We are looking for a Fellow (2024-2025 programme)

Fellow

Position: Fellow
Location: Laren, Netherlands
Hours: Full Time
Starting Date: September

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• Role description

  As a Fellow, you will join Collective Action’s investment team and help build global relationships with Impact Private Markets managers in seven themes: Food and Agriculture, Circularity, Water, Climate Solutions, Healthcare, Education, and Natural Capital.

  • You will learn about Impact Private Markets, trends in the different themes, and the broader impact ecosystem, as well as the fundamentals of Impact Measurement and Management
  • You will be involved in manager research meetings with leading GPs (fund managers)
  • You will dive deep into different managers by reviewing their materials and creating analyses.
  • Help with creating marketing materials to use in investors’ meetings

  Your first 12 months will be at Collective Action. If you have successfully completed the year, we offer an opportunity to broaden your horizon at one of our Partner Impact Private Equity funds.

• Responsibilities

  • Help to develop a pipeline of the best investment opportunities worldwide (Fund-level)
  • Have weekly meetings with rising stars in the impact universe
  • Do research & follow the latest trends on one of the investment topics (Food & Agriculture, Water, Circularity, Climate Solutions, Natural Capital, Education & Healthcare)
  • Help with creating marketing materials to use in investors’ meetings
  • After a successful 12 months at Collective Action, you will be able to join one of our impact private equity partners all over the world (e.g. in New York, Berlin, San Francisco, Copenhagen, Amsterdam) for a 6-month rotation

• Qualifications

  • You are a strongly driven individual with ambition in Impact Investing, Private Equity, Venture Capital, and innovation
  • You have a solution-oriented mind and love a challenge
  • You have completed your Master’s degree (e.g., Finance, Sustainability, Law, Economics) or are close to completing
  • 1-4 years of relevant experience (Private Equity, Venture Capital, Consultancy, Investment Banking, etc)
  • Excellent communication skills (external & internal)
  • Fluent in English: in writing & verbally
  • Highly motivated team player with a hands-on mentality

• Who we are looking for

  • A real team player: you are a real team player who enjoys connecting with a diverse team to tackle complex projects
  • A self-starter: you are a person who gets stuff done and likes to think outside the box
  • A life-long learner: you like to continuously learn new things and develop sound opinions based on facts
  • An enthusiastic person: you are cool to work with and have a laugh with outside the office

• What we are offering

  • 12-month rotation of learning at Collective Action & a 6-month period abroad at a Impact Private Equity manager
  • Full-time with loads of freedom and flexibility
  • Compensation is market standard
  • Travel expenses are fully covered
  • Annual off-sites & multiple company events
  • Become part of an international team of individuals who worked for J.P. Morgan, Russell Investments, ABN Amro, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Leapfrog Investments and many more
  • Create an international network in the impact investing universe, through manager meetings and by working together with our partner organisation in Copenhagen

• Meet the team