Business Development Coordinator (Apprenticeships) – Hull

(Full-Time)

£25,979 to £30,825 PA (dependant on qualifications and experience) Pro-Rata

Closing Date: 5 January 2025

Interview Date: TBC

We’re excited to announce a fantastic opportunity to join our team in Hull! Due to the overwhelming success of our newly established training centre in Hull, we’re expanding our Business Development team and are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Coordinator specialising in apprenticeships. This role is perfect for a proactive, relationship-focused professional who is passionate about developing apprenticeship programs with employers to expand learning opportunities.

As part of our team, you will play a pivotal role in growing our apprenticeship programmes, fostering strategic partnerships, and supporting our mission for our Apprentices to learn and develop the knowledge and skills required to become competent and valued employees, enabling them to progress in their career. If you’re ready to make a difference and help us build on the success of our Hull training centre, we’d love to hear from you!

You will be an organised and motivated individual with a passion for quality education and be responsible for employer and learner recruitment to our Apprenticeship provision. A knowledge of Apprenticeships would be beneficial though not essential as full training will be provided. You will have experience of successfully achieving targets, together with the ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines, take responsibility, use initiative and be proactive, incorporating flexibility when required

Driving licence and use of a vehicle are essential.

Key Objectives:

• Engagement with employers to develop opportunities for their existing staff to apprenticeships, and the generation of new apprenticeship vacancies;
• Recruitment of target number of learner starts on Apprenticeship programmes to ensure contract and funding opportunities are maximised;
• Achievement of targets in relation to learner starts on programme;

Person Profile:

Qualifications

Level 4 Information Advice and Guidance qualification, or willing to work towards;

GCSE English Grade C, GCSE Maths Grade C or equivalent qualifications.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Experience of sales, ideally within a retail or B2B environment;
• Experience of effective engagement with employers;
• Experience of successfully achieving targets, together with the ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines, take responsibility, use initiative and be proactive, incorporating flexibility when required;
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, to produce internal and external reports;
• Excellent organisational skills;
• Excellent presentation skills, including use of PowerPoint;
• Knowledge of information technology, including Microsoft Office;

Full Driving Licence and use of own vehicle essential

In return, you can expect an attractive salary, a contribution pension scheme with 7.5% employer contribution, an additional day off for your birthday, Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) with paid time off to support a charity or community group/initiative/project of your choice, a company iPhone with unlimited calls, Laptop and travel expenses combined with genuine career progression opportunities.

To apply, download the application pack, refer to the Job Description and complete the Employment Application Form and Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. Please return your completed forms to jobs@avant.ac.uk

In line with safer recruitment practices, the Application Form is the only acceptable method of applying for a job with Avant Skills Academy. A CV is not an acceptable alternative and must not be submitted as part of the application process.

Please ensure you pay close attention to the information in the Employment Application Form Guidance Notes, matching your experience, knowledge and skills to the key responsibilities and objectives in the Job Description.

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This post requires the completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced criminal records check.

Downloads:

Job Description

Employment Application Form

Employment Form Guidance

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form