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We’re a highly collaborative team here at the Vivensa Foundation. We like to plan and be prepared, but we also like to be flexible and responsive to new ideas. We’re committed to making our contribution to understanding what it takes to improve health outcomes in older age and to the much-needed systemic change in health and social care for older people – so we want to work with people who share that commitment. We list our current vacancies and other opportunities to work with us here.

Investment Manager

Do you want to come and work with us?

At the Vivensa Foundation, our vision is that everyone in the UK can age well. To achieve this, we invest in people with great ideas, research, science and methods for improving the health and well-being of older people— and in the connections and knowledge that help those ideas flourish.

As an endowed foundation, we have a responsibility to use all our resources in pursuit of that mission — not just the funding we distribute through grants.

That means thinking differently about our endowment.

Over time, we are shifting towards an impact-intentional approach — where our capital works alongside our research and partnerships to support real-world change.

Social investment is a key part of that.

We’ve made a small number of investments to date, and now — building on our Strategic Framework and values — we’re looking for an Investment Manager to help build and lead our social investment practice.

This is a unique opportunity to:

  • Use investment as a tool to improve the lives of older people
  • Work at the intersection of research, practice and capital
  • Help shape how a mission-led foundation invests for impact

You’ll work closely with our Chief Investment Officer and play a central role in delivering our social investment ambition.

We’re an aspirational team of ten, supported by expert advisers and a committed Board. We are looking for someone who shares our values and wants to help build something meaningful. It is a great opportunity for an individual looking to use their investment skills and knowledge to deliver impact, improving the lives of older people now and building towards a future where we can all age well.

If you’re interested — or know someone who might be — please take a look at the Job Description.

How to apply

Send your CV, with a covering letter of no more than two pages addressing how you meet the person specification, together with an optional Equality, Diversity and Inclusion survey by Friday 8 May 2026 to jobs@vivensafoundation.org.uk.

Your application will be anonymised before it is considered by the recruiting panel, and the panel will not have access to any information you have provided in our EDI form.

CVs without covering letters will not be considered. We also recognise the potential of generative AI to contribute to the creative process and we encourage its ethical and constructive use. This includes acknowledging it whenever it is used. Therefore, please reference generative AI in your written application if you have used it.

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