Partner (Business Investment)

As a key member of the Business Support team, this role is responsible for developing, delivering and continuously improving progressive, system-focused business support activities that help drive the adoption of circular economy practices (CEPs) in Scotland. Working across Scotland's wider business support landscape, the role builds strong partnerships, identifies opportunities, gathers insights and learning, and helps shape how support for circular economy practices is developed both within Zero Waste Scotland and across external networks.

The role is responsible for stakeholder engagement, partnership development and providing specialist expertise that helps connect people, ideas and opportunities, ensuring support is innovative, joined up and focused where it can have the biggest impact.

Key activities of the role:

• Take ownership of the design, delivery and continuous improvement of business support interventions that help drive the adoption of circular economy practices in Scotland. 
• Work as part of the Business Support team to deliver Zero Waste Scotland's business support offer and contribute to the organisations corporate plan. 
• Build and manage effective relationships with businesses, partners and stakeholders, identifying opportunities to collaborate. 
• Engage with the wider business support landscape in Scotland to gather insights, share learning and influence how support for businesses is developed and delivered. 
• Develop and manage partnerships and commissioned activity, including leading procurements, contracts and frameworks where required. 
• Apply systems thinking to identify where support can have the greatest impact. 
• Represent Zero Waste Scotland externally, including facilitating workshops, contributing to events and engaging with stakeholders. 
• Monitor, evaluate and learn from activity, using insight and evidence to improve approaches and inform future work. 
• Contribute specialist knowledge and practical expertise to support colleagues, partners and stakeholders.

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