The Black Country Consortium Ltd has a division called the Black Country Growth Hub.

The Black Country Growth Hub helps individuals, Start-Ups and SME companies located in the Black Country to find and access bespoke business support products and services that help to drive real business growth. For 2019, the Black Country Growth Hub is building upon the service we provide and re-launching with a more focussed dedication to helping businesses. We’re expanding the Growth Hub Business Team and looking for knowledgeable, enthusiastic employees who will play a key role in the effective delivery of business support in the Black Country.

With the above in mind, we are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to join the team.

As a Black Country Growth Hub Business Development Manager, you will be expected to:

• Maintain knowledge of the scale and scope of the local SME business support infrastructure and proactively develop relationships with SMEs in the Black Country by identifying solutions to growth issues and pinpoint pathways towards resolving them with the objective of supporting business growth.
• Help SMEs by referring them to the most appropriate Business Support product and/or service and working with the wider partnership to ensure all referrals are followed up.
• Enter and manage data in the CRM system, keeping track of clients’ progress and interactions, ensuring accurate and timely records at all times.
• Work with delivery partners and external suppliers to ensure that programmes are relevant and optimise impact.
• Ensure that a consistent and proactive service is provided at all times by the Black Country Growth Hub.
• Proactively network with the local business community and enterprise organisations.
• Arrange and deliver advice workshops, seminars and networking events - supported by the Growth Hub Business Development Co-ordinators.
• Prepare reports for Operational Group, Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), etc as and when required. Share intelligence gained about the target region with the Growth Hub Team and key partner organisations, in order to inform development plans.
• Keep informed about national and local policies and initiatives in respect of business growth and development, especially those that relate to SMEs.
• Work collaboratively with the Growth Hub Team to ensure the whole of the Black Country is appropriately supported.
• Maintain high standards of confidentiality and ensure compliance with the latest data protection and information security standards.

The role comes with benefits (including: pension, free parking, flexi-time scheme, generous annual leave entitlement and numerous discount at the local shopping centre) and are offered on a Fixed-Term basis until March 2020 (with the possibility of extending dependent on business need).

Please apply by submitting your current CV and covering letter (stating why you think you would be suitable for the role) to: jobs@blackcountryconsortium.co.uk

No agencies please.