Employer Engagement Advisor

Bath College; West of England; Vor Ort; GBP 31.000 - 32.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous holiday entitlement

Contributory pension

CPD

Private healthcare

Cycle to Work

Free parking

Zusammenfassung

Bath College is seeking an Employer Engagement professional to build partnerships with local employers, promote apprenticeships and training opportunities, and support businesses to recruit and develop talent. This role is not desk-based; you will speak with employers, identify workforce needs and create opportunities for rewarding careers through apprenticeships and training.

If you have experience in recruitment, account management, sales or employer engagement, we would love to hear from you.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in employer engagement or recruitment.
• Ability to build relationships with employers and stakeholders.
• Experience promoting apprenticeships and training opportunities.

Aufgaben

• Create 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.

Kenntnisse

Recruitment

Account management

Business development

Sales

Apprenticeships

Jobbeschreibung

Application Deadline: 22 November 2026

Department: BDE - Stakeholder Engagement Team

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Dual Campus

Reporting To: Ebner Heatley

Compensation: £31,255 - £32,186 / year

Description

Bath College | Employer Engagement. Recruitment. Real Impact.

Permanent Contract | 37 Hours per Week | 52 Weeks per Year

Salary: £31,255 - £32,186 plus performance-related commission of up to 20% - OTE £37,506 - £38,623

Interview date: TBC

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.

If you feel you can make a positive contribution, please complete the application form, making sure you detailing how your qualifications, skills and experience meet the requirements of the role.

All staff at the College have safeguarding responsibilities for the children, young people and vulnerable adults we work with.

The College’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people means that all posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and the Exceptions Order (1975). It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

The College will undertake safeguarding checks during the recruitment process including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references from previous employers and an online search. Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a self-declaration of whether they have a criminal record, spent or unspent including convictions and/or cautions.

The job posting can close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

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:

You might come from:

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

But what really matters is mindset.

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

Please see attached for the full Job Description and Person Specification

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
• £300 Refer a friend and earn a reward
• Cafés and vending machines are available at both campuses, offering a range of hot and cold food and drinks.
• 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