BUSINESS GROWTH ADVISER (WITH MARKETING SPECIALISM)

Location: Cornwall (Home based but must be able to attend regular client meetings in person)
Hours: Full time preferable but part time will be considered.

If you are passionate about supporting the growth of businesses and the economy of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, this is a wonderful opportunity to have a direct influence and make a positive impact. If you have skills in any of the following areas, please read on:

• Delivering outstanding business support to ambitious businesses
• Recent hands-on experience of delivering marketing campaigns
• Utilising broad range of the marketing mix – traditional and digital tools, performance marketing, strategic and tactical communications
• Delivery to both B2B and B2C businesses

We are looking for a Business Growth Adviser (with marketing specialism) to join our team of experts. The role requires you to work first hand with businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, delivering hands-on support to encourage growth in the region.
The role is varied every day and very rewarding and will see you engage with both early stage and established businesses, helping them shape the development of successful growth plans aligned to client business and finance strategies. It may be related to the optimal investment of finance and budgets, leadership development or simply being a “critical friend” supporting senior leadership teams to devise and execute their strategies.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in growing businesses, change management and associated disciplines.
As well as expert knowledge, you will need exceptional client facing skills and the discipline to work within programme parameters to achieve the required impacts. As team members providing skills and support, you will work closely with OI Advice colleagues to deliver the programme to the highest industry standards.

NOW ABOUT US …

Oxford Innovation Advice is a commercial organisation recognised as market leading specialists in SME (small to medium sized enterprises) business growth support and development. Now firmly established as a key provider of advisory services to businesses in the Duchy, having successfully delivered numerous funded Business Support projects since 2009.
We enjoy a reputation for exemplary customer service and the ability to deliver results. Our people are recognised for exceptional skill levels, the ability to get things done and for working in a light touch managerial environment where we trust our employees to perform with minimal supervision.

• Use diagnostic tools to assess the strengths/weaknesses of the business and agree a programme of support to enable the business the grow at pace
• Build effective relationships with individuals, organisation, stakeholders to develop a high-quality pipeline of referrals
• Collaborate with and support other members of the delivery team, sharing knowledge and best practice.