Investment Strategy and Funding Officer

Job Description

The purpose of the role is to lead the development and support the delivery of  the Investment Strategy by managing the associated projects and programmes.

The Investment Strategy is not the Council’s Investment Strategy but is an Investment Strategy for Clackmannanshire and this role will have this objective as the main driver.  The strategy provides a strategic approach to how we pursue external capital and revenue investment into opportunities within Clackmannanshire.  This is a three tiered approach which covers the following:

• Public Sector/Private Sector/Third Sector - : Leveraging relationships with public, private, and third-sector partners, including regional.
• Council/Corporate: Focused on infrastructure, economic growth, and transformation priorities, aligning investment with long-term regional goals and national policy frameworks.
• Community Tier: Empowering communities to co-design and lead investment initiatives, unlocking funding not accessible to the council alone. Co-designing priorities with residents and supporting community capacity building (e.g., Development Trusts, Social Enterprises and Community Asset Transfers).

The post holder will work with the Senior Manager Transformation and Capital, Strategic Lead (Community Collaboration), nominated Senior Managers from each Directorate, and wider partners and potential investors to provide strategic direction and support to deliver a successful Investment Strategy for the region.

The postholder will develop strong relationships with investors, to develop plans and projects for investment opportunities throughout the region.

The overall purpose of the job is to lead high quality corporate funding advice and support to the Council and region, which enables leveraging of external sources of funding to support delivery of the three tiered approach stated previously.  The post holder will have excellent awareness of the external funding and grants field and proven experience in developing and managing excellent working relationship with funders and grant making bodies.   The post holder will work closely with managers and services across the Council, with a primary focus on supporting the delivery of the Council’s transformation agenda. 

Additional Information

You can view the application pack below which contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job.  You can also find our recruitment privacy notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting the recruitment campaign “Get into Care for Adult Care”.  Further documents can be viewed below – these do not relate to the job advertised.

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce.  We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect.  For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working.  Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships.  The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

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Please note that if you are selected for interview you will be notified by e-mail.

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