About LPPI (-%About LPPI)

One of the key priorities at LPPI is ensuring that our people work every day in an empowered, supportive, diverse and inclusive culture. Practically, this means recognising and valuing the uniqueness of every individual in terms of background, experience, beliefs and circumstances. This starts with the recruitment process, where we partner with agencies who share our common goal and advertise on a variety of job boards to access the broadest spectrum of candidates. And once successful applicants are on board, we trust our people to work in the way that works best for them which typically involves a mix of office and home working plus an engagement model to ensure frequent two-way feedback.

We are very proud of our culture at LPPI and the benefits it brings to both our people and the business. But don’t just take our word for it! Recently, we invited our entire workforce to describe in three words what is great about us and they said – our people, flexibility and collaboration.

If you would like to join a company that is inclusive and forward-thinking, please read on.

Role Purpose (-%Role purpose)

The Corporate Governance Manager will act as a trusted adviser to the business (being Local Pensions Partnership Ltd and its holding company – together the “Group”)), leading confidently on secretariat support and advice for selected Boards/committees, supporting and strengthening our Governance Framework and acting as a visible coach/mentor for more junior team members.

The role will partner closely with the Head of Corporate Governance to deliver strategic projects, enhance governance processes, and oversee key service providers to agreed SLAs and budgets. The role requires a mindset of continuous improvement and adaptability to support business growth and development.

Key Responsibilities (-%Key responsibilities)

1) Company secretarial
• Act as Secretary for designated Boards and their committees/management committees;
• Own full meeting cycle: forward planner, agenda setting with Chairs, paper quality control, pack production, distributions, and secure record keeping;
• Manage Board and committee meetings, both during the meetings and in the lead up, to enable effective decision-making;
• Produce high quality minutes that capture decisions, risks, and actions; ensure prompt action tracking and closure; and
• Ensure adherence to terms of reference, quorum, conflicts management, and annual planners; coordinate annual Board and committee effectiveness reviews as required.

2) Governance Framework and advisory
• In collaboration with the Head of Corporate Governance:
• Maintain and continuously improve the Group’s Governance Framework including a document describing the framework, the FCA governance map for LPPI, Schemes of Delegated Authorities, committee terms of reference, Wates Principles Compliance Statements and Governance policy standards;
• Manage the onboarding and continuous development of directors as required;
• Provide pragmatic advice to senior stakeholders on governance, legal entity obligations, and decision making protocols;
• Provide tools and support to the business to allow those supporting committees/other fora to carry out certain secretarial activities such as minute-taking, meeting planning and paper and agenda drafting;
• Coordinate the annual governance effectiveness cycle, including director training and Board evaluations;
• Support governance aspects of the FCA’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime; and
• Draft the governance sections of the LPPI and holding company annual reports.

3) People leadership and team development
• In collaboration with the Head of Corporate Governance:
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement within the team;
• Provide guidance, quality assurance, and workload prioritisation for more junior team members as required – over time this may involve managing another team member(s);
• Provide coaching on governance advisory, minute taking, stakeholder management and paper drafting; assist in setting development goals and supporting progression; and
• Embed consistent templates, style guides, and a knowledge library for the team.

4) Tools, data, and continuous improvement
• Champion automation and use of flexible templates to enhance efficiency across the team, particularly focusing on minute-taking, managing meeting actions and undertaking low-value, repetitive tasks;
• Advocate for appropriate and effective application of the Group’s Governance Framework, Board portal and entity management system across the business;
• Develop appropriate governance MI dashboards; and
• Promote data protection, confidentiality, and secure records management across the team.

5) Strategic projects
• In collaboration with the Head of Corporate Governance:
• Support the design and delivery of governance-related strategic projects (eg operating model updates, entity simplification, Board portal and entity database enhancements, regulatory change, remediation); and
• Contribute to business cases, the creation and adherence to roadmaps, and change communications.

6) Service provider oversight
• In collaboration with other members of the Corporate Governance and other teams:
• Manage relationships with governance-related vendors (eg company secretarial, Board portal and entity management system providers; minute taking vendors and other consultants or advisers); and
• Define and monitor team SLAs/KPIs, conduct periodic service reviews and due diligence and drive continuous improvement.

7) Compliance and assurance
• Ensure that the Group’s Governance Framework is appropriate, according with best practice in a proportionate manner and enabling compliance with applicable laws, regulations and governance codes (Companies Acts, FCA handbook, Wates Principles);
• Maintain accurate statutory records and timely filings for legal entities;
• Maintain and develop team procedures; and
• Record and monitor governance risks/controls, respond to internal audit actions, and support regulatory/assurance reviews as required.

8) General
• Carry out such other duties as deemed by the Head of Corporate Governance to be valuable to the development of the team and its activities.

Requirements for the role (-%Requirements for the role)

• Chartered Governance Institute qualification (6+ years PQE);
• Working within a regulated environment;
• Proven track record supporting Boards and committees (eg, Board committees, Executive and other management committees) effectively, working directly with Chairs and senior executives; and
• Familiarity with people management/coaching, encouraging team member development and managing workloads/priorities.
• Governance expertise: strong grasp of Board and committee governance including quorums, conflict management, delegations of authority, policy governance and entity obligations; ability to manage meetings effectively and with confidence;
• Collaborative approach: willing and able to work proactively and respectfully work with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation; used to taking the initiative;
• Excellent verbal and written communication: clear and concise, adept at paper writing and editing and turning complex content into actionable, decision ready summaries;
• Stakeholder influence: confident with senior leaders; able to challenge constructively, garner consensus, and protect governance standards in a proportionate manner.

Preferred experience:
• Project/change delivery and concepts; and
• Service provider oversight, including defining SLAs/KPIs, conducting service reviews, tracking performance and overseeing remediation.

Reasonable adjustment will be made to working arrangements to accommodate a person with a disability who otherwise would be prevented from undertaking the work.

About LPPI (-%About LPPI)

One of the key priorities at LPPI is ensuring that our people work every day in an empowered, supportive, diverse and inclusive culture. Practically, this means recognising and valuing the uniqueness of every individual in terms of background, experience, beliefs and circumstances. This starts with the recruitment process, where we partner with agencies who share our common goal and advertise on a variety of job boards to access the broadest spectrum of candidates. And once successful applicants are on board, we trust our people to work in the way that works best for them which typically involves a mix of office and home working plus an engagement model to ensure frequent two-way feedback.

We are very proud of our culture at LPPI and the benefits it brings to both our people and the business. But don’t just take our word for it! Recently, we invited our entire workforce to describe in three words what is great about us and they said – our people, flexibility and collaboration.

If you would like to join a company that is inclusive and forward-thinking, please read on.

Role Purpose (-%Role purpose)

Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure (“PM”) is responsible for leading the underwriting and monitoring for the indirect funds activities of the LPPI Infrastructure Pooling Vehicle (“IPV”) at Local Pensions Partnership Investments (“LPPI”). The role is responsible for managing client capital committed to the IPV; this includes setting portfolio construction objectives, managing deployment and redemptions, working with direct infrastructure team colleagues and collaborating across the external manager and wider LPPI investment team to meet client requirements. The PM will be accountable for monitoring and reporting on the performance of the IPV, including directs as well as the balance sheet positions held by clients. The PM is tasked with ensuring that client commitments are invested, and the portfolio is managed in accordance with LPPI’s and clients’ strategic objectives, policies and relevant regulations.

Key Responsibilities (-%Key responsibilities)

• Setting strategy and implementation for the IPV, including portfolio construction, mix of funds, co-invest and direct investments (noting that GLIL commitments are treated as direct for these purposes); working in conjunction with senior colleagues;
• Responsible for sourcing and underwriting opportunities in funds and co-investments, making portfolio management recommendations for the IPV
• Ensuring that the IPV investment monitoring activities are performed to a high standard by the team;
• Managing and mentoring the indirect Infrastructure team
• Maintaining knowledge of the universe and networks, includes attending relevant conferences and events for infrastructure sector, as well as attending advisory committees, meetings and site visits;
• Supporting underwriting, investment decisions and monitoring as appropriate relating to indirect infrastructure covering other LPPI managed vehicles such as the Environmental Opportunities Fund (“EOF”) and the London Fund;
• Participate in marketing for both internal and external client activities;
• Working with internal LPPI teams to ensure that the IPV is managed in line with policies, the mandate objectives and restrictions including Responsible Investment commitments

Requirements for the role (-%Requirements for the role)

• Significant experience in sourcing, underwriting and managing infrastructure investments with third party fund managers;
• Significant experience of evaluating fund managers is a must, experience in co-investments a positive.
• Experience of making infrastructure investment recommendations, portfolio management and decision-making experience a positive
• Strong technical knowledge of Infrastructure investment strategies and relevant fund manager universes.
• Capability to deliver and operate within an institutional investment process, applying sound principles and developing improvements where appropriate;
• Highly effective communication, influencing and relationship management skills including personal credibility in delivering strategic information to peers, senior decision makers in LPPI and to relevant committees to facilitate high level decision making;
• The ability to build positive and productive working relationships with a variety of internal and external parties, including investors, advisers and clients;
• Excellent level of numerical, analytical and report writing skills
• A proactive, self-motivated team player who has the ability to handle a workload with multiple deadlines ensuring expectations are managed throughout;
• Advanced people management skills with the ability to lead, mentor and motivate more junior team members.
• Promotes positive behaviour through own actions and attitude with the ability to deliver solutions within a team environment and be a flexible and supportive team player;
• An understanding of the breadth of the diversity agenda including embedding good practice and an understanding of LPPI’s commitment to combating discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity.
• Good conduct that is consistent with the LPPI values- aligned behaviours

Reasonable adjustment will be made to working arrangements to accommodate a person with a disability who otherwise would be prevented from undertaking the work.

About LPPI (-%About LPPI)

One of the key priorities at LPPI is ensuring that our people work every day in an empowered, supportive, diverse and inclusive culture. Practically, this means recognising and valuing the uniqueness of every individual in terms of background, experience, beliefs and circumstances. This starts with the recruitment process, where we partner with agencies who share our common goal and advertise on a variety of job boards to access the broadest spectrum of candidates. And once successful applicants are on board, we trust our people to work in the way that works best for them which typically involves a mix of office and home working plus an engagement model to ensure frequent two-way feedback.

We are very proud of our culture at LPPI and the benefits it brings to both our people and the business. But don’t just take our word for it! Recently, we invited our entire workforce to describe in three words what is great about us and they said – our people, flexibility and collaboration.

If you would like to join a company that is inclusive and forward-thinking, please read on.

Role Purpose (-%Role purpose)

This role provides critical administrative and coordination support to the Business Development team, including responsibility for supporting the Chief Business Development Officer in an Executive Assistant capacity. The position delivers Business Development team support, ensuring smooth operations across primarily the client management function with some support of the distribution and marketing & communications functions. The role is integral to enabling the team to deliver first-class client engagement and business development outcomes aligned with organisational objectives.


Key Responsibilities (-%Key responsibilities)

Executive Assistant

Provide comprehensive EA support to the Chief Business Development Officer, including
o Diary and schedule management of internal and external meetings, including external conference and events
o Travel & expenses – including working alongside the Executive Support team to ensure that travel across the business is fulfilled.
o MCO (Compliance) declarations are submitted in a timely manner

• Working with the Executive Support team to ensure that cover and support is provided across the departments between core hours of work, keeping the team updated when cover is required.
• Knowledge Sharing – work alongside the Executive Support team to share skills and develop new working procedures.
• Proactively manage, coordinate and plan for Executive Committee and Board timelines, meetings and deliverables, ensure reports are maintained and kept up to date to meet key deadlines. This includes working with wider team to ensure reports are updated in time for submission.
• Support CBDO in monitoring and reviewing the Risk Appetite & Tolerances (RATS) across client management, business development and marketing & comms, as these form part of risk reporting to ExCo and LPPI Board.
• Co-ordination of key tasks and actions, maintaining a strategic focus on key priorities, identifying shifting needs, anticipating upcoming issues and finding ways to support the Executive Committee goals.
• Capture actions and deadlines for CBDO and ensure these are fulfilled
• Screening enquiries and requests, and handling where appropriate.
• Design and produce reports, including using CRM system.

Team Assistant

• Manage travel and expenses for wider Business Development team in relation to their external client meetings and conference attendance. Collect, review, and process expense Heads of Department.
• Support team in co-ordinating client and other external meetings. Where necessary, also support internal meetings and room bookings.
• Proactively prioritise utilise time management skills to meet deadlines, prepare for upcoming events and ad hoc priority issues that may require attention. Ensure that meetings, and events are set up in a timely manner and that guests and meetings are logged.
• Help host external guests in the office, including room bookings, refreshments and meeting and greeting.
• Invoice management. Creating purchase orders, setting up new suppliers and ensuring that suppliers are paid on time.
• Co-ordinate and manage the Business Development monthly meeting including, ensuring meeting invite, minutes and actions are delivered within given timeframe.
• Support contract renewals for Business Development tools and outsourced services / advisors.
• Document Control – manage and maintain accurate, efficient and modern e-filing systems, including uploading client papers to Nasdaq Boardvantage
• Assist with proposals and presentations, including formatting, printing, and ensuring materials are ready in a timely manner for client meetings.

External Meetings and LPPI Events

• Working with the CBDO and Head of Client Management to co-ordinate the Partner Fund Working Group (PFWG) – agenda, minutes, actions. This includes engaging with external stakeholders as well as ensuring required internal attendees have meeting in the diary and are clear on requirements.
• Organise team events, including team-building activities. Manage the calendar for these events and pro-actively work with CBDO to plan these in advance.
• Support on client engagement events, specifically the bi-annual Stakeholder Summit and the LPPI Annual Conference, working with the client team, marketing team, EA colleagues and the wider business.
• Assist the marketing team in planning webinars, conferences and prospecting events.
• Working with the marketing team, support with tracking event registrations and follow-up actions.

Requirements for the role (-%Requirements for the role)

• Proven experience in administrative or team coordination roles, ideally supporting senior executives.
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities to budget, brief and deadline.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with budget tracking and purchase order systems is desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and maintain confidentiality.
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry.

Reasonable adjustment will be made to working arrangements to accommodate a person with a disability who otherwise would be prevented from undertaking the work.