Sector Development Relationship Manager

Grade L

Salary: £38,296 to £42,503

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid Working – LEP / Invest in York & North Yorkshire (Hybrid within York & NY - Northallerton or York office)

Are you a skilled relationship builder & strategic operator? Do you understand the steps to developing regional clusters? Do you have an understanding of inward investment? Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to be part of an exciting, growing, high performing team who are attracting new investment & jobs into York and North Yorkshire?

Who we are:

Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) are non-statutory bodies responsible for local economic development in England. We are business-led partnerships that bring together the private sector, local authorities and academic and voluntary institutions. We work with central government to set local investment priorities, as well as local employers and job centres to help people back to work, we lead changes in how businesses are regulated locally, support high-growth local businesses, and help deliver national priorities such as digital infrastructure and renewable energy projects.

This is an exciting time to join the York & North Yorkshire Enterprise Partnership as we work to shape the economic future of our region and bring forward new opportunities. LEP’s and their local Growth Hubs are at the frontline of delivery, with over 2,000 local business leaders on the ground; empowering local businesses, generating private sector investment, creating investment zones and Freeports, and boosting jobs and skills.

For more details on who we are please visit: https://www.ynylep.com/

Invest in York and North Yorkshire is a regional partnership between the YNY LEP and local authorities across the region. Our aim is to work together to drive new greener, fairer, stronger jobs and investment into our region.

For more details on who we are please visit: https://www.ynylep.com/invest

The role

Attracting new Inward investment into our region is essential to better people’s lives & deliver on our good growth economic development ambitions. Identifying our sector niches, regional assets and unique selling points is fundamental to attracting new investors. The formation of sector investment clusters, bringing together partners, key businesses, HE & skills providers, research organisations & Department of International Trade is also fundamental to this development. Presenting & marketing these defined sector strengths to the world will be a huge step forward for the region.

The main goal of this role is to increase investment within our identified growth sectors and create good quality jobs and growth for the future.

As a Sector Development Relationship Manager, you will work with the Senior Manager for Trade & Investment to develop strategy & implementation plans for several development steps

Working with the Service Senior Manager, you will need to effectively provide appropriate written and oral information, in an extensive range of formats, to a wide range of audiences including LEP Boards, Local Authorities, Key Stakeholders, Government Departments, etc.

You will be expected to travel around the region, engaging with cluster partners & hosting investor visits. Some national & International travel may be required but this will be limited.

What you will bring.

To be successful you must be able to demonstrate the personal transferrable skills needed to deliver this development role. No one day will be the same so you must be comfortable with change and working in a fast-paced, impact driven team. Working on your own initiative to problem solve and deliver agreed stepped objectives in your own authentic style is essential.

You will be highly organised, work from your own initiative, and have the ability to identify and pursue opportunities for programme development. It is imperative you hold excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to confidently use persuasion, influencing and/or negotiation techniques to influence others in difficult situations.

Ideally, we are looking for someone with some experience of inward investment and/or relevant sectors, however, if you are a strategic thinker who understands the programme steps to develop clusters & programmes, with a willing to learn about the investment landscape and how it helps the economy then we would love to hear from you.

Working for us

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position. With the technology available to us, you can find the right balance that works for you whether it is working from home, working from our York office or working from one of our many hubs across the county. Our holiday entitlement starts at 24 days rising to 33 days per year with continued service, plus public holidays, you can also bank your additional time as flexi. You can get shopping discounts, salary sacrifice scheme for technology or green car plus lots more.

Contact and apply

For an informal discussion please contact David Ryden 07427 719682 or Email david.ryden@ynylep.com

Key dates:

Closing date: Sunday 12th March 2023

Interview date: Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd March 2023

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