Deputy Director, Global Capital Formation

Job description

About the job

Job summary

The Deputy Director for Global Capital Formation plays a critical leadership role in securing high-value inward capital investment to support the UK's economic growth and long-term prosperity. The postholder will lead engagement with global institutional investors-including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and major asset managers-to mobilise large-scale capital into UK priority sectors, including infrastructure, energy transition, technology and real estate.

This role is central to delivering the Government's Industrial Strategy and National Infrastructure Strategy by unlocking transformative investments, strengthening investor confidence and positioning the UK as a globally competitive destination for long-term capital.

Candidate Information Call

The hiring manager for this position; Neil Cosgrove will be hosting a virtual call for any interested applicants to discuss the role and answer any questions.

This will be held via Microsoft Teams on Friday 14th August at 10:00am (UK time).

Please click here for the meeting link.

Job description

Strategic Leadership

• Lead the development and delivery of a coherent global capital strategy aligned to UK economic priorities, including net zero, regional growth and productivity.
• Set clear direction for targeting priority geographies and investor segments.
• Ensure the UK offer is compelling, coordinated and responsive to evolving global capital trends.

Investor Engagement and Relationship Management

• Own and deepen relationships with the Government's most significant institutional and sovereign investors, acting as a trusted senior interlocutor.
• Build long-term strategic partnerships that unlock sustained flows of capital into UK priority sectors.
• Position the UK as a stable, high-value investment destination.

Opportunity Origination and Transaction Leadership

• Provide investor insight into the development of investable opportunities aligned with national strategies.
• Lead complex, high-value investment propositions and transactions, working across government and with private sector partners to bring deals to fruition.

Barrier Resolution and Policy Insight

• Unblock barriers to investment by working across Whitehall, regulators and delivery bodies to resolve commercial, policy or operational challenges.
• Capture and synthesise investor sentiment, providing clear, actionable feedback to Ministers and senior officials to inform policy development and improve the UK investment environment.

Cross-Government and International Leadership

• Work in close partnership with DBT, HMT, other Departments and the FCDO network to deliver a joined-up HMG approach to global capital investors.
• Provide visible leadership across Whitehall and internationally, aligning domestic policy, overseas engagement and sector expertise.
• Ensure strong collaboration with posts overseas to deliver consistent and high-impact investor engagement.

Team Leadership and Capability Building

• Lead, motivate and develop a high-performing team.
• Build capability in investor engagement, commercial acumen and transaction delivery across the Office for Investment.

Person specification

• Senior Leadership: A visible, credible and inspiring leader with experience of leading large, complex and geographically dispersed teams, fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture.
• Strategic Thinking: Strong intellectual capability with the ability to interpret data and evidence, shape strategy and lead delivery across a broad and complex policy and operational landscape.
• Delivery at Pace: A proven track record of delivering high-impact outcomes, with the ability to prioritise effectively, make decisions in ambiguity and respond to emerging challenges.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Influence: Excellent communication and influencing skills, with a strong track record of engaging senior stakeholders across Government and externally, building trusted relationships to deliver results.
• Sector and Commercial Insight: Experience of working closely with business and industry, with a strong understanding of economic drivers and the factors affecting growth, trade and investment.
• Collaboration: Demonstrable ability to work across organisational boundaries, leading cross-government collaboration and aligning diverse interests to achieve shared objectives.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £86,000, Department for Business and Trade contributes £24,914 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to apply

Please follow the online instructions on the Civil Service Jobs website to apply for this role. Applications must be submitted no later than 23:55 on 23/08/26. You will be asked to upload the two documents outlined below. It is essential you add your full name to both documents:

1. A CV setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. Please provide reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
2. A Supporting Statement of around two pages of A4, providing examples of how your experience meets the essential criteria.

Failure to submit both documents will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.

If you encounter any issues or are unable to apply online please contact [email protected] in the first instance.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SCS Recruitment Team
• Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]

Further information

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact Georgia Defeo (at [email protected]) in the first instance.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/contact-us/