Salary: £32,339 - £37,462 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Work From Home: Hybrid
INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Business Gateway Lanarkshire Team.
Reporting directly to the Enterprise Development Officer (Business Gateway), the Business Adviser role will have responsibility for delivering Business Gateway services throughout the Lanarkshire area and on behalf of North and South Lanarkshire Council.
The Business Adviser will be responsible for growing and servicing a portfolio of Prestart, growth start-up and existing business clients. Working as part of a team, the Business Adviser will engage with the business community, other Council services, partners, stakeholders, funders and business organisations to actively promote North and South Lanarkshire as a place to do business, invest, work, live, visit and host events.
Educated to Degree/SVQ4/HND or equivalent level in a relevant discipline, the candidate is required to have moderate relevant work experience in an economic development, regeneration or an enterprise/business related context AND/OR running your own business. With strong organisational and excellent communication skills, they should demonstrate a high personal drive and motivation to deliver a range of key activities to meet the Business Gateway Objectives.
You will be joining a dynamic and flexible team who currently operate a hybrid working model of home-working and office-based working at the Daziel Building in Motherwell.
Working Pattern
* Monday - Thursday: 8:45am - 4:45pm (including a 55 minute unpaid break)
* Friday: 8:45am - 4:15pm (including a 50 minute unpaid break)
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays, and a wide range of benefits available to you. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care, you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
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