Market Development Officer

Starting salary: £43,004
Job Level: Level 4 Zone 1
Work Location: 5 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Fixed term / secondment for 1 year
Closing date: Sunday 24th November 2024 at 23:59
Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

About us
In Camden we are committed to working together to make our borough the best place to live, work, study, and visit. Partnership with our communities is central to the way we work, so that everyone can access opportunities, and nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

The role
The main purpose of this role is to develop street trading opportunities in Camden, and deliver and develop projects that link to the Council’s vision. Our aim is to create safe, welcoming vibrant markets and street trading sites with affordable goods for sale that serve all communities, ensuring a strong social media presence.

This role hugely involves managing and developing Camden Market’s retail portfolio ensuring that the highest possible standard of service delivery is achieved. In this role you will be required to monitor performance, maximise profitability and effectively implement service improvement to the highest quality, ensuring the integration of the Market and street trading with the surrounding retail and business environment. A key part of this role is to work effectively across the Council to ensure our focus is to deliver the Council’s priorities, testing initiatives in our markets and street trading sites.

About you
We are looking for someone with the ability to develop and maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders to enable effective and timely development of all street trading. You will have the ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and conflicting demands.

You will have strong leadership and motivation skills, combined with experience of developing, managing and monitoring supplier contracts. You will have a track record of directly leading and managing staff and resources in the delivery of multiple projects.

You will be experienced working with multiple stakeholders on the delivery of a community focused market/street trading service and experience of strategic management and planning.

Knowledge of managing social media accounts to promote our markets and using platforms to create newsletters to communicate with our traders and other interested individuals/groups would also be of an advantage.

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by clicking HERE

Working for Camden

We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we’re supporting our communities, and we’ll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good to you, we’d love to talk.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer. Click HERE to see full details of our benefits.

Additional information

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy the following into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10648475/file/document?inline

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit our recruitment website

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.