Accelerator Manager (12 Months)

Join us as a Acceleration Manager Take on a new role, where you’ll be coaching entrepreneurs one on one, as well as delivering engaging events and workshops, to help accelerate their businesses We’ll look to you to bring a positive and motivating attitude, in order to engage with and encourage entrepreneurs and stakeholders This is an opportunity to be part of an innovative, creative and highly enthusiastic team who have a real passion for growing the businesses of our entrepreneurs We're offering this role for a period of 12 months What you'll do Our bank is proud to be making a difference, allowing budding entrepreneurs access to vital tools and techniques. As an Acceleration Manager, you’ll be directly supporting these ambitious entrepreneurs; coaching and driving them to develop, grow and accelerate their businesses. You’ll be conducting one to one business coaching with our entrepreneurs, helping them to set and monitor goals and prepare for some of the challenges they’ll face, acting as a sounding board to help them plan, focus and measure successes and failures. Day to day, you’ll be: Leading and facilitating engaging workshops, sharing the tools and techniques required to grow a successful business Supporting the end to end management, logistics and continuous improvement of programmes The skills you'll need We’re looking for a team player, with the ability to foster effective working relationships to a senior level. You'll have excellent communication skills, and an ability to adapt your style and approach to influence and engage a range of audiences. You’re someone who thrives in an environment of experimentation and you’ll have a positive attitude and a passion to support entrepreneurship. You’ll also need: Experience of managing projects and programmes Internal and external communications experience Understanding of the needs of start up and scale up businesses The ability to influence stakeholders across the bank A proven ability to work effectively under pressure, and work flexibly balance a variety of responsibilities and changing priorities