Business Growth and Inclusion Programme and Contracts Officer - EDN27369

Job Description

Place

Business Growth and Inclusion Contract and Programme Officer (Business Gateway Adviser)
Waverley Court

Salary: £36,312 - £42,717 (pro-rata for part time)
Hours: 36 per week

The post holder will be responsible for providing business start-up, growth and inclusion specialist advice within the Council and to external stakeholders .

In the post, you will be part of our Business Gateway service, providing advice around starting up and growing a business. You will also contribute to the development of entrepreneurship and provide advice and support to external stakeholders on business and sectoral growth.

Major tasks will include delivering specialist business advisory support to founders, building effective working relationships with internal and external partners, as well as identifying and developing activities to ensure delivery of the Council's business growth activities.

Reporting to the Business Growth and Inclusion Programme and Contracts Manager, it will be your responsibility to ensure that agreed standards, policies and procedures are met and that all operations comply with statutory responsibilities, national legislation, standing orders, delegated authority, Council policies, aims and objectives.

The post holder will plan, organise and co-ordinate resources to carry out service activities to the required standard. A relevant degree or equivalent experience is essential, as well as experience of providing high level professional and business expertise, advice and support on projects and you will have successfully supported projects in the past, demonstrating effective partnership working as well as innovative and entrepreneurial skills.

The major tasks will include:

• Providing advice to residents on starting up a business or becoming self employed
• Supporting local businesses with their plans for growth
• Actively participate in multi-disciplinary internal and external teams to deliver key projects and initiatives.
• Build effective working relationships with partners in collaboration with internal/external partners.
• Monitor the operation, effectiveness and impact of projects and make recommendations with respect to operational changes.
• Ensure services are effectively delivered to specification; to budget and within timescale, taking personal responsibility for the development of sustainable project plans, service delivery and development to ensure the service provides best value.
• Ensure that agreed standards, policies and procedures are met and that all operations comply with statutory responsibilities, national legislation, standing orders, delegated authority, Council policies, aims and objectives.
• Support with delivery of programmes of support within and out with the Council.
• The post holder will carry out a range of tasks associated with the development and delivery of business growth and inclusion functions on behalf of the Council and external funding partners as appropriate.
• The post holder will plan, organise and co-ordinate resources to carry out service activities to the required standard.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

Requirements

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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