Senior Project Officer (Business Development)
Job Description
Opportunity Sheffield is seeking to recruit individuals to the post of Senior Project Officer - Business Development within the Opportunity Sheffield team (Sheffield City Council's Employment and Skills service). This role will report to the Strategic Support Coordinator, generating employment and workforce development opportunities through engagement with existing and new employer contacts to provide a holistic work and skills consultancy service.
We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible, innovative, and forward-thinking individuals who can support and manage the delivery of this programme of employment, economic inclusion, and skills.
You Will Be Expected To Have Knowledge And Understanding Of:
Externally funded programmes, business relationship management, and the ability to demonstrate a track record of generating impactful employer/business relationships, to include:
* Keep updated on local labour market news.
* Identify and generate new employment opportunities, and identify workforce skills gaps.
* Maintain and develop employer relationships around employment and skills.
* Attend regular network events for employers and external partners, generating business leads.
* Have a solid understanding of the programme.
* Support the continuous improvement of employment projects, providing updates to senior colleagues.
* Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to build relationships.
* Promote and support employers to navigate and adopt inclusive and alternative recruitment processes that lead to the generation of meaningful employment opportunities.
* Effectively and efficiently plan and organise own workload.
* Monitor service delivery, ensuring resources are used to maximum efficiency.
* Alongside the Strategic Support Coordinator, seek innovative ways to support or respond to employers' needs, whether workforce development or recruitment.
* Identify and highlight potential risks and opportunities to the relevant senior managers within the Opportunity Sheffield service, initiating solutions and providing advice and support.
* Take responsibility for the development of systems and processes across the Employment Programmes and keep the Employment and Skills service informed of progress through reports and presentations.
If you would like to discuss this further, please contact Becky Hopewell, or 01142296170.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part-time, or as a job share.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Job Details
Job reference: REQ003156
Date posted: 17/03/2025
Application closing date: 30/03/2025
Location: Sheffield
Salary: Grade 7 £37,035 to £40,476
Package: x4 Temporary, Till 31/03/2026
Contractual hours: 37
Job category/type: Customer Service
#J-18808-Ljbffr