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Join the Sumerian Foundation's mission to tackle social inequality and drive impactful change in the UK
Overview
Salary £40000 - £55000
Location Hybrid - London/Remote
Nomad Friendly? 
Expires Expires at anytime
The Sumerian Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to making a significant positive impact on social inequality within the UK. As an independent charity, they invest in high-impact entities, providing funding, skills, impact management, and mentorship to scale their effectiveness. They also offer advisory services via Sumerian Partners to optimize philanthropic investments. It's an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that is passionate about promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level.
- Assist in the management and expansion of the UK Social Inequality Facility.
- Help ensure strategic impact and financial key performance indicators are met.
- Contribute to various mission-related activities of Sumerian Foundation.
- Provide support for advisory services through Sumerian Partners.
- Dedication to social impact and knowledge of social inequality in the UK.
- Willingness to work flexibly with a hybrid pattern and travel within the UK.
- Commitment to fairness, diversity, equity, and inclusion principles.
- Open to both full-time and part-time applicants.
Sumerian Foundation, an independent UK-registered charity, is an impact-first investor. We support high-impact charities and social enterprises that address social inequality in the UK. Sumerian Foundation currently manages a UK Social Inequality facility, through which we provide appropriate funding tailored to the needs of each organisation, skills support, impact management, and mentoring.
Sumerian Partners acts as an advisor to support other foundations enhance the effective deployment of philanthropic or impact investment capital, as well as supporting both charities and social enterprises as they transition to scale.
The primary purpose of this role is to support Sumerian Foundation manage, scale-up and promote the UK Social Inequality Facility and ensure it meets its strategic impact and financial KPIs. As required, the role will also support other activities related to the mission of Sumerian Foundation and will support the provision of advisory services by Sumerian Partners. The role can be full time or part time depending on the successful candidate. We are a small team and we work flexibly, with a hybrid work pattern that tends to be in the office in London two days per week, and will often visit social enterprises around the UK.
Principle Accountabilities
UK Social Inequality Facility
Working closely with others in Sumerian, ensure the effective management of this Facility including:
a) Pipeline development
b) Performing Due Diligence
c) Advising on and structuring the most appropriate financial instrument and terms
d) Preparing Internal investment memos
e) Forming part of the Investment Committee
f) Impact Management
g) Portfolio Management
h) Skills support and mentoring
i) Reporting and performance oversight against impact and financial KPIs
As nominated by the investment committee, the Impact Investment Manager will play a role in all operational aspects of screening and supporting charities and social enterprises.
Advisory Services
Working with others in Sumerian, contribute to the provision of advisory services as required.
Expertise and qualifications required
Essential:
Right to work in the UK
Experience in a role involving financial skills/analysis
Qualified or part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent
Desirable:
Operational business experience – ideally in a start-up/growing business or charity
Knowledge and networks related to UK social enterprise market
Experience in sustainable development and/or generation of social impact
Competences required
● Motivated and enthusiastic self-starter
● Confident and assertive – yet also humble and willing to learn
● Enjoys working in small teams
● Proven ability to lead others and develop talent
● Ability to mentor others and develop trusted open relationships with empathy
● Results orientated and with an entrepreneurial flair
● Outstanding analytical skills, detail-oriented, proactive and self-motivated
● Strong financial acumen and ability to work in Excel
● Excellent project management skills
● Ability to take decisions at both the strategic level as well as the project level
● Strong written and verbal communication skills
We are committed to fairness, diversity, equity and inclusion and we believe in the power of diversity. Our portfolio is curated with a deliberate focus on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and we aim to recruit and nurture diverse talent.
