Assistant Director, City Business & Investment Unit

Job Title:  Assistant Director, City Business & Investment Unit Posting Start Date:  06/09/2026 Posting End Date:  14/09/2026 Department:  Environment Office Location:  Guildhall Level of DBS required for this role:  None required Level of vetting required?:  No security vetting is required Is this a politically restricted post?:  No Does this post require a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check?:  No

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Salary:  £77,400 - £87,880 inclusive of all allowances

Contractual hours: 35


Work Pattern: Monday to Friday, 9:15am – 5:00pm


Basis: Full -Time, Permanent 


Workplace category: Hybrid

Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance.  

Attachments: Job Description and Person Specification

Summary of Terms and Conditions of Employment

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.  We encourage you to apply early.

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About the role

The Assistant Director is a new senior leadership role within the newly established City Business & Investment Unit (CBIU). The role is critical to delivering the City Corporation’s strategic objective of attracting, retaining and growing businesses and investment within the Square Mile.

Working alongside the City Business & Investment Director, the postholder will lead the Unit's stakeholder engagement, intelligence, proposition, governance and performance functions, ensuring a coordinated and evidence-led approach to supporting business attraction, retention and investment across the Square Mile.

Key responsibilities

•    Lead the development and implementation of the City’s business and investment proposition, translating corporate priorities into compelling programmes, partnerships and engagement activity.
•    Oversee governance and performance frameworks, ensuring effective planning, reporting, risk management and accountability across a complex portfolio of activity.
•    Build and maintain influential relationships with senior business leaders, investors, occupiers, developers, elected Members, government bodies and strategic partners.
•    Support the Corporation to influence policy, respond to market trends and strengthen the City’s reputation as the world’s leading business and financial centre.
•    Deputise for the CBIU Director, providing leadership resilience, senior representation and continuity across the Unit.

About you

We are looking for an experienced strategic leader with the judgement, credibility and stakeholder management capability to operate effectively in a high-profile and complex environment. You will bring senior-level experience in business engagement, inward investment, economic development, property, planning, investment finance or a related field.

You will have a strong track record of translating strategy into delivery, building productive partnerships, influencing senior stakeholders and developing evidence-led propositions, programmes and engagement activity that support economic growth and competitiveness.

The ability to provide senior leadership, manage performance, support effective governance and represent the Corporation with confidence will be essential.

Why join us?

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a newly established Unit at the heart of the City Corporation’s work to support long-term economic growth and maintain the Square Mile’s global competitiveness. If you have the skills, judgement and ambition to help shape the City’s business and investment offer, we would welcome your application.

Closing Date: 23:59pm on 14th September

Interview Date: 17th September

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To apply online please click the Apply online button below.  

Alternatively, please contact [phone removed] (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OENV1431 if you experience any difficulties.  A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on [phone removed]. 

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications. 

Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs. 

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.   

We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.