We aim to connect talented professionals like you with social impact organisations catalysing transformative social change.
Why Careers4Change?
- Careers4Change is among the few consultancies in the marketplace which only recruits into social impact and impact finance roles, where the ultimate objective of the organisation is to catalyse transformative change for the benefit of people and planet.
- We have built connections with, and regularly recruit for, a variety of organisations across the social impact ecosystem. These include the leading social investors, social fund managers, foundations, trusts, family offices and charities as well as mainstream firms which have an authentic commitment to responsible finance or impact investing.
- Our consultants recruit into a broad reach of disciplines; these include investment management, investor relations, senior operations, legal counsel, programme management, communications and marketing, HR, impact evaluation, and senior executive roles.
- We have a genuine interest in the career journeys of candidates and are happy to help navigate the social impact sector for those looking for a transition into the sector, but also welcome applications and enquiries relating to jobs advertised on our website.
- We adopt a consultative approach for a more satisfying candidate journey, liaising closely with candidates throughout the recruitment process, including advising on CVs and Cover Letters, how to prepare for the interview, getting the dress code right.
- We endeavour to ensure that candidates have positive learnings from the recruitment process especially when they are not successful, ensuring that comprehensive feedback is obtained from our clients and passed on to the interviewee.
- Our pledge is to offer a fair and transparent recruitment process to all candidates, where all candidates are treated with respect and without prejudice.
- We are keen to maintain communication links with our candidates even after they have started in their new role to ensure that both candidate and client are happy with their working relationship, but also to understand how we can improve our recruitment practices. It is useful to extract any learnings about the recruitment process from the candidate’s perspective. We can also grasp any new intelligence about the sector, or indeed, understand more about the growth potential of the organisation in question. This is, after all, one of the most collaborative sectors in existence.
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Here, at Careers4Change, we work hard to attract talent pools of qualified candidates from diverse communities and underrepresented groups, with a variety of different life and work experience. Beyond just equality of opportunity across all demographics – including gender, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability and neurodivergence – we believe it is about empowering every individual to bring forth their unique perspectives, thereby enriching the collective decision-making process, generating innovative, creative ideas, and strengthening risk management.
We encourage our clients to:
- Champion an inclusive culture by recognising and valuing the wide spectrum of diversity across their organisation.
- Celebrate diversity by proactively celebrating and honouring different cultural, religious and experiential backgrounds to enhance organisational collaboration and unity.
- Mitigate unconscious bias through robust specialist training programmes
- Transparently communicate the organisation’s commitment to EDI through all recruitment channels, including Job Ads and social media marketing.
- Adopt anonymised recruitment processes where names are omitted from CVs to minimise bias and ensure merit-based selection..
Being an Effective Leader in a Social Impact Organisation
We are looking for responsible leaders to create a dynamic movement for social change through innovative finance. It is evident that organisations across the impact finance ecosystem which are committed to genuine social impact must modify their leadership approach and expectations. So, the leaders we are seeking must embody high emotional intelligence and aspire to drive change through collective collaboration. There is also an onus on them to build diverse teams and adopt inclusive management practices, encourage meaningful dialogue and open communication, ensuring engagement from multiple stakeholders, not just the organisation’s shareholders.
Here at Careers4Change we are committed to identifying, cultivating and placing such transformative leaders and those whose ambition it is to be part of this kind of inclusive, fair, purpose-driven team across the social impact ecosystem.
If you are interested in hearing more about the social impact and impact investing sector, or require guidance on your next career step, or want to transition into this sector and don’t know where to start, please get in touch!
What our clients say
“You did such an excellent job too. By far the best head hunter I’ve ever worked with (and I used to be one!)”
CEOThe Social Change Nest
“Careers4Change has played an important role in the recruitment of several senior leaders in our organisation in the last 12 months. We have worked closely with Sheena Pentin. She has a deep understanding of the social impact investment sector and fully appreciates the fine balance of skills and special attributes required for the many diverse and highly qualified roles across our organisation. Sheena has provided a truly consultative service and we have found her to be responsive, flexible and consistently reliable in delivering talented candidates.”
HR Business PartnerBetter Society Capital
“Careers4Change have been instrumental in building our fantastic team at Power to Change. They have spent considerable time getting to know the organisation, why we exist, what we do and how we work. This ensures that we are able to recruit colleagues that are just the right fit. We have also worked with Careers4Change over the last year to improve our recruitment processes to enable us to reach a more diverse audience and build a more inclusive organisation. From a personal point of view Careers4Change are incredibly easy to work with, they are organised, responsive and good to talk to!”
Chief Operating OfficerPower to Change
“We are proud to have Careers4Change representing Firebird in our recruitment processes. The way you develop relationships and communicate with candidates is unlike any experience I have had with a recruiter before.”
CEOFirebird
“Looking back, I think this has been one of the most streamlined hiring processes we’ve run over recent years. Thank you for your efficient support and help with this important hire, it’s been a pleasure.”
CIOSASC
“Our experience working with Careers4Change has been extremely positive. I knew right from the preliminary meeting that I had been fortunate to find a consultant who had an excellent network of contacts and I felt that I was receiving a really tailored service”
CEOOracle Cancer Trust
