Purpose of the Post.
 • Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do. 
• Assist the Business Support Manager to encourage local industry and businesses to prosper, through supporting Gwynedd businesses and creating new enterprises to meet the Council’s priorities and targets
 
Responsibility for functions . e.g. staff, budgets, equipment
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Main Duties
 • Act upon enquiries about business support including visiting businesses to discuss requirements or enquiries about a grant or refer them to other authorities which can assist them as and when required. 
• Assess business grant appplications and present them before the Grants Panel.
• Assist other members of the Business Support Team in terms of processes, practices, financial and legal matters in assessing grant applications. 
• Accepting, checking and processing claims from grant recipients. 
• Accepting and preparing applications for loans, including giving a professional opinion on the viability of the application, the level of risk to the Council and the recommended interest rate. 
• Presenting loan application to the Loans Panel Cyflwyno 
• Assist the Manager to develop, promote and implement new schemes and projects individually or in partnership with other bodies, in relation to individual businesses and/or specific sectors within the local economy.
• Contribute towards project monitoring work 
• Establish and foster contacts with other key establishments in the field and work closely with them for the benefit of businesses in the area. 
• Promote the task of implementing and integrating the various business support services across Gwynedd and assist the Manager to monitor provision of these services.
• Attend meetings, committees, provide presentations to businesses as and when required which are held outside normal office hours. This occasionally will be on behalf or delegate for the Business Support Manager.
• Assist the Manager to ensure an input to the Council’s and partner’s procurement frameworks and projects in order to support local businesses to be eligible and competitive to win contracts.
• Assist the Business Support Manager with the implementation and administration of the Local Loans Fund.
• Prepare reports to be presented on behalf of the Business Support Manager for any Committee or Sub-Committee of the Council or another relevant establishment or body. 
• Responsibility for self-development.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused. 
Special Circumstances . e.g. the need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements etc.
 • The requirements of the post will involve evening and weekend working as and when required. 
The above indicates an outline of duties only, in order to give an idea of the level of responsibility entailed. This job description is not exhaustive in detail, and job duties may change from time to time without changing its fundamental nature and level of responsibility.