Digital Creative and Tech Advisor

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom The Growth Company Full time

Location
Manchester

Company
The Growth Company

Contract type
Fixed term/ Full
- time

Salary
Up to £42,500 per annum

Closing Date
21/03/2023

Ref No
3438


The Growth Company's Business Growth Hub - Digital, Creative and Tech (DCT) is a fully funded programme tailed to help digital, creative and tech companies stabilise, adapt, and grow.


We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Creative and Tech Business Advisor who will deliver high quality specialist business growth advice to a portfolio of ambitious business owners and senior managers of mid-sized businesses that are aiming to achieve growth.

The role will assess the growth potential of eligible businesses, diagnose any barriers to innovation or advancement which may be holding back growth and agree suitable action plans to address these and release growth opportunities.


This is a Fixed Term Contract until 30 September 2023.

Key Responsibilities

  • The Business Advisor primary responsibility is to ensure that the DCT Sectors service is delivered to produce the maximum impact in terms of assisting the client company to reach their full growth potential, and delivery of outputs and outcomes in terms of improved performance, GVA growth, new jobs created and new products and services to market
  • Work with the relevant businesses closely to monitor any outputs including new jobs created/safeguarded, any GVA increase and other service specific outputs and outcomes that result from activities undertaken
  • To develop and maintain a connection between the digital technology eco system within GM (and wider UK elements) and the Business Growth Hub, creating pipeline
  • Ensure that potential clients comply with the project eligibility criteria by ensuring that initial eligibility checks, prior to formal assessment and action planning are carried out
  • Making sure clients are personally introduced to those services identified as appropriate (internal and external) and monitor the delivery of these services is to support the client's strategy and/or objectives and address those barriers to growth identified
  • Ensure client enquiries and partner referrals are correctly recorded on GC's CRM and associated service specific data capturing systems, updating progress against agreed actions as plans progress and ensure all administration is completed in timely manner against deadlines and is checked for accuracy
  • Undertake detailed diagnostics on a business or a detailed diagnostic on a particular functional or business area using various tools and methods to capture baseline data from clients and identify needs, which should be addressed by developing growth action plans. This will involve the analysis and interpretation of business and market data/intelligence to provide recommendations to senior management teams, boards and shareholders.

About you

  • Ability to identify opportunities and to be innovative
  • Has technical knowledge in the key areas of digital, creative and technology and must be willing to constantly develop and maintain this knowledge
  • Understanding of customer focused approach of working with businesses to foster engagement and encourage commitment to working towards economic development.
  • Proven critical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Understanding and experience of using project management techniques
  • Knowledge of budget and contract management practice
  • Knowledge and understanding of the key national, subregional and local organisations and their role in supporting economic development and specifically business growth

Skills Required:

  • Extensive evidence of sector(s)/business experience in the private sector, including at a senior management or Director level
  • Proven track record in managing the range of business issues associated with periods of business growth
  • Professional experience and approach to managing and delivering business assessment, advice and development
  • Sales and Account management skills
  • Presentation skills both written and oral and excellent communication and networking skills
  • Excellent planning, organizational, administrative and project management skills
  • At least degree level business education, or degree level qualification with a management body or the relevant business experience to match those
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working.

Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles.

We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.

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