Business Advisor

The Growth Company’s Business Growth Hub has a vacancy for a Business Advisor who has experience in the Green Technology and Services Sector and will deliver high quality business growth advice to a portfolio of ambitious business owners and senior managers of companies looking 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 will include handling enquiries from first eligibility checks through to the completion and implementation of growth plans, linking clients to those services and sources of expertise best suited to deliver practical solutions and instil new knowledge that will underpin future business performance and growth, ensuring this is delivered against operational plans and milestones.

**Key Responsibilities**
- 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 that the monitoring and collection of output and impacts data is undertaken throughout the project and at the conclusion of each individual project in-line with funders’ requirements.
- Ensure client enquiries and partner referrals are correctly recorded on the Green Growth 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.
- 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.
- 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 as 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
- Have detailed discussions with clients around complex business issues to understand their business challenges, making sound recommendations for appropriate actions that will lead to growth and managing the project/intervention to a successful conclusion
- Deliver bespoke growth support directly to enable them to fully meet their growth potential which typically has needed a more complex intervention; this will also include a multi-disciplinary approach to support provision
- Develop and maintain a high-level network of business/professional contacts that generate personal referrals

**About You**
- Have a practical understanding of the current and emerging LCEGS business issues.
- Practical understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory framework in relation to the LCEGS sector and the drivers and barriers to growth across the LCEGS sector.
- Knowledge of the current landscape of publicly funded business support and investments of relevance to the agenda Budget and contract management practice, particularly with regard:

- Knowledge and understanding of the key national, sub-regional and local organisations and their role in supporting economic development and specifically business growth.
- to ensuring that relevant documentation is gathered to evidence business outputs in line with publicly funded contract requirements.

**Skills Required**:

- At least degree level business education, or degree level qualification with a management body or the relevant business experience to match those
- Over 10 years 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.
- Sales and Account management skills
- Previous experience mentoring Advisors
- Excellent communication and networking skills.
- Excellent planning, organizational, administrative and project management skills.

The Growth Company’s Business Growth Hub has a vacancy for a Business Advisor who has experience in the Green Technology and Services Sector and will deliver high quality business growth advice to a portfolio of ambitious business owners and senior managers of companies looking 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 acti