Global Affairs Associate (12-month Fixed-Term Contract)

About BII

British International Investment (BII) is the UK’s leading development finance institution, wholly owned by the UK Government. Our primary mission is to address global development challenges through strategic investments that promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

BII focuses on catalysing economic development, creating jobs, and building resilient economies in some of the world's most complex and underserved markets. We invest in businesses and projects that prioritise inclusive development, environmental sustainability, and innovation.

Our approach is characterised by rigorous investment standards, high governance principles, and a commitment to delivering measurable development impact. Our team consists of highly skilled and passionate professionals dedicated to making a tangible difference globally.

We foster a collaborative and intellectually stimulating work environment that values curiosity, innovation, and professional growth. Our culture balances high performance with a strong emphasis on wellbeing, ensuring our employees can achieve their full potential while contributing to our mission.

BII at a glance:

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

More than £9.9 billion in net assets

1,600+ 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 on quarterly and annual reporting requirements for external stakeholders.
• Supporting the delivery of BII’s stakeholder contact programme. Actively coordinating outreach and tracking engagement across the firm.
• 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. 
• Delivering set piece activities – such as overseas visits, receptions, teach-ins, and roundtables –to time and to standard in a way that increase understanding of BII’s work.
• 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 requests for information about BII’s work from stakeholders including supporting the drafting of responses.
• Attending and reporting back from relevant stakeholder events providing internal readouts to strengthen BII’s understanding of its stakeholder environment.
• Actively contributing to team processes including internal reporting.
• Undertaking other activities relevant to the team as identified by the Global Affairs Manager and the Director of Global Affairs. 
  
  

The candidate 

• Successful candidates will have a 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 development, climate and finance. 
• Demonstrable internal and external stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of working on international government to government processes. 
•   Experience with internal and external reporting and governance 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

Salary: Competitive