Principal Business Engagement Officer

2 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Greater London Authority Full time
About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity at the Greater London Authority to lead engagement with businesses from London's key sectors to ensure skills training addresses their current and future workforce needs, and to ensure they can access talent.

Key Responsibilities
  • To establish and maintain effective working relationships across a wide range of local and regional employer and key stakeholder networks to promote engagement and drive job outcomes across the relevant delivery team's programmes
  • To actively manage the end-to-end customer journey of a portfolio of employers to understand skills requirements and facilitate partnerships with training providers to support the development of industry-led training courses
  • To strengthen local partnerships and linkages between employers, providers, boroughs, industry representative bodies, and other key stakeholders and ensure connectivity with other initiatives to facilitate cross-referrals
  • To work closely with employers and industry representative bodies and build up data and intelligence to better understand the skills requirements across key sectors in London
  • To expand the GLA's business relationships, in particular in priority sectors of London's economy through active engagement and collaborative projects
  • To communicate relevant and up-to-date industry insights to inform the current and future strategic and operational delivery of the skills and employment unit's programmes
  • Lead the development and organisation of high-profile stakeholder events to secure successful outcomes
  • To analyse relevant industry data and intelligence and provide recommendations to inform the development, delivery, and sustainability of the Employer-focussed programmes
  • To engage with officers across the GLA and GLA Group to ensure a joined-up approach to delivering skills and employment programmes across London
  • To liaise with the GLA's Press team to demonstrate the impact of the employer-focussed programmes on local businesses, Londoners, and the economy through pan-London and local PR coverage
  • To represent the GLA, skills and employment programmes at relevant internal and external meetings
  • To realise the benefits of London's diversity by promoting and enabling equality of opportunity, and promote the diverse needs and aspirations of London's communities among businesses and stakeholders
Person Specification
  • Experience of working with, or alongside, the private and public sectors and a good understanding of the differences in their perspectives and values
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills, including an ability to build and manage influential and effective relationships with a diverse range of senior stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes
  • A strong understanding of UK skills and business policy
  • A good understanding of industry intelligence and evidence of using strategic insights to drive delivery of high-profile, public-facing, or corporate projects
  • Experience of delivering communications and events activities for diverse ranges of audiences, including businesses

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