Business Account Manager

Nottingham City Council; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous pension scheme

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is recruiting a Business Account Manager to support local firms by connecting them with available support, funding and growth opportunities. The role runs the Investment Readiness Programme and delivers the Council's Business Support and Account Management services across the city.

The successful candidate will engage new businesses, manage a portfolio, create action plans, travel to NCC sites, partner venues and premises, and help with funding applications.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering business support and account management.
• Knowledge of the business support landscape and ability to broker internal/external support.
• Experience working with businesses to access finance and understand finance options.
• Experience working in diverse environments and driving growth in businesses.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Nottingham City Council's Business Support & Investment Readiness Programme.
• Engage new businesses and manage a portfolio of current organisations.
• Create action plans and provide business support and advice to support growth, sustainability and planning.
• Event management and travel across the city to NCC sites, partner venues and premises is essential.
• Identify businesses to access the investment readiness programme and assist with funding applications.

Skills

Business support

Account management

Finance options

Diversity engagement

Job description

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12 months

Working Hours: 37 Hours Per Week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £40,777 (Level one) rising to £44,075 per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)

Location:Hybrid Working - working remotely, with Travel to Loxley House and Business Premises

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

• You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Business Account Manager

An opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting Nottingham City businesses by proactively working to ensure that they are accessing all available support in overcoming barriers to growth and in reaching their full growth potential.

This role involves delivering Nottingham City Council's Business Support & Business Account Management Service and Investment Readiness Programme.

Responsible for engaging new businesses and managing a portfolio of current organisations, the primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to; understanding and assessing business needs, creating action plans and providing business support and advice to support business growth, sustainability and planning.

Event management and speaking will be required, travel across the city to various NCC sites, partner venues and business premises is essential.

The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying businesses to access the investment readiness programme, manage this journey for individual cohorts of businesses and support businesses with funding applications.

Ensuring the business support service is accessible and representative of the vast diversity within Nottingham City is a key priority of the business support service, dedication to employing inclusive procedures and best practice is essential to this role.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of delivering business support, advice, IBD and account management
• Current and working knowledge of the business support landscape and experience in navigating this to broker businesses into internal and external support
• Experience of working with businesses to access finance and understand the various finance options
• Experience of working within a diverse environment, successfully engaging businesses and delivering growth within a business(s)

Full, Clean Driving Licence and access to a vehicle is preferred due to the nature of travel required and transporting materials.

• This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact Lisa Barton, Local Business Manager, by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: 10th September 2026

Interviews will be held: TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre:https://emss.org.uk/support