About Us At Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough.
With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Inward Investment and Local Economy service as the Enterprise and Growth Manager. You will be joining a team to manage the delivery of local Enterprise and Growth within Hounslow, ensuring that it supports and benefits local, businesses, residents and communities.
This externally-focused role is a key part of the team promoting and delivering inclusive local enterprise and growth, targeting the borough’s key sectors including the creative economy and logistics. You will be dedicated to fostering local business growth and economic development and skilled at stakeholder management.
A chance to innovate, you will implement a renewed sector-based approach to local enterprise, providing tangible benefits to businesses including a package of business support. You will collaborate with partners across key growth areas such as the Great West Corridor and strengthen ties with public sector bodies and private sector partners to drive growth in key areas and sectors.
You will manage the delivery and support of key sector development (e.g. sector specific forums, or groups) to enhance and maintain the profile of the borough through attendance at investment and specific sectoral events. You will also manage and promote partnership working on key projects (e.g. West London Orbital) and key growth areas. Promoting and strengthening partnerships with key public sector bodies (e.g. GLA, TfL). You will champion and support the success of local businesses, encouraging greater local procurement and supply chain links.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
Hounslow Council is at the forefront of urban transformation, pioneering a comprehensive Business Case for Growth that aims far beyond mere economic development. Our initiative is a blueprint for vibrant, sustainable communities that harness the full potential of our borough. Through strategic regeneration from Feltham to the Golden Mile and Brentford, we're unlocking opportunities, attracting investment, and creating thousands of new homes and jobs.
Our ambitious plans include delivering 28,800 new homes by 2041, crucially addressing housing shortages and building lively community hubs. We're not just providing housing; we're enhancing local economies and social outcomes, directly tackling issues of housing unaffordability and tenure disparity with the Opportunity Hounslow programme.
This pivotal moment in our history is about turning challenges into opportunities, ensuring Hounslow stands as a beacon of inclusive and sustainable growth aligned with government agendas. We're looking for passionate individuals to join us in this journey. Be part of our mission to make Hounslow a place where everyone can thrive. Embrace the chance to impact real change and grow with a leading council dedicated to community and innovation.
About You
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
* You will bring demonstrable experience and success of working within the arena of enterprise, growth and business support.
* You will have experience of analytical, project and programme management skills, as well as a track record of managing budgets. Commercial acumen and a sound understanding of business support, the external funding landscape and securing external funding.
* You will have experience of developing networks and building relationships with key sector groups, local businesses, developers, relevant stakeholders.
* You will have well developed marketing and business support skills.
* You will have experience of working across teams and delivering positive outcomes for your service area.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
You will bring considerable, demonstrable experience and success of working within the arena of enterprise, growth and business support. Be a part of our mission to create a thriving business environment in Hounslow. Apply now!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the Role Profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
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Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 21st July 2025.
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Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 21st July 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr