Business Development Manager (123456) Stratford, England
Salary: GBP22.6 - GBP24.37 per hour
Role Overview
The Business Development Officer plays a key role in driving apprenticeship growth across the College’s priority sectors, generating new employer partnerships, and ensuring consistent learner cohort recruitment. This is a sales‑driven, target‑focused position requiring proactive engagement, strong relationship management, and a deep understanding of apprenticeship funding and workforce development needs.
Hours: 36 hours per week
Contract: Temp to Perm
Location: Stratford Campus
Working Pattern: Monday–Friday, 100% onsite (no remote working)
Key Responsibilities
* Drive monthly recruitment targets by securing 3–4 learner cohorts per month and expanding employer engagement across priority sectors.
* Identify, target, and secure new employer partnerships within digital, health & life sciences, professional services, and construction & engineering.
* Build, maintain, and report on a robust sales pipeline aligned with monthly apprenticeship start targets.
* Produce and deliver sector‑aligned campaigns to generate leads, working collaboratively with internal college teams.
* Promote apprenticeships, levy utilisation, upskilling/reskilling pathways, and workforce development solutions.
* Ensure employers understand and comply with ESFA funding rules and their responsibilities within apprenticeship programmes.
* Build relationships with sector bodies to enhance brand visibility and support business development activity.
* Produce tailored business proposals with input from curriculum and delivery teams.
* Conduct training needs assessments and design employer‑specific training plans.
* Use LMI tools to identify growth areas, competitor activity, and new revenue opportunities.
* Feed employer insights into curriculum planning to ensure programmes meet industry skill requirements.
* Monitor sector developments to identify new tenders, bids, and partnership opportunities.
* Conduct employer premises H&S assessments and manage action plans.
* Assist employers with setting up and managing their Apprenticeship Service accounts.
* Promote wider college offers including SWAPs, T‑Level placements, work experience, pre‑employment programmes, and commercial training.
* Provide employer data and insights to support Ofsted inspections and demonstrate impact.
Person Specification
* Proven experience in sales, employer engagement, or apprenticeship business development.
* Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship‑building skills.
* Ability to work to monthly targets and manage a dynamic sales pipeline.
* Knowledge of apprenticeship funding, levy, and workforce development.
* Confident presenting to employers and representing the College at events.
* Highly organised, proactive, and able to work independently in a fast‑paced environment.
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