Train'd Up are seeking to recruit a highly experienced sales professional to join our apprenticeship team. The role will focus on engaging with local and national employers, to recruit apprentices and/or upskill their existing staff through apprenticeships and other funding options.
Post: Business Development Manager (Engineering)
Responsible To: Head of Department (STEM & Business Development)
Position Status: Full Time Permanent
Salary: £45,000 basic (plus bonus of up to £15,000)
Purpose of the job: To engage with employers locally and nationally to promote Train’d Up’s offer, including a range of engineering apprenticeships and commercial provision.
The post holder will take the lead on increasing apprenticeship starts by meeting monthly targets and KPIs in line with Train’d Up financial objectives.
The postholder will also be responsible for learner recruitment, ensuring learners are placed with suitable employers and on an apprenticeship following a robust pre-screening process.
The job role:
* Identify and develop new business within Train’d Up’s STEM team through various business development approaches, including sales calls, meetings, presentations, social media promotions, events, and networking.
* Achieve monthly apprenticeship starts as outlined in the annual personal development review targets.
* Build and manage an effective pipeline of sales in line with monthly recruitment targets, reporting forecasts to the Head of Department (STEM & Business Development), Company Directors, Senior Management Team, and Governance Board.
* Produce and deliver targeted campaigns aligned to Train’d Up provision to generate new leads, working with a range of internal stakeholders.
* Offer information, advice, and support to employers by promoting the benefits of recruiting apprentices, up-skilling/re-skilling, and utilisation of the apprenticeship levy.
* Ensure that employers comply fully with the ESFA funding rules and have a full awareness of the role they play in the completion of the apprenticeship programme.
* Develop relationships with professional and sector-focused bodies to support business development activities and increase Train’d Up’s brand awareness within the engineering sector.
* Develop detailed business proposals for employers with support from the apprenticeship delivery team.
* Undertake Organisational Needs Analysis and design/develop training plans to meet the employer’s recruitment and training strategy.
* Keep up to date with competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, evaluate the market, and scope out new opportunities.
* Monitor developments within key sector areas to ensure Train’d Up is abreast of new tenders, bids, opportunities, and remains competitive.
* Organise or carry out Health and Safety assessments using Train’d Up guidelines on all employer premises. Create and monitor action plans where necessary and report all findings to relevant parties.
* Assist employers in the setup and management of their apprenticeship service account.
* Develop and maintain relationships with new and existing employers and maximise opportunities available within Train’d Up’s portfolio.
* Conduct robust due diligence checks (including financial credit checks) on all prospective apprenticeship employers.
* Recruit, interview, initially assess, and pre-screen candidates for apprenticeship programmes.
* Ensure vacancies are advertised on the required job recruitment sites within a day of receiving the job description.
* Ensure all vacancies are recruited to within 4 weeks of posting.
* Ensure high-quality information, advice, and guidance to candidates to confirm that they are enrolled on the correct apprenticeship standard and other programmes according to their ability, whilst taking into account all prior learning and previous experience.
* Participate in regular meetings and maintain contact, reporting any issues directly to the Head of Department (STEM & Business Development).
* Maintain and update all essential documentation including learner files to the required standard in a timely manner.
* Attend knowledge and ESFA awareness events to keep updated on apprenticeship rules, Government policy, employer grants, and any funding updates.
* Co-ordinate and participate in employer and learner engagement events, both during and outside of normal working hours (including evenings and weekends) and promotional activities as required.
* Provide supportive and effective post-induction aftercare to apprenticeship employers.
* Work flexibly, including evenings, open days, parents’ evenings, and possibly weekends.
* Undertake any other duties commensurate with your level of responsibility as may be required by the Managing Director.
Essential criteria:
* Experience of Apprentice engagement, recruitment, and placement within the engineering sector.
* Experience of employer engagement, generating apprentice placements and opportunities within the engineering sector.
* Experience of successfully working towards targets and KPIs.
* Excellent understanding of apprenticeships.
* Excellent communication skills - presentation, written, and verbal.
* Exceptional sales, marketing, and networking skills.
* Excellent time management and organisational skills.
* Full, clean driving licence.
Benefits:
* Company Mobile Phone
* Company Pension
* Company Laptop
* Company Vehicle
Safeguarding Notice: Train’d Up is committed to ensuring all learners under 18 (and those aged 18, 19, and 20 who have been looked after by a local authority at any time after attaining the age of 16 or have a learning disability) and adults at risk are kept safe, healthy, and free from harm whilst attending learning programmes. All offers of employment are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, and an online search.
Equal Opportunities: Train’d Up will work to remove any barriers which might deter people from applying, either as staff or learner/customers. Train’d Up aims to provide an inclusive environment that values diversity and maintains a working, learning, and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all its staff and learners/customers are respected to assist them in reaching their full potential.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £45,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
* Bonus scheme
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Experience:
* Apprenticeship recruitment and employer engagement: 3 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
* Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Derby
Reference ID: BDM-APPR-MANCHESTER
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