Experienced Summer Intern - Development Impact Management (MBA, MSc or equivalent)
About BII
British International Investment is the UK’s development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. With a mission to solve the biggest global development challenges, we aim to create a virtuous circle of investment and impact. Your contribution will be essential.
It won’t be easy: we do the hardest work in the most complex markets. Be prepared to test your skills, get creative and say your piece as you take on high-profile work as part of a diverse team of exceptionally smart, passionate people.
In return, you can take your career to all-new places in a culture that rewards curiosity and collaboration, and balances high performance with wellbeing.
BII at a glance
75 years supporting sustainable business growth in developing and emerging markets
£8.1 billion in net assets
1,400+ businesses invested in
950,000 workers in the businesses we support
£9 billion in new investments planned in the next 5 years
600+ people in our diverse global team
3 key development objectives: Productive | Sustainable | Inclusive
Team and role overview
BII’s Development Impact Management team is market-leading and provides technical leadership on how to assess, manage and evaluate the impact of our investments. BII’s objective is to push the boundaries in impact management with a world-class impact framework to deliver productive, sustainable and inclusive impact across Africa, South Asia, Indo-Pacific and the Caribbean.
Purpose
We are currently recruiting for an intern within the Development Impact Management team. The candidate will be responsible for delivering effective and high-quality impact management. Candidates will report to the Development Impact Manager within the team. The candidate will play an active role in developing and maintaining BII’s impact management frameworks, contribute to thought leadership, and contribute to BII’s impact systems and processes in order to deepen the impact on people and planet.
Responsibilities
- Ensure consistent use of BII’s Impact management frameworks across deal lifecycle
- Track and analyse deal-level impact data to track performance of committed deals
- Support the management and coordination of Impact Score Panels and Impact Score Steering Group
- Contribute to the continual development of BII’s impact management framework ensuring tools, systems, policies and capabilities remain world class which could include update to Impact Score, Contribution and other BII frameworks as required (For example – Develop Benchmarks, Proxies that improve our processes)
- Support broader systems and processes development with teams within and outside the Impact Group
The candidate (please note, this programme is not for undergraduates)
Background, skills, aptitude
- Studying towards an MBA, MSc in Economics or Development Economics, or equivalent & have a strong background in consulting, impact measurement and management, or international development
- Practical and results-oriented individual with a track record of delivering successful projects or products
- Excellent and demonstrable Excel & PowerPoint skills
- Excellent and demonstrable analytical and communication skills
- Interest in development finance
- Candidates should be strongly motivated by BII’s development mission and ideally demonstrate some commitment to development or social goals through previous executive or non-executive activity.
Our cultural values
We look for team members who aspire, as we do, to work at our best and to be:
- Impact-led, commercially rigorous
- Tenacious in the face of challenges
- Collaborative and caring
British International Investment is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
Application Process
- Please provide a cover letter with your application, and tell us why you would like to join the Summer Internship at BII, and why you have chosen to apply for this business area / team
- Please apply for one internship only
- Position opened: 28 October 2024
- Position closes: 01 December 2024
- Salary: £64,390 (pro-rated over 8 or 10 weeks)
Please note BII will pay for flights to London for those studying internationally