Local Business Support Officer

**Job Number**:
500042

**The details**:

- Permanent Full Time | 9 day fortnight
- $94,415pa + 12% super
Qld Local Government Industry Award (Stream A) - Level 5 of EBA5
- 72.5 hour fortnight
- Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
- Location: Strathpine

Be a part of the economic development direction for the Moreton Bay Region and drive a **Bigger, Bolder, Brighter** future for the local residents over the next 20 years. As the third largest local government area in Australia and one of the fastest growing, Moreton Bay Region boasts a regional economy of $17 billion with our strategy set to grow this to $40 billion by 2041, with 16,000 new businesses and 100,000 new jobs.

Join City of Moreton Bay as a **Local Business Support Officer**, and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

**Our opportunity**

As the **Local Business Support Officer** you will provide planning and project support to deliver upon the economic development objectives for the region as outlined in the Regional Economic Development strategy (REDS), with a particular focus on **supporting local small businesses to operate competitively**.

You'll work closely with the wider **Economic Development - Industry Advancement team** to support to individual businesses to help them identify and overcome challenges, develop skills and access the key information required to achieve their goals, through both the one-to-one servicing of individual businesses and the design and delivery of one-to-many programs to support multiple businesses at any one time.

Through strategic planning and undertaking project activities you will provide high quality support for the delivery of the **Small Business Friendly Council programs of work**, and coordinate annual reporting on this initiative. You’ll also:

- Identify and accelerate existing programs by other stakeholders, as well as potential funding sources, applicable to Moreton Bay local businesses with the objective of supporting small businesses competitiveness outcomes.
- Contribute to the facilitation of positive regional business outcomes by fostering and maintaining deep, respectful, collaborative relationships with all team members and stakeholders.
- Provide an active presence, appropriately representing Council, in the Moreton Bay business community including attendance at out of business hours meetings and functions as required.
- Report up-to-date business-community intelligence and outcomes from programs developed to assist with better Council decision-making, resource allocation and prioritisation.

**About you**

We are seeking someone passionate about assisting both prospective and existing local businesses to identify challenges, develop skills and access the key information required to achieve their business goals.

You will be ready and able to help to increase capacity, knowledge and connectedness throughout the Moreton Bay economy to stimulate growth, business confidence and ultimately jobs.

You will be a self-starter with both the knowledge and understanding of running a business, as well as understand government, and have the ability to work alongside businesses in a supportive and proactive way.

Key skills and attributes we are seeking include:

- Highly developed written, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively, engage in active listening, consult with a wide range of people at all levels, foster collaboration and cooperation, and facilitate small work groups.
- Excellent project management and organisational skills with demonstrated ability to develop plans, coordinate actions, gain cooperation and deliver outcomes.
- Business acumen including the ability to prepare professional business communication such as reports, presentations, and project, planning and policy documents.
- Be available and willing to work outside normal hours on occasion.

**Why City of Moreton Bay?**

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what _can be_ - for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

- **See it.** To build a city of the future, first, you have to _see it_. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
- **Shape it.** You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our