Salary: 33,857 to 36,571

Full time, temporary (three years)

Based in Chichester

37 hours per week

Interview date: 25th or 26th May

You will work within a forward thinking Economic Growth Team, with lead responsibility for leveraging European funding to help achieve economic priorities across West Sussex. The County Council and its partners are committed to making the most of European Funding available in the current cycle (2014-2020) to maximise bidding and delivery opportunities, including working with partners from the private sector.

The European Funding Lead Officer will be responsible for a wide array of initiatives associated with attracting European Funding to the county, including identifying and communicating European Funding opportunities to different audiences; progressing opportunities to bid for European funding to contribute to specific economic priorities; brokering partnerships to enable bids, including partnerships with the private sector; and leading on the creation and management of working groups and partnerships to generate sound business cases and bids for projects.

West Sussex County Council is committed to maximise the opportunities from European Funded programmes for the benefit of our local economy and communities. You will need to have ample and demonstrable experience in securing and working with different EU funded programmes, project management experience, effective use of IT resources, a keen eye for detail and excellent communication and organisational skills, with an ability to work independently. If you are interested in this challenging but rewarding job and want to know more, please contact Ana Fajardo.

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