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Join us as an 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

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:

Managing end to end customer journey from signing up to the Accelerator community platform to engaging customers in person at the hub and through the platform

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

Acting as brand champion for acceleration at NatWest internally and externally creating a sense pride across the organisation

Primarily focus on Milton Keynes businesses but occasionally need to travel to London to support broader Accelerator team

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 has 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