Northampton Town Centre BID seeks a BID Host/Community Engagement & Business Outreach Officer

About us

Northampton Town Centre Ltd manages the Northampton Town Centre Business Improvement District. Engaging with businesses, the public and partners to help support business growth and investment in the town centre and build pride, loyalty and positive perceptions of Northampton as a whole. Its focus is to provide a vibrant, safe and positive experience for visitors, workers and residents in Northampton BID.

The Role

We are seeking a BID Host (Community Engagement \& Business Outreach Officer) to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and people\-focused individual to play a key role in supporting the town centre, engaging with businesses, and enhancing the overall visitor experience.

Salary £27,000 per annum.

This is a full\-time post 37\.5 hours a week, working 5 days across a 7\-day week.

Working as part of the project delivery team, the role is a uniformed role, working outdoors in all weathers. Its focus is to provide a vibrant, safe and positive experience for visitors and workers in Luton

Main duties are to provide a welcoming and uniformed presence in Northampton Town Centre to

· Support and work closely with all those who have a responsibility for the creation of a safe, attractive and welcoming

· Provide support for the implementation of events and animation in the streets and open spaces.

· Support businesses in tackling and communicating issues which affect their business on a day\-to\-day basis.

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WILL NEED TO BE/HAVE

· Friendly, outgoing, flexible and adaptable

· Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of people.

· A team worker, able to work on their initiative, self\-motivated and the ability to plan workload is essential

· Ability to maintain accurate records on all aspect of work

· Higher level certificate, including Maths and English,

· A good command of the English language

· IT literate

· Common sense and a can\-do attitude

DESIRABLE SKILLS

· SIA Accreditation an advantage although training will be given.

· Knowledge of social media.

The post will be based primarily out of doors in all weather.

The candidate will also benefit from workplace pension after completion of their probation period.

Please submit a Curriculum Vitae and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.

IMPORTANT Please include a contact telephone number and an email address – all responses will be by either phone or email.

Please put ‘BID Host and your name ‘ in the subject line of the email

No agency applications please.

Applications should be submitted to mark@northamptonbid.co.uk

*This post is advertised by Partnerships for Better Business Ltd (pfbb UK) who are BID Management Consultants specializing in the development and delivery of Business Improvement Districts in towns cities and industrial estates. They are the project managers of Northampton Town Centre BID*

Job Types: Full\-time, Permanent

Pay: £26,000\.00\-£27,000\.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

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