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Location/Division: Entrepreneurship & Start-up

Business Wales - Project Manager

Term: Permanent

Salary: Salary – £38,000

Location: Regular Homeworker 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

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To view full Job description please visit https://www.businessinfocus.co.uk/join-our-team/

 

Business in Focus is the lead delivery partner in Enterprise Partnership Cymru (EPC), along with Menter Môn, M-SParc and an eco-system of support agencies across Wales. EPC has won the contract to deliver the Business Wales service on behalf of the Welsh Government, providing advice and support to entrepreneurs pan-Wales.

 

The Entrepreneurship and Start-Up Service focuses on providing a wide range of advice to young people and start-up businesses through a variety of means including digital, telephone and face to face support. EPC was successful in their bid to deliver both Business Wales advice services; Entrepreneurship and Start-up Service and Business Development and Growth Service.

 

The Project Manager - Entrepreneurship & Start Up (PM) is responsible for supporting the Head of ESU (HESU) with managing projects as required by Welsh Government within the BW-ESU service. Responsible for projects at all stages; proposal, inception, implementation, delivery, evaluation and review. The PM is responsible for the review and analysis of data sources for contract delivery.

Responsibilities

1. Establish and maintain processes for scoping new project proposals, project work plans, securing resources, managing projects during the project lifecycle to ensure project efficiency and maximising KPIs and outcomes, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks.

2. Undertake the review and analysis of data sources to identify areas for improvement/development of contract delivery.

3. Support Head of ESU manage ESU projects, e.g. research activity, delivery of events. Apply project management experience as required for each project; prepare and submit proposals, work with WG and BW colleagues during inception of new projects, support delivery teams during implementation, coordinate resources, monitor and review progress, evaluate and review.

4. Ensure clear communication of projects outcomes to the relevant delivery managers. Monitor and review performance regularly and agree action plans to maintain on/return to target.

5. Manage performance of allocated projects to ensure performance against KPI delivery, desired outcomes and budget is achieved. Liaise with BW and Business in Focus Management Teams as necessary.

 

Person Specification

1. Project Management experience, including management of project budgets.

2. Experience of managing projects that required working in compliance with prescribed internal and external audited standards and procedures

3. Experience of overseeing project performance for the achievement of KPIs and other outcomes.

4. Sound knowledge and understanding of how local SMEs operate. As well as the needs/issues; impacting SMEs in Wales, the economy in Wales and how it is impacted from wider influences in the UK

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At Business in Focus we value all of our employees, as an Investors in People employer we provide the following benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement (25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holiday based on FTE)
• 6% Employer contribution pension
• Flexible modern working practices such as TOIL
• 6 late starts/early finishes per annum (equates to two hours each)
• Learning and Development opportunities

After probation period:

• Income protection benefit
• Employee assistance programme

Please be aware we may withdraw the advert early if we receive a high volume of applicants.

As part of the recruitment process you will be invited to an Assessment based technical exercise.

To view full Job description please visit https://www.businessinfocus.co.uk/join-our-team/

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Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.