Finance Officer / Business Development Officer

4Recruitment Services; City; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Wolverhampton is seeking a Finance Officer / Business Development Officer. The role involves supporting economic development and stakeholder management within the city. Successful candidates will engage with regional businesses to provide tailored growth support, ensuring their needs are met effectively. Ideal for those experienced in partnership working and stakeholder engagement, with a passion for driving business growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in partnership working with stakeholders and businesses.
• Ability to engage with and understand stakeholder priorities.
• Skilled in running business engagement activities.

Responsibilities

• Support economic and workforce development in Wolverhampton.
• Lead account management for stakeholders and businesses.
• Identify businesses with growth potential and provide tailored support.

Job description

Finance Officer / Business Development Officer

Wolverhampton

£22.14ph

Key Responsibilities

• To work in partnership with a number of stakeholders and businesses to support economic, business and workforce development in the sub region.
• Reporting to the Business Growth Manager the post will take a lead on account management for a group of stakeholders and a cohort of businesses across a number of key sectors.
• Understand stakeholder priorities and any related business support offer.
• Engage regional and national stakeholders into Wolverhampton and increase their understanding of the city s economic needs.
• Increase the awareness and uptake of business support programmes within the city s business base.
• Run a series of business engagement activities in partnership with stakeholders.
• Identify businesses with growth potential.
• Ensure Wolverhampton businesses are provided with timely and relevant business support information as part of the Business Growth enquiry response team.
• Through a Business Diagnostic, lead the assessment and identification of the business needs and potential opportunities for stimulating growth, and provide them with a summary plan of activity, i.e. a Growth Plan.

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency.