Job Description

Business in Focus - Engagement and Operations Coordinator Contract: Shared Prosperity Fund Term: Temporary until 31st December 2024 Salary: up to \xc2\xa328,000 per annum Location: Caerphilly Area (Hybrid role) Hours: 37.5 hours per week To view full Job description please visit https://www.businessinfocus.co.uk/join-our-team/ The Engagement and Coordination Officer is part of the Shared Prosperity Fund Team, delivering accessible and innovative programme of engagement and outreach activities for a diverse client group. The role promotes the development of entrepreneurial thinking and drives participants to engage with the service, to enable people to realise entrepreneurial ambitions, through a diverse range of regionally coordinated digital and face-to-face engagement, e.g. delivering pre-start upskilling and awareness building modules, and outreach events, e.g., career exhibitions, in collaboration with established Young People and entrepreneurial ecosystems and stakeholders. The role delivers and/or facilitates wraparound support for clients, enabling a diverse portfolio of clients to overcome barriers and have an equitable experience to realise entrepreneurial ambitions. The role works closely with their internal colleagues to progress clients through the service, as appropriate. 1. Attend marketing and engagement events, e.g. careers fairs, business exhibitions, networking events, stakeholder events, and other related activities, to promote the service and achieve client engagement KPIs. 2. Deliver prescribed workshops and participate in other webinars/seminars that attract and engage clients into developing entrepreneurial thinking, self-employment and starting a business, e.g. Start Your Own Business, promoting business support services available. Undertake these activities in a professional and knowledgeable manner using the agreed training materials. 3. Identify and agree an action plan to support allocated clients overcome barriers to achieving entrepreneurial goals. Coordinate and provide additional support to meet client needs. Facilitate a handover where clients progress and are referred on to an adviser, and/or 3rd party stakeholder. Evidence in the necessary paperwork, in compliance with contractual requirements and operational procedures At Business in Focus we value all of our employees, as an Investors in People employer we provide the following benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement (25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holiday based on FTE)
• 6% Employer contribution pension
• Flexible modern working practices such as TOIL
• 6 late starts/early finishes per annum (equates to two hours each)
• Learning and Development opportunities

After probation period:

• Income protection benefit
• Employee assistance programme

As part of the recruitment process, if you are shortlisted you may be asked to complete a technical exercise. Please be aware we may withdraw the advert early if we receive a high volume of applicants. Please visit our website to see the full - https://www.businessinfocus.co.uk/latest-vacancies/ Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 14 months Salary: Up to \xc2\xa328,500.00 per year Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Flexitime
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Caerphilly, CF83 1UB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)

Experience:

• Administrative: 1 year (preferred)
• Business support: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person Application deadline: 22/11/2023
Reference ID: Hub engagment