Employer Engagement Advisor

eTeach UK Limited; Bath; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Local Government pension

CPD for all staff

Laptop Salary Sacrifice

Job summary

Bath College is seeking an Employer Engagement professional to build partnerships with local employers, promote apprenticeships and training opportunities, and help businesses recruit and develop talent. This is a hands-on, relationship-focused role in the Bath region.

You will engage with employers, generate opportunities, manage vacancies, and support students and apprentices to access rewarding careers through apprenticeships and training.

Qualifications

• Recruitment experience either agency or in-house.
• Experience with apprenticeships or Further Education and Skills (FES).
• Background in sales, account management or business development.
• Knowledge of an Institute of Training Providers (ITP) or training provision is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop apprenticeship opportunities with employers.
• Source, support and place candidates into roles.
• Manage your own pipeline of vacancies and applicants.
• Promote opportunities through events, campaigns and outreach.
• Deliver against clear, measurable targets.

Skills

Recruitment (agency or in-house)

Apprenticeships or FES

Sales / Account management / Business

ITP or training provider

Job description

Bath College | Employer Engagement. Recruitment. Real Impact.Permanent Contract | 37 Hours per Week | 52 Weeks per YearSalary: £31,255 - £32,186 plus performance-related commission of up to 20% - OTE £37,506 - £38,623Interview date: 25 November

Do you enjoy building relationships, identifying opportunities and achieving ambitious targets? We're looking for a motivated and proactive professional to join our Employer Engagement team. This is a varied role focused on developing partnerships with local employers, promoting apprenticeships and training opportunities, and supporting businesses to recruit and develop talent. This isn't a desk-based administrative role. You'll spend your time speaking with employers, identifying workforce needs, generating opportunities and helping people access rewarding careers through apprenticeships and training. Whether your background is in recruitment, account management, sales, customer success, business development or employer engagement, we'd love to hear from you. At Bath College, you'll play a key role in helping employers address skills gaps while creating life-changing opportunities for students and apprentices across our region.

Why Join Us?

We're building a high-performing Employer Engagement team that helps businesses grow, develops future talent and creates life-changing opportunities through apprenticeships. Our approach is simple: P.R.O.U.D. Professional. Relationship Driven. Opportunity Focused. Understanding Employer Needs. Delivering Solutions.

What you'll get:

• £31,255 - £32,186 salary
• Up to 20% commission (OTE up to £38,623)
• Autonomy to build your own employer relationships
• A role where no two days are the same
• The chance to make a genuine impact on businesses, apprentices and students across our region

If you're motivated by building relationships, achieving results and making a difference, we'd love to hear from you. Bath College is an inclusive education and training community, providing learning for people with a wide range of abilities from a far-reaching area, from entry level to Level 5 programmes. We are committed to meeting the needs of all our students. This is a very exciting time to join the College.

What you'll be doing

• Working with employers to create apprenticeship opportunities
• Sourcing, supporting and placing candidates into roles
• Managing your own pipeline of vacancies and applicants
• Promoting opportunities through events, campaigns and outreach
• Delivering against clear, measurable targets

You’ll be busy. You’ll be stretched. You’ll be rewarded.

What we’re looking for:

• Recruitment (agency or in-house)
• Apprenticeships or FES
• Sales, account management or business development
• An ITP or training provider

You’ll be:

• Target-driven — you enjoy being measured and achieving results
• Great with people — confident with employers and candidates
• Organised and resilient — you manage multiple priorities
• Proactive — you don’t wait for opportunities, you create them
• Competitive (in a good way) — you want to be the best

Sound like you? If you want a role where you can: Hit targets Earn more through performance Build relationships And make a real impact

Staff Benefits

• Generous paid holiday entitlement of 30 days, exclusive of College closure days and public holidays. Pro rata for part time roles.
• One Selfie Day per year
• Contributory salary pension scheme (Local Government)
• Continuing Professional Development for all staff
• Laptop Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme
• £500 Refer a friend and earn a reward
• Subsidised cafes - at both campuses
• Employee Assistance Programme – Staff have access to this programme. It is a free and strictly confidential short-term counselling and support service (up to six meetings after an initial assessment session with a qualified counselor)
• The College offers an eye sight test for anyone who meets the criteria as described within the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations.
• Progressive family friendly policies (exceeding statutory requirements) that supports a health work/life balance, all staff are entitled to request flexible working. Discounted treatments at the Academy, Bath Campus
• Free parking at the Somer Valley Campus in Radstock

About Bath College

Welcome to Bath College, a vibrant and successful further education college with two campuses, one in the centre of Bath and one in Radstock. We pride ourselves on providing training for the region’s future workforce by offering courses in both vocational and traditional academic subjects to students from across Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and beyond.