Job Summary
Business Development Manager – Apprenticeships at Paragon Skills. Responsible for identifying and securing apprenticeship opportunities across the care sector regionally, with a focus on achieving apprenticeship targets and driving learner starts.
Responsibilities
* Achieve KPIs and apprenticeship targets through new business and account management.
* Identify new business and client opportunities within core markets, exceeding apprenticeship targets and ensuring eligibility via a combination of new business and account management.
* Provide expert guidance on the Apprenticeship Levy and ROI for clients.
* Design tailored apprenticeship solutions and build lasting client relationships.
* Collaborate with internal teams to ensure smooth onboarding and delivery of apprenticeship programmes.
* Ensure all new business deliverables are communicated effectively and commercial arrangements are agreed as part of the onboarding process.
Qualifications
* Proven success in apprenticeship sales, ideally in higher‑secondary care, childcare, or education.
* Strong commercial acumen and consultative sales approach.
* Confident communicator with experience presenting to decision‑makers.
* Self‑motivated, organised, and target‑driven.
* Passionate about apprenticeships and making a difference.
* Proficient in MS Office; CRM experience a plus.
* Willingness to travel nationally with a business‑insured vehicle.
What’s in it for you?
* Salary from £35,000 plus generous commission.
* 20 days annual leave (increasing with length of service) plus a holiday purchase scheme.
* 3 Paragon Days during Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays.
* Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives.
* Perkbox – suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools.
* Uncapped commission.
* Recognition and long‑service awards.
* Colleague referral bonus payments.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.
To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, we may ask you to share certain personal data as part of our application process. These responses will not form part of the selection or recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.
Paragon Skills is committed to safeguarding and wellbeing, implementing robust safer recruitment practices. Depending on the role, we may undertake checks to confirm suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults, such as a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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