Assistant Director - Strategic Partnership
Core
Coordinate and deliver strategic partnerships between the National Wealth Fund and local/regional authorities to unlock private finance for UK infrastructure projects.
Role type
Senior IC strategic partnership director
Builds
Strategic partnership frameworks, local growth plans, and investment pipelines for retrofit, heat networks, transport, and place-based regeneration
Domain
Public sector infrastructure finance and regional economic development
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
infrastructure project delivery, public sector finance, financial modelling, due diligence, contract review, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, commercial negotiation, partnership development
Preferred skills
government finance, public sector accounting, devolved governance, institutional investment processes
Technologies
financial modelling tools, contract management systems
Responsibilities
Coordinate NWF support across Strategic Partnerships, represent the Fund at regional meetings, build relationships with local authorities and investors, resolve project delivery challenges, assist in commercial negotiations, collaborate on sector strategies
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC