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CVX VENTURE SCOUT PROGRAMME Do you have a passion for sourcing investments and making a difference for growth companies? Do you want to assist an extraordinary...
Do you have a passion for sourcing investments and making a difference for growth companies? Do you want to assist an
extraordinary team of talented, motivated, driven individuals who all share a deep passion for entrepreneurship? If so, you may be
our new Venture Scout. Please note, this is not a full time role, but we will provide remuneration based on success criteria.
The CVX Venture Scout Programme is building a network of highly talented VC scouts, to assist us in sourcing attractive investment
opportunities, in their specialist fields. You will learn and develop some of the most important skills required to be in VC, and
meet with some of the most interesting and entrepreneurial founders in your market, and help shape the future.
As part of your role as a CVX Venture Scout, the Investment Team will look to you to identify exciting startups, speak with them
and conduct research on them, including their teams, markets, and competition. Based on your findings, you will write a 1-2 page
proposal memo summarising your investment thesis, and may be asked to present it in-person or online to the CVX Investment Team.
We aim to use our Venture Scout Programme not only to discover exceptional investment opportunities but also to gain a deeper
understanding of you and your vision. If you are interested in joining the CVX Investment Team, this is an excellent first step
towards not only gaining an introduction to the VC ecosystem and learning essential VC skills, but also demonstrating how you
think about investments, analyse them, and present your insights to us. As we grow our Investment Team, the Venture Scout
Programme will be the first pool of resource we look to hire from.
We want to remunerate good work and give credit to your role in the investment process, where successful. We will therefore
compensate you when a deal that you take forward to the investment team receives funding from our network of investors, with an
opportunity for you to benefit from the upside too.
CVX is one of Europe's fastest-growing venture investors, and we help ambitious and promising growth companies reach their full
potential by investing capital, knowledge, time, skills, and network. We are driven by our conviction that the best investors are
often those who, in addition to capital, provide founders with the right knowledge and experiences, skills, and networks in
relation to the stage and industry in which the company operates. CVX always invests together with the best business angels for
the respective founder, and today we have over 700 partners in our network who invest in companies and bring their skills into
play where they can really add value.
CVX VENTURE SCOUT PROGRAMME Do you have a passion for sourcing investments and making a difference for growth companies? Do you want to assist an extraordinary team of talented, motivated, driven individuals who all share a deep passion for entrepreneurship? If so, you may be our new Venture Scout. Please note, this is not a full time role, but we will provide remuneration based on success criteria. INTRODUCTION The CVX Venture Scout Programme is building a network of highly talented VC scouts, to assist us in sourcing attractive investment opportunities, in their specialist fields. You will learn and develop some of the most important skills required to be in VC, and meet with some of the most interesting and entrepreneurial founders in your market, and help shape the future. As part of your role as a CVX Venture Scout, the Investment Team will look to you to identify exciting startups, speak with them and conduct research on them, including their teams, markets, and competition. Based on your findings, you will write a 1-2 page proposal memo summarising your investment thesis, and may be asked to present it in-person or online to the CVX Investment Team. EXPECTATIONS We aim to use our Venture Scout Programme not only to discover exceptional investment opportunities but also to gain a deeper understanding of you and your vision. If you are interested in joining the CVX Investment Team, this is an excellent first step towards not only gaining an introduction to the VC ecosystem and learning essential VC skills, but also demonstrating how you think about investments, analyse them, and present your insights to us. As we grow our Investment Team, the Venture Scout Programme will be the first pool of resource we look to hire from. COMPENSATION We want to remunerate good work and give credit to your role in the investment process, where successful. We will therefore compensate you when a deal that you take forward to the investment team receives funding from our network of investors, with an opportunity for you to benefit from the upside too. OUR MISSION CVX is one of Europe's fastest-growing venture investors, and we help ambitious and promising growth companies reach their full potential by investing capital, knowledge, time, skills, and network. We are driven by our conviction that the best investors are often those who, in addition to capital, provide founders with the right knowledge and experiences, skills, and networks in relation to the stage and industry in which the company operates. CVX always invests together with the best business angels for the respective founder, and today we have over 700 partners in our network who invest in companies and bring their skills into play where they can really add value.
CVX VENTURE SCOUT PROGRAMME Do you have a passion for sourcing investments and making a difference for growth companies? Do you want to assist an extraordinary team of talented, motivated, driven individuals who all share a deep passion for entrepreneurship? If so, you may be our new Venture Scout. Please note, this is not a full time role, but we will provide remuneration based on success criteria. INTRODUCTION The CVX Venture Scout Programme is building a network of highly talented VC scouts, to assist us in sourcing attractive investment opportunities, in their specialist fields. You will learn and develop some of the most important skills required to be in VC, and meet with some of the most interesting and entrepreneurial founders in your market, and help shape the future. As part of your role as a CVX Venture Scout, the Investment Team will look to you to identify exciting startups, speak with them and conduct research on them, including their teams, markets, and competition. Based on your findings, you will write a 1-2 page proposal memo summarising your investment thesis, and may be asked to present it in-person or online to the CVX Investment Team. EXPECTATIONS We aim to use our Venture Scout Programme not only to discover exceptional investment opportunities but also to gain a deeper understanding of you and your vision. If you are interested in joining the CVX Investment Team, this is an excellent first step towards not only gaining an introduction to the VC ecosystem and learning essential VC skills, but also demonstrating how you think about investments, analyse them, and present your insights to us. As we grow our Investment Team, the Venture Scout Programme will be the first pool of resource we look to hire from. COMPENSATION We want to remunerate good work and give credit to your role in the investment process, where successful. We will therefore compensate you when a deal that you take forward to the investment team receives funding from our network of investors, with an opportunity for you to benefit from the upside too. OUR MISSION CVX is one of Europe's fastest-growing venture investors, and we help ambitious and promising growth companies reach their full potential by investing capital, knowledge, time, skills, and network. We are driven by our conviction that the best investors are often those who, in addition to capital, provide founders with the right knowledge and experiences, skills, and networks in relation to the stage and industry in which the company operates. CVX always invests together with the best business angels for the respective founder, and today we have over 700 partners in our network who invest in companies and bring their skills into play where they can really add value.
THE ESSENTIALS THE BENEFITS: Platform: Investment 25 holiday days per year; Status: Full time, permanent. 4 ‘Me Days’ per year (take a Me Day – focus on you); Working arrangement: We typically work 4 days in the office, Team social events and trips; 1 day from home. Wellness allowance of £70 per month to be used for gym, Start: ASAP classes, physio or other wellness costs; Private healthcare with Vitality; Mintago financial platform; Drive Electric salary sacrifice; Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave; Employee referral scheme: £2,000 towards a getaway of your choice HSPG: A social impact real estate company HSPG is a social impact real estate company. Our mission is simple: Building partnerships, creating homes, developing communities. There is a critical shortage of affordable housing across the UK. We partner with Local Authorities and institutional investors to acquire and manage high-quality, demand-driven homes across multiple tenures. Across our Living Sector platforms, we are on track to acquire 12,000 homes by 2030. These homes are grouped into portfolios, professionally managed by our team, and funded by long-term institutional capital. We deliver this through two specialist operating platforms: Seahorse and PPHA. Seahorse acquires, develops and manages homes for homeless residents across England through its Homeless Affordable Rent product, meeting urgent housing need with professionally managed, high-quality accommodation. North Star: creating over 5,000 homes by 2029. PPHA, the Group’s Registered Provider, partners with local authorities, housebuilders and investors to deliver Section 106 and grant-funded Affordable Rent and Shared Ownership homes, expanding supply and creating lasting social value. North Star: creating homes for over 8,000 families or individuals by 2030. Together, these platforms enable HSPG to meet housing need at scale, creating meaningful social impact for customers and residents, while delivering sustainable, long-term returns for our partners. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core Behaviours: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core mission: Support PPHA’s investment, financing, and asset management activities as the business scales towards delivering safe and secure affordable housing for 8,000 families by 2030. The role will help execute the investment strategy, manage debt relationships and facilities, supporting capital partner relationships and owning institutional-quality reporting. The candidate will be responsible for the financial analysis underpinning investment, funding and asset management decisions, ensuring the Senior Leadership Team, the PPHA Board and capital partners have clear and reliable information on portfolio performance, capital deployment and expected returns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accountable for * Supporting the development and execution of PPHA’s investment, financing and asset management strategies. * Leading the financial analysis and underwriting of new investments, including the preparation, development and review of investment models and committee materials. * Monitoring the portfolio performance against original underwriting and the latest business plan, identifying emerging risks, opportunities and areas requiring management action. * Working with the Commercial Finance Manager to monitor covenant compliance, manage lender information requirements and support the effective use of the existing debt facility. * Acting as a principal day-to-day contact for PPHA’s capital partners on financial analysis, portfolio performance and reporting matters, working closely with senior leadership on wider relationship management. * Coordinating and delivering accurate, timely reporting to equity and debt partners. * Supporting refinancing, capital raising and other strategic financing initiatives. * Contributing to investment committee, portfolio review and asset management discussions across the business. Not accountable for The role will have significant responsibility for analysis, execution and reporting but will not hold sole responsibility for: * Final investment, financing or asset management decisions. * Overall ownership of capital partner or lender relationships. * Approval of business plans, budgets or investment committee recommendations. * The statutory responsibilities of the PPHA Board or senior leadership team. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obsess: You obsess over: * Organisation: you prioritise meticulously across competing priorities, for both internal and external partners. * Analytical thinking: you synthesise complex data into information that's easy to understand. * Detail: you bring high attention to detail across all tasks, ensuring presentation materials to institutional partners are polished, accurate and of the highest standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excel: You excel at: * Stakeholder management: you engage deeply with internal and external stakeholders, delivering on their fundamental wants and needs. * Commercial judgement: You solve problems by considering their commercial impact, making decisions that balance opportunity, risk, and long-term value. * Leadership: measurably improving people through influence, clear coaching, honest feedback and a genuine belief that investing in people’s growth is the most important responsibility a leader holds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Specific experience: * Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in real estate investment, corporate finance, transaction advisory or comparable analytical role. * Strong financial modelling and underwriting capability, with experience taking ownership of complex investment analysis. * Experience supporting or executing real estate transactions and presenting analysis to senior decision-makers. Experience with UK residential real estate. Exposure to UK affordable housing would be advantageous but not essential. * Comfortable working autonomously with senior management, capital partners, lenders and professional advisers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 90 Day Wins Early traction and strategic control. * Develop a detailed understanding of the joint venture business plan, portfolio model and key investment assumptions. * Become sufficiently familiar with the model to assess sensitivities, downside cases and capital deployment scenarios independently. Establish an effective working relationships with the capital partner, lenders and key stakeholders. * Develop a clear understanding of the existing debt facility, including its economics, covenants, drawdown mechanics and reporting requirements. Take ownership of the regular investment and portfolio reporting cycle. 12 Month Outcomes Material impact and results within first 12 months. * Establish a clear and reliable reporting framework covering investment performance, portfolio delivery, capital deployment, financing and returns. * Provide senior leadership, the Board and capital partners with timely analysis of performance against the business plan and underwriting. * Improve the quality and consistency of financial analysis supporting investment and asset management decisions. * Play a meaningful role in any refinancing, capital raising or strategic financing activity undertaken by PPHA. * Become a trusted source of investment judgement and financial analysis across the business.