The Role You will play a pivotal role in driving growth and expansion for our Health and Social Care business unit. You’ll be responsible for identifying strategic opportunities, cultivating relationships, and negotiating deals that contribute to the organisation's overall success. You will be identifying new business opportunities, fostering strategic partnerships, and maximising revenue generation. Reporting to the Head of Sales, you will be responsible for developing and implementing innovative business development strategies aligned with the company's objectives. Business Development Executives, specialising in Health and Social Care, are instrumental in driving business growth, fostering innovation and creating opportunities that propel the company forward in today’s dynamic marketplace. Whilst we can’t promise that every day will be the same, your key responsibilities are likely to be: - Increase sales leads by reaching out to stakeholders - Being aware of the current market and identifying emerging trends and untapped markets - Find and retain new clients to increase revenue and business growth - Develop strategies to attract new clients and build relationships with current clients - Work closely with employers to understand their talent development needs - Promote the benefits of upskilling members of the workforce, whilst emphasising the value of on-the-job training, thus having a positive impact on retention and productivity Read the full job description here: Business Development Executive Where will I be based? This is a home-based role, with some travel required for team meetings, exhibitions and company events. This will be discussed with you further in your interview. The Benefits - 25 days holiday plus public and bank holidays - Purchase scheme for up to 5 additional days annual leave - Birthday and Christmas Eve off - Flexible working - Health Shield scheme - Life insurance - Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay - Sick pay - Bereavement leave - Employee Assistance Programme - £1,000 Employee referral bonus scheme About You - You will have a proven sales background - Essential - Training sector experience – Highly desirable - Passion to succeed - Honest and genuine team member - Work together as part of a team as well as on your own What Happens Next? - The Realise Recruitment team will be in touch, regardless of the outcome. - Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely. - You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position, which will compromise of a one-hour formal interview, likely on Teams, where we will ask you a series of competency and behavioural questions, followed by a short presentation. - As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments. About Us - Realise helps more than 18,000 learners every year to achieve their goals. We only specialise in the areas we have in-depth expertise in, that’s early years & education, health & social care, transport, business skills, and adult skills. - Our mission has always been clear, to deliver great training programmes. - We promote the wellbeing of all our learners and our employees and are fully committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and fulfilling our Prevent Duty obligations. - Please be aware that all successful applicants will undergo a DBS and online search check at the job offer stage. We request proof of qualifications and the Right to Work in the UK. - Realise is committed to investing in the latest technology to support our learners and teams. As part of our quality assurance and training processes, we may occasionally record audio and visual content. By applying, you acknowledge and accept this as part of our working environment. - Realise have been in business over 35 years from our humble roots in Sheffield, to over 500 employees UK-wide. We are proud of be a part of the AQA charity group.