Unity Enterprise Assistant Manager 2 year Fixed term contract

Salary:

£35,000 per annum full time or pro rata for a part time role

Location:

26 Roundhay Road, LEEDS, LS7 3AB or Leeds Media Centre 21 Savile Mount, LEEDS, LS7 3HZ

Hours:

35 hours a week as a full time role but also interested in applicants looking for a part time role

We are looking for someone with experience of and interest in business who we can train and develop to make a positive contribution to our company. We will invest in their training and development with the aim that in two years’ time you will be proficient to:

1. Manage the Unity Enterprise business or similar businesses.
2. Provide a range of high-level business support, information, coaching, advice, and guidance to a range of people/businesses, from fledgling entrepreneurs to those looking to start their own business, through to supporting established businesses to grow, scale up, change, or diversify their business model.
3. Write bids to generate external funds and fundraising in general.

You will need to be a real team player with excellent communication skills who can work with minimum supervision.

You will be required to support business development within Leeds and to develop and manage a local “Enterprise Hub” and perhaps one other emerging business stream. It will involve collaborative work with Leeds City Council and the Local Enterprise Partnership to deliver a comprehensive support service from pre-start to new and established businesses and social enterprises.

It’s about working closely with other colleagues and partners to make sure that where our customers need support, we are able to provide this and an excellent customer experience. The quality of people’s lives is important to us.

To make sure this happens, we are looking for a colleague who must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in advising existing small businesses and social enterprises.
• Experience of working with people to develop business plans and support the launch of a small business or social enterprise.
• Experience of working on grant funded projects is beneficial, but not essential.
• Experience of partnership working to deliver business support services
• Experience of bid writing and fundraising is desirable.
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent record keeping and reporting discipline.
• Excellent interpersonal skills

You will continuously improve services to meet challenging targets and obtain best value for customers, working in partnership with stakeholders, external partners and colleagues you’ll make sure our tenants receive a customer experience all the team can be proud of.

We believe this is a brilliant opportunity to make a difference and look forward to receiving your application.

We positively welcome and support diversity in our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please see the full job pack in the download links at the bottom of the page for full details