Economic Development Officer

Overview

How you’ll make a difference

As an Economic Development Officer, you will support the development of the council’s tourism and visitor economy initiatives. Working with internal teams, together you will coordinate promotional activity across communications, regeneration, transport, and heritage, as well as partner organisations such as the Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP).

Your work will help leverage additional resources, extend the impact of council-led activity, and strengthen the long-term resilience and sustainability of South Gloucestershire’s visitor economy.

What you will be doing

• You will be responsible for supporting the Economic Development team by preparing economic responses to planning applications, monitoring growth across the three enterprise areas in South Gloucestershire (by preparing qualitative and quantitative reports) and undertaking primary and secondary data collection on commercial developments.
• Overseeing the inspection and monitoring of business sites and premises across the area, you will manage a set of data relating to premises, including the number of vacant properties and businesses related to sectors. 
• Regularly, you can expect to work with senior officers and external partners on a wide range of economic development issues.

What we need from you

• We require you to hold or be working towards a professional or technical qualification such as a level 3 in economic development or leadership and management.
• You must have previous experience in a client-focused environment, with a proven ability to work directly with other professionals, stakeholders and partner organisations.
• You will have a good understanding of local government, you may have previous experience working in a similar service area.
• Given the nature of the role, you will be dealing with a range of people and issues, so you need to be able to use your initiative and judgement to resolve day-to-day issues independently.
• Strong IT skills are essential, particularly proficiency in Microsoft Office. You will have excellent written skills with experience of writing reports and analysing and interpreting data.

What you need to know

• You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.  
• You may be required to make lone visits to sites.
• Due to the nature of the role, you may have to attend meetings in evenings or early mornings depending on the project.

 

Interviews are anticipated to be held week commencing 8th September.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

 

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We’re providing essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support our community.
• We’re positive and forward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working work and were ambitious about the future.

We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We’re making a difference, be part of it!

To view the full job description please use this link: Economic Development Officer- Job Description