Looking for a new challenge that is interesting and rewarding- supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs with self-employment could be your answer

We have an opportunity to join our dynamic, caring and growing social enterprise as an Enterprise facilitator

The Company

Sixteen Co-operative Ltd

Sixteen is an award-winning social enterprise based in Bristol. Our team pf employment specialists support people with learning disabilities, autistic people and others who identify as neuro-divergent to find employment.

We believe everyone can work given the right support.

As we expand our capacity in Bristol and surrounding areas, we are keen to employment individuals who share our passion, interest and enthusiasm for this work.

The Role:

This is an interesting and varied role providing enterprise facilitation to disabled entrepreneurs, their families and others that support them, in-order to develop opportunities for self-employment and small business ownership. The tasks will cover a wide spectrum of activities that include:

• Discovery and Vocational profiling
• Enterprise development
• Financial planning
• Marketing
• Sales
• Delivery of training programmes (on-line and face to face)
• Claiming Access to work
• In work support

We understand that few people will join us with previous experience of employment support work with learning disabled and/or autistic people, so Sixteen has a comprehensive training and induction programme to ensure new members of staff understand the principles and practises of supported employment upon which our work is based.

This role is based in our community team so the Enterprise Facilitator will undertake some job coaching while developing the role.

The Person

You’ll need to be resourceful, confident and able to communicate well. You’ll be willing to try new things, work independently when needed whilst still being an excellent team player. You will need an enthusiasm for developing enterprise opportunities and the skills and experiences required to do so.

This is certainly not an office-based job, so you must enjoy meeting new people, learning new skills and working in Bristol and the surrounding area. You should be confident with IT and it helps if you have a sense of humour.

You will join a friendly, supportive and committed team., within an organisation dedicated to the training and on-going development of our employees.

• Competitive rates of pay
• 28 days holiday (pro rata) with additional ‘long service’ leave entitlement
• Pension
• Flexible working policies
• Regular training and supervision
• A real say in the development of the organisation

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check