Strategic Investment Lead

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Strategic Investment Lead to drive funding and finance solutions aimed at ending homelessness. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the funding landscape by connecting diverse partners and creating impactful local ecosystems. You will leverage your finance expertise to unlock new funding flows and drive systemic change across the UK. If you are a creative thinker with a passion for social impact and a proven track record in finance strategy, this is the perfect chance to make a lasting difference.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Season Ticket Loan

Qualifications

• Experience in finance strategy and investment for social good.
• Ability to engage diverse stakeholders and create partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Lead the funding and investment strategy for the Homewards programme.
• Connect locations to capital and leverage new funding opportunities.

Skills

Finance Strategy

Investment Management

Partnership Development

Social Impact Assessment

Risk Assessment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Related Field

Master's Degree in Business Administration

Job description

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The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales

Location:

london, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

08.05.2025

Expiry Date:

22.06.2025

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Job Description:

Location:Central London office three days a week, with flexibility to work from home for two days

Contract type:Fixed term contract for three years, full time

Hours:37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Benefits:Pension scheme (non-contributory), private medical insurance, life insurance, season ticket loan

Overview:

In June 2023, Prince William and The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales launched Homewards. Homewards is a transformative five-year programme, working with six locations, to demonstrate that together it’s possible to end homelessness – making it rare, brief and unrepeated.

The Royal Foundation’s Homewards programme is recruiting into their Strategic Delivery team. This team will be focused on leveraging significant impact across the locations focused on key, cross-cutting, themes and report into the Programme Director.

Role Purpose:

We are seeking amotivated, creative and delivery-minded individual to join us as our Strategic Investment Lead. The Lead will work with partners to unlock more funding and finance for solutions to prevent and end homelessness. The role will focus on connecting our locations to finance and funding opportunities, driving capacity and confidence to engage where possible. It will also focus on unlocking new and improved flows of funding through strategic engagement with major global partners. We are looking for a big thinker and pragmatic ‘doer’.This is a chance to create thriving local ecosystems across the UK connecting capital to solutions that will transform their approach to end homelessness – as well as shaping brand new finance opportunities. Our aim is to create models with our partners that can be scaled across the UK and beyond.

You might have worked for central Government on finance strategy in highly relevant area, or perhaps come from a strategy role at a major financial institution. You will understand the investment landscape but be able to think creatively about how it can be deployed to end homelessness.

Key Accountabilities, but not limited to:

• Lead, shape and deliver the funding and investment strategy as part of The Royal Foundation’s Homewards programme
• Work with a range of partners - experts, locations and partners from across the finance and investment sector to connect our locations to capital and leverage new forms of funding opportunities. The Strategic Investment Lead will be supported by an expert advisory group and specialist support as needed.
• Inspired by best practice and local progress, through partners, shape and support our locations to establish sustainable long-term connections and thriving ecosystems to deliver on their commitment to end homelessness
• Work with the Homewards location teams to ensure the funding and investment strategy delivers on Local Action Plans (our locations’ roadmaps to preventing and ending homelessness); and support them to identify high potential local partners and grow relevant local relationships
• Work closely with other Leads in the programme, specifically the Homes Lead and Employment Lead - and the central Partnerships team to ensure a joined-up approach which delivers maximum impact for Homewards and The Royal Foundation
• Work across the Homewards team to prioritise, co-develop and deliver the strategy, ensuring the approach is backed by a robust delivery plan.

Relevant knowledge, experience and personal qualities

• Broad knowledge and experience of delivering finance and investment for social good and the role that debt, equity and grant/philanthropy can play in driving forward powerful societal outcomes – and an appetite to learn
• Demonstrable experience assessing risk and structuring relevant finance mechanisms, with a strong understanding of relevant language, concepts and approaches
• Comfortable and confidence engaging with a diverse range of partners from public, private and voluntary stakeholders to connect and create thriving place-based ecosystems
• Significant experience operating at a senior level working with major businesses to execute powerful new partnerships to create lasting impact - ideally with a focus on or background in a topic related to finance; and experience working at a local and national level to deliver
• A confident ‘Doer’ with a background in executing ambitious policy or programmes in a relevant setting
• Creative thinker with a desire to drive systemic change - understanding the role TRF and partners could play and what systemic change could look like when it to comes to delivering financial solutions to end that end homelessness
• Confident leader who can support and empower the Homewards team to confidently engage in this area; and be an ambassador for Homewards across the finance and social impact sector.

The Royal Foundation is a high-profile organisation, and the successful candidate will appreciate the importance of discretion and confidentiality and have a mature and professional approach.

This post is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and with the right to work in the UK.

Company & Culture:

The Royal Foundation is the family Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses are committed to using their platform to unite and positively impact the lives of people in the UK and around the world. Through the Foundation, The Prince and Princess identify and tackle society’s greatest challenges, with a particular focus on a healthy society and healthy planet.

Our work is built on world-class research, long-term partnerships, and measurable, scalable impact. We build collaborative initiatives where leaders from all parts of society can come together to identify emerging challenges, agree joint action, and make a real difference on key societal challenges.

Apply Now:

If you have the relevant skills and enthusiasm for the role, then we’d love to hear from you.Please send your CV and covering letter (no more than two pages) explaining your motivation for applying and how you meet the skills and experience required for the roleby clicking ‘Apply’ now.