Economic Development Specialist

1 week ago


Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom Rugby Borough Council Full time
About the Role

Economic Development Manager

Rugby Borough Council is dedicated to fostering community and colleague growth. With a focus on wellbeing and personal development, we offer a range of career opportunities where you can take pride in the positive changes you help create.

We are committed to delivering on our economic development aims and ambitions as identified in the emerging Rugby Borough Economic Strategy.

About the Job

We are seeking an exceptional and dynamic team member to assist with our growth and regeneration agenda. You will be working as part of a dedicated team to engage and work in partnership with a range of organisations to ensure that we have the best possible business support and inward investment offer, complimented by a skills infrastructure to nurture and develop our businesses and their workforce.

In this role, you will be leading the economic development function, delivering Corporate Plan priorities including supporting the Rugby town centre economy in relation to the regeneration of Rugby Town Centre and leading on the delivery and implementation of our newly adopted economic strategy.

To achieve this, you will work with a range of partners to develop a strategic approach to economic development, establishing and building effective relationships with key economic partners and identifying and bidding for external funding to deliver objectives.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will need experience working in Economic Development or a related field delivering government funded economic development and regenerations projects and programmes. You will need experience at management level in a Local Authority setting and be able to demonstrate having developed a successful inward investment offer and place-making narratives.

Please see the linked Job Profile for a more detailed overview.

Benefits

  • Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Hybrid working up to 60%
  • Flexi time scheme
  • Annual leave purchase scheme
  • Subsidised parking
  • Structured Induction Program
  • Learning and Development opportunities including Future Leaders programmes
  • Payment of a professional subscription for approved professionals
  • Family Friendly Policies
  • Independent Support for your health & wellbeing
  • Generous compassionate leave
  • Extra Benefits including Retail Discounts, Car Salary Sacrifice & Cycle to Work scheme and more


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