INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY Self Employment/Start Up Business Advisor

JOB DESCRIPTION

***Internal Applicants Only***

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO1 £39,855 - £42,324

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 18th March 2025

Proposed Interview Date(s): w/c 24th March 2025

DBS: Enhanced Barred

Reference:1660

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

About the role:

Waltham Forest's Stronger Communities Directorate are creating a new service to drive the council's Inclusive Economy agenda to achieve the Council's mission for an 'Economy that works for everyone'. This ensures we will have a joined-up approach to prevention, offering support in the right place, at the right time, in the right ways.

This post is currently funded to deliver the 'Business Intellectual Property Centre Local' which has been developed in partnership with the British Library.

• To develop and deliver business support, advice and guidance for self employed, start ups, freelancers and business to support growth and opportunities generation.
• To co-ordinate the delivery of services including workshops, webinars and one-to-one support, which enable entrepreneurs and SMEs from all walks of life to utilise Councils collections and resources to set up and run a successful business including those established with the British Intellectual Property Centre Local in partnership with the British Library
• Coordinate and deliver a range of business support activities to ensure the required outcomes/outputs for externally funded programmes such as the UK Shared Prosperity Fund

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Key Responsibilities:

To co-ordinate the delivery of services including workshops, webinars and one-to-one support, which enable entrepreneurs and SMEs from all walks of life.

Provide specialist advice and guidance to businesses based on up to date knowledge and analysis of the business/enterprise and support

To develop a variety of methods and solutions to meet the needs of individual clients/businesses.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Experience of working with Employers and Businesses
• Creative and innovative
• Demonstrable commitment to equal opportunities and equality in business and service delivery
• An ability to work effectively on partnership projects across organisational boundaries and to tight deadlines.
• An ability to work effectively with employers and external partners
• Excellent verbal communications skills including an ability to communicate and negotiate with diplomacy in a range of settings at senior levels.
• Excellent written communications skills including the ability to market and promote the service to a range of audiences in a variety of settings.
• Excellent skills in the use of information technology including database, word processing, e-mail and internet use
• Able to work as part of a team.

Terms and conditions:

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;

Satisfactory declaration of interest;

This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;

Satisfactory DBS check;

As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Sharon Tassell at sharon.tassell@walthamforest.gov.uk.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

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