Global Director of Impact - The Conduit - CLOSED

Posted 05 May 2023
Salary c. £125,000
LocationLondon

Job description

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The Conduit serves as a home for people passionate about achieving positive social, environmental and economic change. Our community shares our belief that the world's most pressing problems are better understood as opportunities waiting for entrepreneurial solutions. The Conduit’s mission is to convene a collaborative community that scales and accelerates solutions to the world’s greatest challenges and provide its community with a physical home, with industry leading sustainable and ethical hospitality, where creativity and innovation can flourish. Our members are from all over the world, from all sectors and industries and are representative of the world we live in.
The Conduit is looking for a Global Director of Impactat an exciting stage of global expansion. Having opened our first Conduit Club in London in 2021, we are opening a second club in Oslo in 2023 and are gearing up to open more than 15 clubs across the world by 2030. As well as further developing our club model and rolling out new Conduit clubs across multiple locations, we are also developing our global conferences, digital academy, impact investment and corporate impact partnership businesses.  

Purpose & Scope

This is an exciting opportunity to support the strategic growth of The Conduit by overseeing and enhancing our strategic approach to economic, social and environmental impact.  The role will be instrumental in how we grow and develop our impact on a global scale, providing strategic leadership of our global impact strategy, development of key policies and approaches to measurement across Environment, Social & Governance (ESG).  As our ideal candidate, you will have an excellent global networt and be driven by the importance of our mission to help businesses to achieve the vital social, environmental and economic shifts required to create a more sustainable future. 

Responsibilities & Key Duties

Impact Strategy & leadership 

  • Development of our global strategy for impact including a well-researched and articulated theory of change, that influences all our business and operational activities both through the Conduit Holdco and its global licensees 

  • Provide support and materials to staff, board directors and Conduit members globally to allow them to effectively articulate and communicate our approach to impact, our progress and opportunities  

  • Build the Conduit’s global profile and reputation as a leading social purpose business - through our own approach to impact, as well as the stories of our members and collaborators

Impact policy, measurement & reporting

  • Develop and support the implementation at both global and local club level of best-in-classpolicies across ESG including supply chain and procurement; modern slavery; sustainable buildings management; travel; governance; recruitment and remuneration; workplace culture; diversity, equity & inclusion (across our staff, board, suppliers and membership); 

  • Develop and support the global implementation of a common impact framework including a set of quantitative and qualitative measures ofimpact, alongside guidelines for collating and reportingdata, and for compliance with key policies

  • Work closely with our COO and CFO to ensure we have the right systems and tools in place to collate data efficiently and on a timely basis 

  • Supporting the Chair of the Board, CEO, COO and CFO to prepare regular reports on our impact for board directors, our investors and our members including publishing an annual global impact report

  • Identifying and maintaining any external benchmarks or standards across ESG at global and local club levels e.g. relevant ISO standards, or B-Corp accreditation 


Other

  • Responsible for the development, support and management of direct report(s)

  • Adhere to all Company Policies and Procedures 

  • Actively champions and promotes The Conduit Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy 

  • Supports and contributes to the overall success of The Conduit 

  • Alongside your key duties you may be asked to complete other tasks as and when necessary and reasonably required in line with business needs. 

Skills, Behaviours & Experience

  • 5+ years relevant work experience in similar or related role

  • Experience working within aglobal business network 

  • Very adept & creative problem solver– you will be both strategic and pragmatic, ensuring our approach to impactremains a fundamental part of who we are and what we do as we enter into a period of rapid, global growth 

  • Good relationship builder with excellent written and communications skills – recognising the importance of clarity and transparency of information

  • Passion for social impact issues and the need for global systemic change to tackle the key issues we face 

  • Flexibility to work non-traditional office hours: early mornings, evenings and occasionally on weekends

  • Able to undertake regular, global travel where necessary  

Reporting lines

  • Your employer will be The Conduit Holdco Ltd (the entity that holds the Conduit brand and IP and is leading the global roll-out)

  • Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer

  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) alongside other Director level positions


Benefits

We strive to be a company that is inclusive, where everyone, from any background, can be happy at work. As part of our team, you can enjoy a wide range of benefits:

  • Competitive remuneration package including incentive structure to be negotiated

  • Private medical insurance 

  • Standard pension with 5% employer matched contribution

  • 30 days of annual leave, increasing every year up to an additional 5 plus bank holidays 

  • Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

  • Access to our Programming events

  • Continuous training and development

If the Conduit and our ethos resonate with you, we encourage you to send in an application.

For more information, please visit https://conduit-leaders.co.uk/

If you have any queries which are not covered in the candidate materials, you can email us at conduit-impact@cadencepartners.co.uk

Alternative formats for candidate information may be requested at your initial contact.

Closing date: 21 May 2023.