It is an exciting time to join South Staffordshire College's Business Development and Onboarding Team. We are looking for a business development advisor to join our existing team, with excellent and effective communication skills in order to successfully build long term relationships with external stakeholders. You will have a competitive nature be target driven, highly organised and possess high levels of teamwork and motivation.
Job Purpose:
The College is seeking to appoint a Business Development Advisor to generate employer-led education and training opportunities that grow the College's apprenticeship, adult and commercial provision. You will achieve this by working with curriculum teams, proactively identifying opportunities and providing exceptional customer service as the first point of contact for employers and other stakeholders. In this role you will support the colleges ambition to bring education and employment together for longer term prosperity of the communities we serve. As well as working directly with employers you will also work with internal teams such as curriculum teams, work experience and utilise the colleges CRM system, Pro-Engage, in order to maximise the opportunity for growth.
What you can expect from us - We care about your wellbeing so have a number of activities all year that provide support. However, time off is also important. We have a generous holiday scheme, the usual Bank Holidays, an additional 5 days at Christmas and 2 'ME' days (where you can have a day off work and do whatever makes you happy) as well as an additional day on campus spent on wellbeing.
We have a range of benefits available to all staff including paid time off for emergencies (designed to support carers) and all our policies are enhanced further than statutory requirements. The College also contributes to your pension at a minimum of 22.9% (we contribute more for people in the Local Government Pension Scheme).
South Staffordshire College is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone covering all the protected characteristics in particular people of different ages/ethnicity/race.
We are committed to PREVENT and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure with child and barred list check.