Job: Senior Manager, Strategic Development - Equity

Location: Luxembourg 
Deadline: Friday, 25 October 2013 

Description

Job ID:

100697

Entity:

European Investment Fund

Deadline: 

Friday 25th October 2013

The European Investment Fund is seeking to recruit for its Strategic Development & EU Policies Department at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a  

(Sr) Manager, Strategic Development - Equity

Appointment will be made on the basis of a fixed term contract of three (3) years.

Purpose:

Proactively manage one or more specific mandates which the EIF operates in the social Impact investing space.

Responsibilities:

Contribute to the building-up and the managing of the Impact Investing and Social Investing Business line at EIF, and in particular assume following tasks and responsibilities:

• Take an active role in managing the investment activity of SIA in close cooperation with Head of Strategic Development - Equity, implying

• contributing to the full investment cycle from deal origination, deal screening, due diligence, negotiation of documentation, monitoring and liquidation
• participation in advisory boards, operational interaction with fund managers giving them guidance on the integration of impact assessment in the investment process, state-of-the art fund structures and governance

• Contributing to refining the investment strategy and investment proposal of the SIA
• Contributing to scaling of the SIA fund-of-funds through integration of further funding sources at EU level from public and private sector resources.
• Contributing to refining the due diligence procedures and metrics approach of EIF for social impact
• On-going market screening for investment targets for the SIA

Qualifications:

• University degree in Business and/or Finance and/or law or equivalent preferably at postgraduate level
• At least 5 years' relevant work experience;
• Explicit investment experience in Venture Capital or Private Equity is required.
• Fluency in English and at least one other EU language

Personal Qualities:

• Strong team player, self-starter personality, constructive and result oriented work approach;
• Diplomatic skills and readiness to take responsibility on transaction level and project level in the interaction with both internal and external stakeholders;
• Ability to cope with change, creativity in the development of solutions and initiatives, eagerness to progress through own learning and mutual knowledge sharing with team members.

Deadline for applications: 25th October 2013 

• Due to high volume of applications, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

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