The Business Advisor will work with a wide range of potential small business owners and sole traders to help them start and grow their business. Responsible for a caseload, the Business Advisor will manage clients through a business start-up programme, identifying the support required to improve their confidence/knowledge or remove barriers to progression. Business Advisors will assess the support clients will need and help them navigate a wide range of available provision, building a rapport to maintain engagement on the programme and coaching them to succeed. Key to the role is also developing and managing the relationships with the referral organisations and their staff to generate suitable and appropriate referrals to the programme.

The contract the successful candidates will be working on gives unemployed individuals enhanced support to find work or start a business in their local area and is run by a Prime contract holder operating in 3 regions of Scotland (Edinburgh & Lothians, Dumfries, and Ayrshire, plus Aberdeenshire) Delivery will be both face-to-face ( so some travel expected ) and virtual

The key benefits of this role include a salary of between £28,000 and £35,000 per annum, with 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays). Each year of service will accrue an additional day’s holiday up to a maximum of 30 days. There will be provision of a laptop and mobile phone to allow for agile mobile working. A pension scheme is also available, contributed to by Momentic.

With a proven track record in business advice or in a coaching role, this is the perfect opportunity to pass on your skills and to help someone else to achieve their business dream.

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