Business Adviser - REQ03169

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF

NLC9 - £32,339 - £37,462

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.

Are you Interested? For further information or an informal discussion on the role, please contact Jaz Gharra McBeth - gharramcbethj@northlan.gov.uk

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)

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

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, find out more at work well NL.. 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.

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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

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 (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure 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. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.

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The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***