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Closing Date: 27/08/2025
Business in Focus - Business Advisor
Contract: Shared Prosperity Fund
Term: Temporary until 31st December 2025
Salary: Starting from £32,000 per annum FTE
Location: Carmarthen area
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
To view full Job description please visit https://www.businessinfocus.co.uk/join-our-team/
Business in Focus will deliver a service funded by the UK Government through the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF). The Shared Prosperity Fund focuses on providing a wide range of advice to young people and start-up businesses through a variety of means including digital, telephone and face to face support.
Business Advisers support clients considering or ready to start a business with:
* Early stage and pre-start business issues.
* Empowering individuals to make informed decisions that positively affects entrepreneurial success.
Support existing business with:
* growth aspirations
The Business Adviser is part of the Shared Prosperity Fund Team, delivering accessible and innovative programme of engagement and outreach activities for a diverse client group. The role promotes the development of entrepreneurial thinking and drives participants to engage with the service, to enable people to realize entrepreneurial ambitions, through a diverse range of regionally coordinated digital and face-to-face engagement, e.g. delivering pre-start upskilling and awareness building modules, 1-2-1 business support, focusing on Net Zero and Digital Adoption, business development and growth. The role delivers wraparound support for clients, enabling a diverse portfolio of clients to overcome barriers and have an equitable experience to realise entrepreneurial ambitions. The role works closely with their internal colleagues to progress clients through the service, as appropriate.
At Business in Focus we value all of our employees, as an Investors in People employer we provide the following benefits:
* Generous holiday entitlement (25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holiday based on FTE)
* Flexible modern working practices such as TOIL
* 6 late starts/early finishes per annum (equates to two hours each)
* Learning and Development opportunities
* Employee assistance programme
If shortlisted you will be invited to undertake an technical exercise.
Please be aware we may withdraw the advert early if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Diversity Statement
We are committed to building and developing a workforce that truly represents our community. We champion the unique things that make each person who they are and celebrate those differences. As such, we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We value diversity and strive to create an inclusive and respectful environment where everyone can reach their full potential, regardless of disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, or marriage and civil partnership status.We recognize and respect religious and cultural observances, and, where possible, aim to avoid scheduling recruitment activities on days of religious ceremonies or holidays to ensure all candidates have equal opportunities to participate.We are committed to promoting and using the Welsh language in our workplace. We encourage and support our employees to learn and use Welsh. We welcome applications from Welsh speakers and encourage the use of Welsh in all aspects of our work. We will ensure that in roles where the ability to speak Welsh is essential or desirable, this will be noted in relevant job advertisements. Applicants can submit their applications in either English or Welsh and we provide recruitment documentation in both languages.As a forces-friendly employer, we have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the bronze award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We are a welcoming and inclusive workplace for Armed Forces colleagues and work in collaboration with the Career Transition Partnership. We actively support the employment of veterans, recognizing military skills and qualifications in our recruitment process. We also support flexible leave for Service spouses and partners around a partners’ deployment.
Closing Date: 27/08/2025
Location/Division: Entrepreneurship & Start-up
Business in Focus - Business Advisor
Contract: Shared Prosperity Fund
Term: Temporary until 31st December 2025
Salary: Starting from £32,000 per annum FTE
Location: Carmarthen area
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
To view full Job description please visit https://www.businessinfocus.co.uk/join-our-team/
Business in Focus will deliver a service funded by the UK Government through the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF). The Shared Prosperity Fund focuses on providing a wide range of advice to young people and start-up businesses through a variety of means including digital, telephone and face to face support.
Business Advisers support clients considering or ready to start a business with:
* Early stage and pre-start business issues.
* Empowering individuals to make informed decisions that positively affects entrepreneurial success.
Support existing business with:
* growth aspirations
The Business Adviser is part of the Shared Prosperity Fund Team, delivering accessible and innovative programme of engagement and outreach activities for a diverse client group. The role promotes the development of entrepreneurial thinking and drives participants to engage with the service, to enable people to realize entrepreneurial ambitions, through a diverse range of regionally coordinated digital and face-to-face engagement, e.g. delivering pre-start upskilling and awareness building modules, 1-2-1 business support, focusing on Net Zero and Digital Adoption, business development and growth. The role delivers wraparound support for clients, enabling a diverse portfolio of clients to overcome barriers and have an equitable experience to realise entrepreneurial ambitions. The role works closely with their internal colleagues to progress clients through the service, as appropriate.
At Business in Focus we value all of our employees, as an Investors in People employer we provide the following benefits:
* Competitive salary
* Generous holiday entitlement (25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holiday based on FTE)
* 6% Employer contribution pension
* Flexible modern working practices such as TOIL
* 6 late starts/early finishes per annum (equates to two hours each)
* Learning and Development opportunities
After probation period:
* Income protection benefit
* Employee assistance programme
If shortlisted you will be invited to undertake an technical exercise.
Please be aware we may withdraw the advert early if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Diversity Statement
We are committed to building and developing a workforce that truly represents our community. We champion the unique things that make each person who they are and celebrate those differences. As such, we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We value diversity and strive to create an inclusive and respectful environment where everyone can reach their full potential, regardless of disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, or marriage and civil partnership status.We recognize and respect religious and cultural observances, and, where possible, aim to avoid scheduling recruitment activities on days of religious ceremonies or holidays to ensure all candidates have equal opportunities to participate.We are committed to promoting and using the Welsh language in our workplace. We encourage and support our employees to learn and use Welsh. We welcome applications from Welsh speakers and encourage the use of Welsh in all aspects of our work. We will ensure that in roles where the ability to speak Welsh is essential or desirable, this will be noted in relevant job advertisements. Applicants can submit their applications in either English or Welsh and we provide recruitment documentation in both languages.As a forces-friendly employer, we have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the bronze award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We are a welcoming and inclusive workplace for Armed Forces colleagues and work in collaboration with the Career Transition Partnership. We actively support the employment of veterans, recognizing military skills and qualifications in our recruitment process. We also support flexible leave for Service spouses and partners around a partners’ deployment.
If you would like to apply for this vacancy in Welsh, please complete the application form above and submit it to recruitment@Businessinfocus.co.uk by the closing date.
If you would like to discuss this role further or would like to speak to someone about reasonable adjustments, please contact our Recruitment team on 01656 868545 or via email recruitment@businessinfocus.co.uk .
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud that we have been awarded the following accreditations:
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