Enterprise Development Officer - REQ03319 - 400620

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NLC12 – £46,872 - £51,557

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the council’s Enterprise Team. We are recruiting for an energetic and passionate individual to deliver across a range of business support services and initiatives to enable business growth and investment in North Lanarkshire.

As the 4th largest authority in Scotland, we are used to delivering a highly responsive service to meet the needs of the business community and to deliver against priority outcomes within the Plan for North Lanarkshire. We have hugely ambitious plans to regenerate our area to create employment; help start new businesses; support our existing businesses; and attract businesses, investment, visitors and events to North Lanarkshire. We know that successful delivery requires an integrated approach to business engagement and support across the business community, other Council services, partners, stakeholders, funders and investors. 

Working as part of a wider team, we are seeking to recruit an Enterprise Development Officer to join us in our journey to make North Lanarkshire the place to invest and do business. The post will focus on engagement with businesses, key sectors and partners to lead the development and delivery of ambitious funding programmes, projects and initiatives which support businesses, inward investment and key sectors. 

You should have substantial experience in either engaging with businesses or providing advice/support to businesses. You must have strong project development and project management skills preferably gained in an economic development or businesses related environment, with the ability to work in multi-agency partnerships and to interpret external business information/trends to inform future service delivery. Your experience should include managing budgets and developing solutions to meet business needs. Ideally, you should have experience of procurement/contract management. 

Educated to degree or equivalent level in a relevant discipline with strong organisational skills and excellent communication skills, you should demonstrate high personal drive and motivation to deliver a range of key activities to meet the council’s priority outcomes. 

You will be joining a dynamic and flexible team who currently operate a hybrid working model of home-working and office-based working at the Civic Centre offices in Motherwell.

Interested? For further information or an informal discussion on the role, please contact Allan Conry on conrya@northlan.gov.uk or Yvonne Weir on weiry@northlan.gov.uk

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council 

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at  work well NL.. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career. 

For more information on local authority careers visit the myjobscotland career hub 

North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy. 

Click here to see our  Recruitment Charter. 

*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work. 

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People. 

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.

Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone . 

The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***