Job Description
Are you a team player who is commercially minded, with a solid grounding in business operations and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by businesses on a daily basis?
Do you have the skills and experience to take a lead role in providing support to ambitious businesses, maximising their potential and attracting investment to make a world-class business environment?
About Us
RECRUITMENTiQ is working in partnership with a dedicated Economic and Community Development agency for the Scottish Borders and Dumfries & Galloway.
The organisation represents a fresh approach to driving growth across a very special region in a way that benefits all.
We are the first of Scotlands public agencies to promote a wider view of the economy and how it impacts all we do. Jobs, businesses, communities and the environment are all equally important to us. We want to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to fulfil their ambitions, no matter who or where they are.
What Youll Do Day-to-Day
As a Business Specialist, you will act as the key point of contact providing a range of relevant support activities to ambitious businesses to maximise their potential and help them to respond to opportunities and challenges within the global marketplace. The role will involve regular travel to business premises across the south of Scotland.
Well need you to be pro-active and visible, working to identify which businesses have untapped potential and which could have a more positive economic impact.
Youll work with a range of partners in both the public and private sectors to support the attraction of new and secondary investment to help create a world-class business environment.
The Skills, Experience and Personal Attributes Youll Need to Have
As a Business Specialist, we are looking for passionate, commercially-minded individuals who have experience of providing business advice options at a senior level with the ability to demonstrate credibility with others, including understanding of the issues customers face in growing and diversifying their business and dealing with challenge and change.
It goes without saying that your relationship management, influencing, communication and interpersonal skills will be exceptional, with the ability to focus and achieve results through the development of strategic consultative relationships at a senior level.
What Well Offer You
We offer a competitive and varied reward package, designed to cover your wellbeing, your lifestyle, your working life and your future, including 43 days holiday annually and a generous pension contribution. Our salary ranges are designed to be competitive and new entrants will normally start on the minimum of the pay range, except in exceptional circumstances.
We celebrate and support differences. We are an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to offering equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestral heritage, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity and expression, or veteran status. If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats or special requirements to access our buildings, or if youre eligible under The Disability Confident Scheme please contact us and well do all we can to support you.
We operate a hybrid working model balancing working from home with attendance at the office to meet the needs of our clients, our teams and our employees. And our flexible working practices support you to have a healthy work/life balance.
This role is full time and permanent, although we will consider alternative working patterns.
The closing date for applications isWednesday 19th February 2025 at 11.59pmand interviews will be held as soon as practical thereafter.
You will be required to travel regularly within your geographical area of responsibility, so access to a vehicle or other means of transport, for example access to work arrangements, is essential.
If you are an Inclusive, Responsible and Bold individual who is always Striving for success and believe you have something to offer as a Business Specialist, then we would love to hear from you.
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