Partnership & Engagement Officer

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade G. SCP 23 £34,434 - SCP 28 £39,152

Hours Per Week: 36 hours

Base Location: Tameside One, Ashton-under-Lyne

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

Tameside is perfectly positioned for growth. With a wealth of culture, history and heritage to draw on and proud foundations that make it unique. Located just 12 minutes from Manchester City Centre yet nestled in the foothills of the Peak District; we’re gifted with urban opportunity and rural tranquillity offering an ideal location for easy access to both the city and countryside.

With some of the largest pockets of land in the Greater Manchester area available for development, it really is a fantastic canvas for economic growth with the aspiration, vision and ambition to match. We are all about creating the right environment to attract investment, jobs, homes and infrastructure to continue to make Tameside a great place to live, work, invest and visit.

Reporting to the Business Growth Manager you will be responsible for supporting delivery of Tameside’s economic and business growth agenda through a range of programmes and initiatives in partnership with the private sector and other key national, regional, Greater Manchester and local stakeholders. You will support delivery of the Tameside Means Business’ events and engagement with Tameside businesses.

About You

You will have experience of working effectively in engagement of or integration with local stakeholders and/or suppliers. You will have an understanding of business support and ability to communicate and network with a range of people, including participants, employers and stakeholders.

You will be able to work at pace with enthusiasm.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

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For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on mike.reed@tameside.gov.uk