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<p>The Exemplas Group is one of the UK&rsquo;s foremost business support organisations with approximately 200 employees across a number of locations. For over 25 years, we have provided business advisory services to more than 500,000 small to medium sized businesses on behalf of Government and Private sector organisations. As a business we recognise that giving a superior service to our clients depends on making the most of our people and we aim to give our teams challenging opportunities, recognition for achievement, job enrichment and the maximum flexibility we can.</p>

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Do you enjoy working with innovative, high growth SMEs? Have you got a track record of managing and supporting a team to successfully deliver their KPIs? Do you have business experience, understand business owners and able to analyse business needs? If you’ve answered &quot;yes&quot; to these questions the role of Lead Regional Business Development Specialist could be for you! About the role In this role you will act as a team manager leading a team of Regional Business Development Specialists to identify, engage with and onboard SMEs to the Innovate UK Business Growth Service. You and your team will encourage the key decision-maker(s) within leading-edge, innovative, high growth SMEs to engage with and access innovation support to accelerate their growth. Your responsibilities will include: Leading and supporting your team, covering all aspects of people management, including recruitment, mentoring, learning and development, absence and performance management Identifying, setting and reporting on key objectives and targets that contribute to the organisation’s KPIs Managing the allocation of incoming referrals from a variety of sources to fully optimise team capacity, efficiency and effectiveness. Ensuring compliance with agreed systems, processes, data recording and reporting requirements Using holistic analysis tools to review and diagnose client needs, identifying tailored support to address those needs and managing a pipeline of potential prospective clients Keeping up to date on sources of business support and ensuring information is shared with colleagues. About you To be considered for this role you will have previous experience of managing a team, together with experience of B2B consultative sales and account management to owners/ boards / C-suite SME clients. We are looking for someone with experience of working within a business support organisation who is highly motivated to support and encourage their team, to engage with potential new clients and encourage them to take up Innovate UK Business Growth support and services. You will have: Knowledge and practical experience of utilising HR processes to manage people and teams The ability to carry out general business needs assessments and present results to SME owners and Innovate UK Business Growth colleagues Experience of working within a business support organisation, together with an awareness of the business support landscape. In addition, you will need to be able to: Diplomatically, competently and effectively engage and communicate with people at all levels (internally and externally) Motivate, encourage, support and manage team members to deliver their best and meet individual and organisational targets and objectives Work independently and use your own initiative/self-motivation as well as working as part of a team Effectively prioritise multiple demands, work at pace, make good decisions and action promptly Use your influencing skills and personal drive to achieve the best outcome for clients Be IT literate and experience of MS Office and the use of databases and CRM systems. What we offer We endeavour to make roles flexible. While this role is advertised as full time, we will consider requests to undertake the work on a flexible part-time basis, so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your initial phone interview. You need to live within commutable distance of the East of England and West Midlands and have a driving licence and access to a car as the role requires regular travel to those regions. Our pay range is 36,660 - 45,000 pa FTE, but we know there's a broad range of compensation in the market for this sort of role. So, if you're outside of this but feel it's a perfect fit, let's talk about that in our intro call. Car allowance of 3,840 per annum FTE Broadband allowance Generous, up to 10.5% non-contributory pension scheme Ill-health income protection Life assurance (Death in Service) 26 days holiday (rising to 28 after 2 years’ service, pro rata for part time) Flexible and supportive working culture including access to mental health first aiders Wellbeing services for employees including access to discounts, employee assistance programme, Mental Health First Aiders, Doctorline and more Modern, open space and technology enabled working environment Flexible benefits including holiday-buy scheme, eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccination, Cyclescheme. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and value diversity in our workforce. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. About us We are one of the UK’s foremost business support organisations and for over 25 years, we have provided business advisory services to more than 500,000 small to medium sized businesses on behalf of Government and Private sector organisations. As part of our expert team, you can expect to be empowered to be the best you can and share our company values of Openness (I am keen and willing to engage), Inspiration (I want to be the best that I can be), Conviction (We win, or lose, together) and Accountability (I will take responsibility and ownership). As a business we recognise that giving a superior service to our clients depends on making the most of our people and we aim to give our teams challenging opportunities, recognition for achievement, job enrichment and the maximum flexibility we can. The fine print Please note we are not a Home Office visa sponsorship licence holder and therefore you must be currently eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this role. Please read our recruitment privacy notice available on Exemplas website for information about how we process your personal data.

Lead Regional Business Development Specialist 

Do you want to be part of the successful delivery of the Exemplas Grants programme? Do you enjoy working as part of a team and are customer focused? Are you experienced in working on several projects simultaneously? If you’ve answered &quot;yes&quot; to these questions the role of Grants Programmes Coordinator could be for you! About the role You will be working as part of the Exemplas Grants team, supporting the successful delivery of the Innovate UK Business Growth Grants Programme, through support and administration of the grant’s programmes process. Your role within the Grants team will contribute towards our ambition as a recognised Partner of Choice within the national consortium of partners delivering Innovate UK Business Growth Support. Your responsibilities will include: Reviewing grant applications for eligibility and compliance at each stage of the grants process, from application through to claims Providing guidance to SMEs to ensure the submission of eligible and compliant applications and funding claims Providing project related support to delivery teams, including support in fulfilment of client enquiries, assisting, and checking completion of project documentation, minimise errors and gaps in grant information Acting as first point of contact for SMEs, delivery teams and partners for project related enquiries Ensuring that the grants programme audit trail is robustly maintained and recorded, that all activities are eligible and achieve the projects’ intended objectives. About you We are looking for someone with an administration, finance or projects background who demonstrates attention to detail and has experience of time critical multi project working. In addition, you will have: Experience of working in a customer-facing role, preferably with SMEs Experience of project working, ideally in a similar role with public sector funding Experience of working within a busy environment, responding to multiple demands at a time Experience of financial and general monitoring and project management systems Experience of working with databases and maintaining accurate customer information on a CRM system. What we offer We are more interested in finding the right person but we are loosely looking in the region of 21,840 - 28,000 pa FTE Broadband allowance Generous, up to 10.5% non-contributory pension scheme Ill-health income protection Life assurance (Death in Service) 26 days holiday (rising to 28 after 2 years’ service, pro rata for part time) Flexible and supportive working culture including access to mental health first aiders Wellbeing services for employees including access to discounts, employee assistance programme, Mental Health First Aiders, Doctorline and more Modern, open space and technology enabled working environment Flexible benefits including holiday-buy scheme, eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccination, Cyclescheme. We fully embrace flexible working, so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your initial phone interview. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and value diversity in our workforce. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. About us We are one of the UK’s foremost business support organisations and for over 25 years, we have provided business advisory services to more than 500,000 small to medium sized businesses on behalf of Government and Private sector organisations. As part of our expert team, you can expect to be empowered to be the best you can and share our company values of Openness (I am keen and willing to engage), Inspiration (I want to be the best that I can be), Conviction (We win, or lose, together) and Accountability (I will take responsibility and ownership). As a business we recognise that giving a superior service to our clients depends on making the most of our people and we aim to give our teams challenging opportunities, recognition for achievement, job enrichment and the maximum flexibility we can. The fine print Please note we are not a Home Office visa sponsorship licence holder and therefore you must be currently eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this role. Please read our recruitment privacy notice available on Exemplas website for information about how we process your personal data.

Grants Programmes Coordinator

Do you want to work with the most ambitious, high-growth innovative SMEs businesses? Do you want to work with these businesses to develop their long-term growth, innovation and commercialisation plans? Do you have credible experience at a senior level within an innovative growing business and/or setting up your own high growth innovative business? If you’ve answered yes to these questions the role of Innovation &amp; Growth Specialist could be for you! About the role In this role you will deliver the Innovate UK Business Growth service to provide innovation and business advice to a portfolio of SME clients. Your responsibilities will include: Acting as a strategic coach and mentor to SME clients to support them in developing their own long-term growth and innovation commercialisation plans; Providing an account management function for the delivery of business support services to enable SME clients to enhance their innovation management capacity; Using holistic analysis tools to review client needs and provide tailored coaching and mentoring support, including advice on suitability of funding and support services from Innovate UK and other business support providers; Focusing on supporting the most ambitious, high-growth potential innovative SMEs to benefit from national and global opportunities; Providing information and guidance on intellectual property matters, signposting or referring to professional support as required. About you We are looking for someone with business experience at a senior level and/or experience of setting up and running their own high growth business, who has strategic and management or consultancy experience in the commercialising of ideas, including IP, access to finance and establishing sales channels. You will need to demonstrate experience or knowledge of: Assessing risk through analysis of business plans, financial accounts and other supporting information; Interpreting outputs of business diagnostic and benchmarking tools to develop action plans; Understanding of IPR and IP commercialisation strategies together with an understanding of business finance and access to finance; Critical appraisal of bids for innovation funding; Understanding of the business support landscape together with funding and support available through Innovate UK. What we offer We endeavour to make roles flexible. While this role is advertised as full time, we will consider requests to undertake the work on a flexible part-time basis, so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your initial phone interview. You need to live within commutable distance of the East of England and West Midlands and have a driving licence and access to a car as the role requires regular travel to those regions, as well as occasional national and international travel sometimes involving overnight stays. We are more interested in finding the right person, but we are loosely looking in the region of 45,000 - 50,000 pa FTE Car allowance of 3,840 per annum FTE Broadband allowance Generous, up to 10.5% non-contributory pension scheme Ill-health income protection Life assurance (Death in Service) 26 days holiday FTE, rising to 28 after 2 years’ service Flexible and supportive working culture including access to mental health first aiders Wellbeing services for employees including access to discounts, employee assistance programme, Doctorline and more Modern, open space and technology enabled working environment in Hatfield office Flexible benefits including holiday-buy scheme, eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccination and Cyclescheme. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and value diversity in our workforce. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. About us We are one of the UK’s foremost business support organisations and for over 25 years, we have provided business advisory services to more than 500,000 small to medium sized businesses on behalf of Government and Private sector organisations. As part of our expert team, you can expect to be empowered to be the best you can and share our company values of Openness (I am keen and willing to engage), Inspiration (I want to be the best that I can be), Conviction (We win, or lose, together) and Accountability (I will take responsibility and ownership). As a business we recognise that giving a superior service to our clients depends on making the most of our people and we aim to give our teams challenging opportunities, recognition for achievement, job enrichment and the maximum flexibility we can. The fine print Please note we are not a Home Office visa sponsorship licence holder and therefore you must be currently eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this role. Please read our recruitment privacy notice on the Exemplas website for information about how we process your personal data.