Global Affairs Associate, Global Affairs

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

Over 75 years supporting sustainable business growth in developing and emerging markets

More than £8.8 billion in net assests

1,400+ businesses invested in

950,000 workers in the businesses we support 

650+ people in our diverse global team

3 key development objectives: Productive | Sustainable | Inclusive

Team and role overview

The Global Affairs team is a high-performing team that sits at the centre of a dynamic policy agenda. The team is focused on the policy decisions that matter most to BII’s operating environment. It shapes those decisions by analysing external developments, undertaking targeted engagement and leveraging political moments. Progress is tracked and actively reported on a quarterly basis.

Purpose

The Global Affairs Associate role will be responsible for supporting the delivery of BII’s Global Affairs approach. The role will undertake analysis on external developments, support targeted stakeholder engagement and delivering set-piece activities, to time and standard. It will work closely and collaboratively with colleagues across the Global Affairs team and leverage expertise from across BII.

Responsibilities

• Delivering set piece activities – such as overseas visits, teach-ins, and roundtables – to time and to standard in a way that increase understanding of BII’s work.
• Supporting the delivery of BII’s external engagement programme. Actively coordinating outreach and tracking engagement.
• Inputting into the production of tailored briefing documents – both internal and external - to support preparations for engagement activity ensuring BII is positioned in the most effective way and staff are effectively briefed.
• Undertaking monitoring of external issues, as guided. Synthesising key points, identifying opportunities for outreach, contributing to internal memos for staff and management and inputting into internal reporting.
• Managing external requests for information about BII’s work including supporting the drafting of responses.
• Attending and reporting back from relevant external events providing internal readouts to strengthen BII’s understanding of its external environment.
• Actively contributing to team processes including internal reporting.
• Undertaking other activities relevant to the team’s objectives and goals.

The candidate

Background, skills, aptitude

• Successful candidates will have a strong background in public affairs and government relations, at domestic and international level.
• Essential skills:
• Experience of working with government officials (UK and international), particularly on issues relating to international climate finance.
• Demonstrable stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of working on international government to government processes.
• Desirable skills:
• Rigorous and professional in their work - showing a “can-do” attitude that strives for excellence and can manage/adapt to competing priorities.
• Financially literate with the ability to clearly communicate BII’s investment products.
• Experience of working with and for international organisation and/or business groups.
• 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.  

Please provide a cover letter with your application