Business Advisor
£32K | Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm | Field based, but with a base in Ongar | Business Advice | Advisory programmes | SME's | Micro businesses | Organised | Dynamic |
Our client is a leader provider of business support and finance in the region, who help to create jobs and grow the local economy.
They are now looking to add a Business Advisor to their team, whowill assist with the delivery and development of all aspects of business advice to new and existing businesses throughout Essex, plus delivery of specific advisory programmes for our client.
The successful candidate will work with individuals and businesses wishing to start and grow their business, as well as working alongside external partners, funders and stakeholders to delivery effective and impactful advisory programmes.
Duties (include but are not limited to)
- Provision of advice to micro and SME businesses
- To undertake business needs assessments/ diagnostics for businesses and other organisations, brokering/delivering further support as required (including support for business and training planning)
- Undertaking networking to raise awareness of LDBG services; attending events and business exhibitions; undertaking presentations to promote the service offer
- To promote the services of the Lets Do Business Group, including advice, training, events, and finance
- To support continual process and service improvement
- To populate and update CRM
- Additional duties include promotion of Finance loan schemes to key influencers who will assist in promoting and developing the loan fund.
- To undertake such other tasks as considered appropriate by your Line Manager or Chief Executive
Person Specification
- Working with and providing advice to, and understanding the needs of, businesses (of different sizes and sectors) and stakeholders
- Understanding of the projects being delivered and target beneficiaries
- Understanding of the range of business support, training and finance offered
- The ability to work as part of a team, but also self-motivated to work alone in a peripatetic capacity
- Ability to work with a range of people including the general public, partners and public sector colleagues.
- Ability to assimilate new information readily and to apply it practically
- The ability to work to deadlines, with good time management and efficient work patterns.
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Creativity - the ability to generate solutions for new business
- Ability to establish and build relationships with external parties, other business partners and key influencers
Driving Licence required: Yes
DBS/criminal records check to be carried out by employer: No
LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL LTD ARE A RECRUITMENT AGENCY WORKING ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT.
PLEASE NOTE WE RECEIVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER VACANCY AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RESPOND TO ALL APPLICANTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN A MONTH FROM APPLICATION DATE, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our utmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all be explained on initial contact.