • Be conscientious and organised, with attention to detail
• • Be self-starting, team player and highly-motivated
• • Be conscientious and organised, with attention to detail
• • Be positive, flexible and responsive, with a dynamic and creative approach to problem solving
• • Demonstrate the ability to request, analyse and interpret information from a variety of sources and to deploy sound judgement in assessing a project

Full details of skills, experience and knowledge required are provided in the personal specification.

If you think you match the job description and our values then click on the link to apply, indicating how you meet the person specification.

Closing Date for Applications: 23:59pm on the 18 th May 2025. Interviews will take place on the 4th, 5th and 10th of June.

About the organisation

The Liverpool City Region is world-famous for its history, culture and creativity. A place of firsts, it is the birthplace of modern railways, public health and international trade. Now, our economy is being transformed once again, changing the world through world-leading innovation in health and life sciences, digital and creative, and advanced manufacturing - growing an economy already worth £35 billion a year.

The Combined Authority plays a central role in catalysing this innovation-led economy. We are seizing the unique opportunity to use our devolved powers and funding to create wealth and prosperity for all our 1.6 million residents and the whole UK - investing in our economy, people, place, transport and digital infrastructure. Our vision is for the Liverpool City Region to be: The best place to grow up, grow a family, and grow a business - where no-one is left behind.

• • Local Government Pension Scheme contributions between 5.5% and 12.5%
• • Generous holiday entitlement of 29 days rising to 34 days after 5 years service, as well as bank holidays and the option to buy 10 additional days
• • Free travel around Liverpool City Region with an All-Zone Metro card worth £1,450 per year plus All Zones Off Peak Trio ticket for your spouse or partner
• • Flexible and hybrid working
• • 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family and Free counselling service
• • Automatic enrolment to our Westfield Health Programme
• • Corporate discounts at council-owned gyms
• • Coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, and professional qualifications including paid membership fees and even a £1k interest free learning loan for any non-job-related learning

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for all candidates who met the essential criteria in the job description and who have declared that they: have a disability, are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, are a member of a reservist or have close family links to a member of the Armed Forces as we are under-represented by people from these communities.

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

How to apply

Please apply online via the link provided.

Please note, CV applications will only be accepted alongside a completed personal and monitoring information online application form.