Relationship Director - Real Estate/Specialist Sectors – Social Impact Bank
Home-based | Regular travel across South of England
I’m working on a brand new mandate for a highly reputable, well-capitalised UK social purpose bank with a strong balance sheet, national reach, and a genuine commitment to using capital for good.
This organisation has a clear appetite to lend, backed by experienced credit teams and a pragmatic, relationship-led approach. The bank is actively deploying capital into mission-led organisations, supporting communities, protecting the planet, and delivering meaningful social outcomes alongside strong commercial returns.
This is a senior, autonomous Relationship Director–level role, offering significant flexibility, freedom to originate, and the opportunity to structure and complete substantial REF transactions up to £8m (and beyond through syndicated structures).
The Opportunity
* Senior Impact Relationship Manager / Relationship Director – Specialist Sectors
* Home-based, with regular travel (regionally or nationally, depending on patch)
* High degree of autonomy with strong internal credit, legal and impact support
* Clear mandate to originate, structure and complete new lending
* Transaction sizes typically £1m–£15m, including complex and development-led deals
* Strong appetite for lending across charities, social enterprises, faith-based organisations, community assets, supported housing, education and impact-led real estate
* Ability to work on chunky, meaningful transactions that deliver measurable social and environmental impact
The Role
* Originate and develop a high-quality pipeline of impact-led lending opportunities
* Build deep, trusted relationships with senior leadership teams, boards, advisers and intermediaries
* Structure and negotiate complex REF lending transactions from inception to drawdown
* Prepare and present robust, well-structured credit proposals
* Act as an ambassador for values-based banking across sector events and networks
* Work closely with internal credit, risk, legal and impact teams to deliver efficiently
Ideal Background
* Strong track record in commercial, specialist or property lending (£1m–£15m+)
* Experience originating and structuring complex, relationship-led transactions
* Exposure to social sector, impact finance, supported housing, community assets or specialist real estate highly desirable
* Comfortable operating with autonomy and accountability at senior RD level
* Commercially astute but values-driven, with a genuine interest in social impact
This role would suit a senior commercial banker or specialist lender who wants the freedom to do deals properly, backed by a bank that actively wants to lend, values relationships over volume, and delivers capital where it genuinely makes a difference.
📩 Confidential discussion – message me directly for more details.