Rural Enterprise Co-ordinator

Exmoor House, Dulverton, Somerset (with travel across the National Park for training and regional meetings)

About Us

Exmoor National Park is a unique and beautiful part of the country. Our vision is to ensure Exmoor National Park has a thriving living landscape and is a place where people can enjoy and benefit from Exmoor’s special qualities and sustainable communities.

The Benefits
- Salary of £26,421 - £29,777 per annum (pro rata)
- 28 days’ holiday per annum (pro rata), plus pro rata entitlement for Bank Holidays
- Paid sickness leave
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible working options

If you have experience in economic development with great project planning skills, this is an unmissable opportunity to step into an engaging and varied role with our committed organisation.

You’ll have the chance to work in the heart of a beautiful part of the country with a team dedicated to creating sustainable, thriving communities.

The Role

As a Rural Enterprise Co-ordinator, you will develop and deliver initiatives to fulfil our sustainable tourism and economy ambitions.

Within this supportive role, you will help to develop projects that will increase our profile, generate income and enhance engagement with tourism providers and local businesses.

Specifically, working to support the visitor economy, you will engage tourism businesses in the core purposes of the National Park and the CareMoor for Exmoor scheme. You will also develop commercial initiatives and other funding proposals to secure new sources of income.

**The two key outcomes of your role will be**:

- Ensuring businesses contribute to projects that conserve and enhance Exmoor
- Holding a range of events (including our popular Dark Skies Festival) that engage people with National Park purposes and contribute to our financial stability

About You

To be considered as a Rural Enterprise Co-ordinator, you will need:

- Knowledge and experience of working within the fields of economic development and business support
- Experience of devising, researching, developing, co-ordinating, and evaluating visitor experiences
- Knowledge of business development and an understanding of running commercial initiatives
- Excellent administrative and project planning skills
- To be educated to a minimum level 5 qualification (such as a Foundation Degree or Higher National Diploma) or higher (or equivalent professional experience)

Other organisations may call this role Business Development Executive, BDE, Tourism Development Manager, Rural Enterprise Executive, or Economic Development Co-ordinator.

Webrecruit and Exmoor National Park Authority are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.