Job Opportunities

Specialist Business Adviser

Posted 11th November 2011

Are you a successful Specialist Business Adviser?

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Understanding Finance for Business (locally known as Investing for Success) programme

Join the team of self-employed specialist business advisers to support London businesses in accessing support to raise finance.

As a Specialist Business Adviser, you will:

 Critically assess specific clients’ businesses and their suitability for the relevant project

 Support them with expert business advice

 Make a tangible difference and deliver a proven outcome

 Manage your client service delivery and relationship at a practical level

 Report and collate documentation in a timely and accurate manner

What’s in it for you?

 Working with one of the most successful business support agencies in London

 Key contribution to projects

 Working in various London boroughs

 Opportunity to provide client advice

 Satisfaction of supporting local businesses to create and safeguard jobs

What do we expect?

 Proven track record of successfully supporting businesses and delivering outputs on Access to Finance/Investing for Success projects

 Sound analytical ability and excellent communication skills

 Experienced business adviser with hands-on and can-do approach

 Relevant professional qualifications

 Ability to deliver within specific timeframes and produce clear and concise documentation

 Availability from November 2011

Interested?

Closing date for quotes will be Monday 21st November at 9am. Please send your quote to email tender@hib.org.uk.

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Enterprise Support Officer – One Year Fixed Term Contract


(renewable depending on funding)

Salary £25,574

Hours 9.00am – 5.00pm 35 hours per week

Based at Harrow in Business (HIB)

HIB is a well established enterprise support organisation involved in the design, delivery and co-ordination of a full range of business support services, solutions and networking activities for local businesses.

This post will play a key role in the work of HIB as it implements it two year strategic plan.

You will be involved in the implementation of initiatives to encourage and promote entrepreneurship, as well as working to assist existing local businesses maximise their growth potential. You will be the organisation’s first point of contact, be responsible for the administration of various workshops and seminars, working with other external partners to ensure that a consistent, co-ordinated offer is available.

You will have

  • Excellent communication and prioritisation skills.
  • The ability to manage a varied workload including achieving deadlines monitoring targets and expenditure and processing financial claims.
  • An understanding of current enterprise support environment and knowledge of current government policies as they relate to enterprise development.

Please click here for full job description.

HOW TO APPLY

Please contact Rhona Denness for further information.

Applicants are required to submit a CV ( no more that 2 sides of A4) along with a covering letter, explaining their interest in the post.

Harrow in Business, Enterprise House, 297 Pinner Road, Harrow, London

Telephone 020 8427 6188

Email rhona.denness@hib.org.uk

Closing date Monday 21st November 2011

Our intention is for interviews to be held week beginning 28th November 2011