Special Projects Associate - London, United Kingdom - Blenheim Chalcot

Blenheim Chalcot

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you torn between the excitement of start-ups and the stability of corporate life?:

Are you curious, and do you want to keep learning whilst getting real business building experience?:

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Do you want to be an integral part of a thriving business disrupting the market it operates in?

If so, we would love to hear from you

We are looking to hire high energy, motivated and curious talent to join one of our EdTech businesses within the portfolio at Blenheim Chalcot, the UK's most successful venture builder.

You will have a unique opportunity to be part of our digital transformation business offering the energy and excitement of start-up life, the intellectual challenge and variety of consulting and the influence and opportunities of a large business.

Blenheim Chalcot has businesses with offices across the globe in London, Cape Town, Tampa and Mumbai to name a few, offering a diverse and multicultural landscape for all employees to learn and grow within.

The Pioneer Programme

This role is part of the BC Pioneer Programme; a portfolio-wide community and learning & development programme built exclusively for the future leaders of our ventures and scale-ups.

When embarking on a Pioneer role within our portfolio, you will be exposed to an environment unlike any other and will have the opportunity have a tangible impact on a business going through a continuously evolving period of growth.

Alongside your role, you will undertake an 18-month Red Team L&D programme, giving you access to learning materials, training and experts to help you to set up your own career adventure.

The concept of 'career adventuring' is founded on developing your skills and providing you with the necessary tools, coupled with your own personal resilience and attitude to work.

This approach is at the heart of the Pioneer programme vision, and both your venture and the Red Team are committed to working with you to help you excel.

Minimum 2 years' experience working in data, consulting, project management or client relationships.
Minimum 2.1 undergraduate degree (in any discipline)
An ability to comfortably work with data and new software tools
A passion for startups and disruption, with experience in or ambitions to build your own venture in the future
Emotional intelligence and be compassionate and supportive in nature
Give evidence of the ability to be a selfstarter and be able to adapt to multiple roles in a variety of highpace environments
A passion for building your network and capacity to work well with colleagues and stakeholders at Csuite and executive levels

A bit about Blenheim Chalcot
and our portfolio:
Blenheim Chalcot is the UK's leading digital venture builder. We build tech businesses that disrupt and transform sectors. We invest more than just funds, we invest our knowledge and experience, our ideas and our infrastructure.

Our ventures are at the forefront of a multitude of industries covering FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more.

You may have heard of some of our growing businesses such as Modulr, ClearScore, Hive Learning, Avado and the Rajasthan Royals.

Our portfolio represents sales of over £500 million, £1.8bn of assets under management, more than 3,000 employees and a successful track record of over 40 companies.

We currently have a portfolio of over 26 companies varying in stage from seed to venture to growth.

Impact beyond profit:

Building profitable digital businesses isn't our sole focus.

We are also involved in a range of charitable activities - with colleagues engaged in mental health initiatives, the education of girls in the developing world, building 21st-century youth facilities in deprived areas, and supporting charities with the use of digital technologies.

Our culture:

Our culture across the portfolio is inclusive, modern, friendly, smart and innovative - we seek to employ bright, positive thinking individuals with a can-do attitude.

Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do - if that sounds like you, you'll fit right in

Duties:

Work within the CEO Office of one of our EdTech businesses to drive special projects to augment the quality, consistency, and efficiency of one of their key business units.
Create and design business processes to drive efficiency, automate and reduce cost, whilst working with a range of teams, including our team in India.
Identify, establish, and build strong internal partnerships with key stakeholders, while rolling up your sleeves and doing whatever is required to achieve the goals.
Take part in a variety of informal learning and networking events, which brings groups of people working in the same field together across our ventures, charities, and other external organisations.
Additional learning and development programmes, managed and run by Blenheim Chalcot centrally.

The process:

We have a rigorous recruitment process which we use for all