This is an exciting time to join Shropshire Council as it works with public and private sector partners to support economic recovery and demonstrate the wealth of careers opportunities across the county.

A vacancy has arisen for a Key Accounts and Investment Officer to join the Economic Growth service at a time where we are working to generate increased economic productivity and to maximise the full potential of the assets and opportunities in Shropshire. The vision of the Economic Growth service is to create and deliver an environment for sustainable and focused growth in Shropshire and in doing so support a step change in economic productivity over the coming years.

The role will focus on managing a cohesive programme of business engagement, including with identified key accounts working to offer suitable business support and gather intelligence that is actioned/responded to. You will also act as a key point of contact to-ordinate inward investment enquiries, identifying internal and external support available and support to promote inward investment opportunities and activities including the formulation of investment propositions, lead generation activity and linking with relevant partners.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of project development, implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation. Knowledge of economic growth and challenges and opportunities facing businesses will also be important.

You will need to be adaptable, tenacious, positive, resilient and well-organised, with the ability to manage a busy workload and produce high quality work to tight deadlines.

Part of a small but busy team, you will play an important role in supporting business engagement and attracting inward investment into the county.