Team Leader - Business Growth - Ref: EE09826

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Job Description

Team Leader - Business growth - Ref: EE09826

Grade: G11; £53,051 - £56,293

Help shape the future of business support and economic growth in Walsall

We are looking for a motivated individual to take on an exciting role managing and developing our highly successful Business Growth team.

As a Team Leader, you will be joining our team at a critically important time and have substantial scope to innovate and shape our service, working closely with the Head of Investment & Development and West Midlands Growth Company to ensure effective delivery of Local Enterprise Support and maximise the positive impact of the West Midlands Economic Delivery Vehicle in Walsall.

We adopted our Business Growth Strategy earlier this year, which sets out three priority areas:

1. Investor engagement: ensuring our sites and businesses are effectively promoted to potential investors and that support is in place to help potential investors realise their plans.

2. Business engagement: ensuring Walsall businesses can easily access and understand the support available to them and that more intensive support is targeted to maximise impact.

3. Business growth support: to ensure Walsall businesses have access to a menu of support that they can draw from to accelerate their journey to growth.

As part of the Council's Investment & Development service, Business Growth works closely with the Council's Development team, which is responsible for leading on regeneration and development projects across Walsall, and the Council's Employability & Skills team. The role is intrinsically linked to the Council's wider regeneration ambitions and sits at the heart of a place-based transformation agenda.

About the role

As Team Leader, you will lead and manage the Business Growth team, working with the Head of Investment and Development to ensure the effective delivery of the Council Plan, Economic Framework, Business Growth Strategy and West Midlands Growth Plan. This includes:

• Leading the development of the Business Growth service including strategic account management, building relationships with the borough's strategic employers, supporting entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, grow-on businesses, and social enterprises to start, scale, grow and remain in Walsall.
• Leading on developing our detailed understanding of business needs, focussing on key growth sectors, and leading on advice, support and interventions which remove barriers to and help with sustaining and creating employment growth for our businesses and residents.
• Playing a lead role and taking responsibility for the coordinated working relationship with the West Midlands Economic Development Vehicle and other partners to optimise outcomes for business and productivity growth in Walsall.

Why join Walsall?

At Walsall Council, we are committed to developing talented finance professionals and providing opportunities to progress and succeed.

We have created a strong learning culture through our successful "Grow Your Own" approach, helping colleagues build their careers whilst contributing to the Council's ambitions.

We offer:

• A supportive and collaborative team at the centre of the Economy & Growth directorate.
• Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Meaningful professional development opportunities.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
• Up to 29 days annual leave, rising to 34 days after five years' continuous local government service.
• Up to 12 additional days leave through our flexible working scheme.
• Career Average Pension Scheme.
• A strong commitment to wellbeing, inclusion, and work-life balance.

Further information

View: Job Description and Employee Specification

Closing date: 22nd October 2026

Please note: this vacancy may close earlier than the published closing date if a high volume of applications is received. Early applications are strongly encouraged.

Interview dates: week commencing 2nd November 2026

Interviews will be held face-to-face at the Civic Centre and will include:

• A presentation
• A formal interview

This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time.

At Walsall Council, we appreciate that AI can be a useful tool for ideas or guidance. However, we encourage you to make sure your application reflects your own voice and experiences. Over-reliance on AI can make responses feel less personal, and we really want to understand what makes you unique. Your experiences, skills, and perspective are what set you apart, so please ensure your application as a whole - particularly your 'Supporting Information' - reflects your own voice.

Qualifications

Educated to degree level in a relevant subject, membership of an appropriate professional body and/or significant relevant equivalent experience.

About Us

Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.

We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.

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Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

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