Business Engagement and Project Officer WCC616533

Location:

City Of Westminster (SW1) – London City and West End, London, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Other Industries & Skills: 

Health, Nursing & Social Services

Advertiser:

Shared Services Partnership

Job ID:

130508563

Posted On: 

15 May 2024

Job Details:

Salary range: £40,005 – £43,824 per annum 
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Temporary up to 12 Months 
Closing date: 02 June 2024
Contact details for Informal discussion: Rachel Solomon, Business Support Programme Manager, via email: # Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF SERENA’S VISION 

Regeneration, Economy and Planning in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where innovative and open-minded people bring everything to the cause. Even expertise from surprising places. 

Take Serena. She is an absolute force of nature at the heart of our Church Street regeneration. And she puts the residents first in everything. Serena’s vision is clear. Regeneration isn’t just about bricks and concrete. It’s about communities. It’s about the environment. It’s about the lives of people and how they feel about where they call home. Serena is their advocate, making sure residents’ voices aren’t just heard, but drive the changes we’re making. The future is safe in her hands. 

Please view the extraordinary story of Serena’s Vision
here.

The Role:

The role will crucially develop meaningful relationships with businesses located on Westminster’s key high streets and will involve working in the heart of the community several days a week. This particular role will mostly be based in the Paddington, Edgware Road & Bayswater areas to support the delivery of the Paddington & Bayswater High Streets Programme. The role will also have scope to work on other iconic high streets within the borough as well. The postholder will act as a single dedicated point of contact for businesses, helping to resolve day to day enquiries, convene business association meetings, address challenges through proactive problem solving, promote and deliver business support interventions through collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches that will result in improved outcomes for our high street businesses. The postholders will have responsibility for shaping and delivering a robust and bespoke business support offer through the High Streets Programme that is based on local need within the Paddington & Bayswater area. Examples of schemes will include shop front improvement schemes, business resilience interventions, upskilling and scale-up programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to revitalise our high streets.

The postholder’s will work closely with other council teams, Ward Councillors, community and business representative groups, and other stakeholders across the business & enterprise landscape. The postholder will ensure the delivery of meaningful outcomes for Westminster’s communities.

The Business & Enterprise team at Westminster City Council is a great place to work, and covers a comprehensive and diverse service to Westminster’s business community. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the way in which we work and we strongly value each individual member of the team.

The Business & Enterprise service are the gateway between the council and the business community, providing a “one-stop shop” for all business needs. Westminster is home to the largest business base in the country, and the powerhouse for the country’s economy. We have the privilege of being able to work with businesses and stakeholders of all sectors, sizes and demographics. Supporting our existing high street businesses is a top priority for the council.

Please refer to the
Job Description for more information.

About You:

An established professional with knowledge of Westminster’s business base and the challenges facing local businesses, you’ll have experience of developing and delivering economic development projects. You’ll have an excellent understanding of the local, regional and national landscape of business and enterprise support, with the ability to proactively identify new opportunities and build meaningful relationships with businesses to reach innovative and positive solutions. You’ll have experience of delivering projects right through from scoping to final evaluation, with a focus on choosing effective courses of action across multiple concurrent workstreams.

On a personal level, you’ll be personable, adaptable, empathetic self-motivated and passionate about delivering the best possible services to our local business community. You’ll be a natural communicator with extensive stakeholder engagement and management experience, and excellent record keeping skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in a vibrant, dynamic service that supports local businesses across Westminster, and to supercharge your career in the process. 

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit
westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application , we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

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