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Growth Manager
| Posting date: | 24 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £47,000 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 August 2024 |
| Location: | Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Exemplas |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
• Do you want to work for the UKs leading deliverer of SME business support?
• Do you want to drive Economic Growth in West Yorkshire?
• Do you want to work with, support and inspire SMEs to be grow?
If you’ve answered “yes” to these questions the role of WYCA GLS Growth Manager could be for you!
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a number of SME business support experts for an established SME business support contract we deliver in West Yorkshire. The Growth & Leadership Service (GLS) provides cutting edge support to help SMEs in West Yorkshire to make key improvements to grow and develop their aspirational leaders.
This role will be responsible for:
• Managing a portfolio of SME client businesses to ensure they maximise the value of their experience on the programme
• To promote and network to identify suitable participants across West Yorkshire
• To perform a thorough diagnosis process of participating growth focussed businesses & aspirational leaders using specialist assessment tools
• To facilitate the development of effective improvement plans that will be implemented by the company
• Working closely with our key delivery partners to help make further improvements to your clients.
About You
We are looking for someone that has considerable SME business experience. This may have been gained through working with, supporting and growing SMEs from working in business support programmes previously or having run your own SME business. You will be familiar with the challenges SME business are faced with and will be able to empathise with them. In addition, you will have:
• Significant business experience at a senior level within a growth SME business environment
• Strategic and management consultancy experience in growing, developing and improving businesses
• Demonstrable experience and/or understanding of publicly funded business support programmes
• Experience of and working knowledge of SME business diagnostic tools and interpreting results
• Experience of assessing performance in SMEs and identifying areas of improvement
• Gravitas and experience of facilitating meetings with business leaders and owners that lead to the development of high impact business improvement action plans
• Knowledge of the Yorkshire SME business base and the business support infrastructure.
• Existing relationships, networks and connections in the West Yorkshire area.
What we Offer
This is a full-time, permanent contract. The role is peripatetic and requires travel around the West Yorkshire area working with clients and managing the relationship with the funder and other stakeholders.
• Our FTE Pay range is wide with a mid-point for this role of £47,000pa
• Car allowance
• Broadband allowance
• Generous, up to 10.5% non-contributory pension scheme
• Ill-health income protection
• Life assurance (Death in Service)
• 26 days holiday (rising to 28 after 2 years’ service, pro rata for part time)
• Flexible and supportive working culture including access to mental health first aiders
• Wellbeing services for employees including access to discounts, employee assistance programme, Mental Health First Aiders, Doctorline and more
• Modern, open space and technology enabled working environment
• Flexible benefits including holiday-buy scheme, eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccination, Cyclescheme.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and value diversity in our workforce. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
About Us
We are one of the UK’s foremost business support organisations and for over 25 years, we have provided business advisory services to more than 500,000 small to medium sized businesses on behalf of Government and Private sector organisations. As part of our expert team, you can expect to be empowered to be the best you can and share our company values of openness (I am keen and willing to engage), Inspiration (I want to be the best that I can be), Conviction (We win, or lose, together) and Accountability (I will take responsibility and ownership). As a business we recognise that giving superior service to our clients depends on making the most of our people and we aim to give our teams challenging opportunities, recognition for achievement, job enrichment and the maximum flexibility we can.
The fine print
• Please note we are not a Home Office visa sponsorship licence holder and therefore you must be currently eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this role.
• Please read our recruitment privacy notice available on the Exemplas website for information about how we process your personal data.
• Do you want to drive Economic Growth in West Yorkshire?
• Do you want to work with, support and inspire SMEs to be grow?
If you’ve answered “yes” to these questions the role of WYCA GLS Growth Manager could be for you!
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a number of SME business support experts for an established SME business support contract we deliver in West Yorkshire. The Growth & Leadership Service (GLS) provides cutting edge support to help SMEs in West Yorkshire to make key improvements to grow and develop their aspirational leaders.
This role will be responsible for:
• Managing a portfolio of SME client businesses to ensure they maximise the value of their experience on the programme
• To promote and network to identify suitable participants across West Yorkshire
• To perform a thorough diagnosis process of participating growth focussed businesses & aspirational leaders using specialist assessment tools
• To facilitate the development of effective improvement plans that will be implemented by the company
• Working closely with our key delivery partners to help make further improvements to your clients.
About You
We are looking for someone that has considerable SME business experience. This may have been gained through working with, supporting and growing SMEs from working in business support programmes previously or having run your own SME business. You will be familiar with the challenges SME business are faced with and will be able to empathise with them. In addition, you will have:
• Significant business experience at a senior level within a growth SME business environment
• Strategic and management consultancy experience in growing, developing and improving businesses
• Demonstrable experience and/or understanding of publicly funded business support programmes
• Experience of and working knowledge of SME business diagnostic tools and interpreting results
• Experience of assessing performance in SMEs and identifying areas of improvement
• Gravitas and experience of facilitating meetings with business leaders and owners that lead to the development of high impact business improvement action plans
• Knowledge of the Yorkshire SME business base and the business support infrastructure.
• Existing relationships, networks and connections in the West Yorkshire area.
What we Offer
This is a full-time, permanent contract. The role is peripatetic and requires travel around the West Yorkshire area working with clients and managing the relationship with the funder and other stakeholders.
• Our FTE Pay range is wide with a mid-point for this role of £47,000pa
• Car allowance
• Broadband allowance
• Generous, up to 10.5% non-contributory pension scheme
• Ill-health income protection
• Life assurance (Death in Service)
• 26 days holiday (rising to 28 after 2 years’ service, pro rata for part time)
• Flexible and supportive working culture including access to mental health first aiders
• Wellbeing services for employees including access to discounts, employee assistance programme, Mental Health First Aiders, Doctorline and more
• Modern, open space and technology enabled working environment
• Flexible benefits including holiday-buy scheme, eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccination, Cyclescheme.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and value diversity in our workforce. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
About Us
We are one of the UK’s foremost business support organisations and for over 25 years, we have provided business advisory services to more than 500,000 small to medium sized businesses on behalf of Government and Private sector organisations. As part of our expert team, you can expect to be empowered to be the best you can and share our company values of openness (I am keen and willing to engage), Inspiration (I want to be the best that I can be), Conviction (We win, or lose, together) and Accountability (I will take responsibility and ownership). As a business we recognise that giving superior service to our clients depends on making the most of our people and we aim to give our teams challenging opportunities, recognition for achievement, job enrichment and the maximum flexibility we can.
The fine print
• Please note we are not a Home Office visa sponsorship licence holder and therefore you must be currently eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this role.
• Please read our recruitment privacy notice available on the Exemplas website for information about how we process your personal data.