Venture Advisory Consultant

Options seeks a Venture Advisory consultant who will work closely with the OPTions Initiative’s Next Generation Methods innovators. The purpose of the assignment is to provide both group-based and one-to-one capacity-building and support sessions with OPTions’ innovators to aid them to be strategic in their planning and early implementation.

Responsibilities:

The Venture Advisory Consultant will be responsible for supporting innovators to navigate and plan through the scaling journey, ideally in the social impact and/or health sector. The consultant will, among other tasks, identify innovators’ priority support areas through a needs assessment; support in designing a technical support delivery plan and in delivering it; support the OLP team to identify additional specific Venture Advisory technical expertise that might be required.

Person specification:

This is an exciting and impactful consultancy role, forging close working relationships with the OLP Initiative’s innovators. The purpose of the assignment is to provide both group-based and one-to-one capacity-building and support sessions on the areas listed below, with OPTions’ innovators to aid them to be strategic in their scaling-up journey. The support provided will be tailored to innovators’ needs. The candidate will have to demonstrate:

• Demonstrable experience in supporting teams to navigate and plan through the scaling journey, ideally in the social impact and/or health sector.
• Deep technical expertise in providing technical support in the following areas:

1. Understanding markets
2. Identifying and engaging key partners and stakeholders
3. Crafting customer segments and relationships
4. Establishing marketing channels
5. Developing client-centred approaches to meet client needs/wants.
6. Positioning the innovation for venture capital financing (or other forms of investment)
7. Articulating the value proposition
8. Developing costing analyses and financial models
9. Mapping potential investors
10. Fostering engagement opportunities with investors
11. Developing effective business pitches
12. Building impactful partnerships
13. Refining revenue streams

• Passionate about nurturing innovators along their journey to scale.
• French and Spanish language skills are an advantage, but interpreters/translators will be available if the consultant does not speak French and Spanish

Other information:

• As an equal opportunity employer, Options Consultancy Services is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage or civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Options Consultancy Services.
• Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and postholders to share this commitment.
• We seek people who are pro-choice, promote diversity and inclusion, are energetic and enthusiastic about Options’ vision.