Senior Project Officers (Business Development)

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Opportunity Sheffield Senior Project Officer- Business Development.

It's an exciting time to work for Opportunity Sheffield, our aim is to make a difference to the lives of adults and young people across Sheffield. The service is integral to the delivery of the Economic Inactivity Trailblazer pilot awarded to South Yorkshire, has received an extension to the Shared Prosperity Funded programme and is looking forward to working on the Connect 2 Work programme from September. These employment support projects will include contracts to support targeted groups, individuals with specialist health requirements and economically inactive/socially excluded individuals.

We are seeking to recruit individuals to the post of 'Senior Project Officer- Business Development' within the Opportunity Sheffield team (Sheffield City Council's Employment and Skills service). This role will report to the Strategic Support Coordinator, generate employment and workforce development opportunities through engagement with existing and new employer contacts to provide a holistic work and skills consultancy service.

We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible, innovative, and forward-thinking individuals who can support and manage the delivery of this programme of employment, economic inclusion, and skills.

You will be expected to have knowledge and understanding of externally funded programmes, business relationship management and the ability to demonstrate a track record of generating impactful employer/business relationships, to include:

• Keep updated on local labour market news.

• Identify, generate new employment opportunities, and identify workforce skills gaps.

• Maintain and develop employer relationships around employment and skills.

• Attend regular network events for employers and external partners, generating business leads.

• Have a solid understanding of the programme.

• Supporting the continuous improvement of employment projects, providing updates to senior colleagues.

• Working collaboratively with internal and external partners to build relationships.

• Promote and support employers to navigate and adopt inclusive and alternative recruitment processes that lead to the generation of meaningful employment opportunities.

• Effectively & efficiently planning and organising own workload.

• Monitoring service delivery, ensuring resources are used to maximum efficiency.

• Alongside the Strategic support Coordinator, seek innovative ways to support or respond to employer's needs, whether workforce development or recruitment.

• Identifying and highlighting potential risks and opportunities to the relevant senior managers within the Opportunity Sheffield service, initiating solutions and providing advice and support.

• Taking responsibility for the development of systems and processes across the Employment Programmes and keeping the Employment and Skills service informed of progress through reports and presentations.

If you would like to discuss this further, please contact Becky Hopewell, becky.hopewell@sheffield.gov.uk or 01142296170

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide pay slip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page .