Finance Officer / Business Development Officer

4Recruitment Services; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment services agency is seeking a Finance Officer / Business Development Officer in Wolverhampton. The role involves supporting economic and business development, managing stakeholder accounts, and identifying growth opportunities for local businesses. Candidates should be adept at engaging with various stakeholders and providing relevant business support information.

Responsibilities

• Support economic, business and workforce development.
• Lead account management for stakeholders and businesses.
• Understand stakeholder priorities and related business support offers.
• Engage stakeholders and increase understanding of economic needs.
• Increase awareness of business support programs.
• Run business engagement activities.
• Identify businesses with growth potential.
• Provide timely business support information.
• Lead assessment of business needs and opportunities for growth.

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.