Employer Engagement Advisor - Apprenticeships

KM Education Recruitment Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

KM Recruitment is seeking an ambitious Employer Engagement Advisor – Apprenticeships to drive growth across the UK. The role is home/field based with two days per month in London, offering a base of £32,000 plus £6k on-target earnings.

This full-time permanent position focuses on promoting sector-specialist Apprenticeship programmes, building employer partnerships and generating learner starts. You will identify and engage employers, nurture relationships, manage your CRM, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Experience in employer engagement or business development for Apprenticeships.
• Ability to overcome objections and meet targets.
• Excellent communication, administrative and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, approach and engage with employers to showcase Apprenticeship programmes and convert opportunities into learner starts.
• Develop new business through referrals, enquiries, networking, events and partnerships.
• Build lasting partnerships with new and existing clients to introduce Apprenticeships across their workforce.
• Understand business needs and recommend suitable Apprenticeship solutions.
• Take ownership of your sales pipeline and work towards revenue and learner start targets.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure smooth enrolment processes.

Skills

Employer engagement

Business development

Relationship building

Sales

CRM

Communication

Tools

CRM

Job description

KM Recruitment is a specialist UK wide recruiter for the Skills & Employability sectors.

Employer Engagement Advisor - Apprenticeships

Home/Field based - 2 days per month in London

£32,000 + £6k OTE

Full Time, Permanent

Duties

Are you a confident, driven relationship builder with a passion for winning new apprenticeship business and helping employers develop their workforce?

We're looking for a proactive Employer Engagement professional to promote our client's specialist Apprenticeship programmes, build strong employer partnerships and generate exciting new apprentice opportunities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives on developing relationships, spotting opportunities and turning conversations into commercial success.

What will you be doing?

• Proactively identify, approach and engage with employers to showcase the benefits of sector-specialist Apprenticeship programmes and convert opportunities into learner starts.


• Develop new business through referrals, incoming enquiries, networking, events and local partnerships, while identifying and pursuing your own opportunities.


• Build lasting partnerships with new and existing clients, maximising opportunities to introduce Apprenticeships across their workforce.


• Understanding business needs, conduct organisational needs analysis to identify employer requirements and recommend suitable Apprenticeship solutions.


• Take ownership of your sales pipeline, manage your activity through the CRM system and work towards ambitious revenue and learner start targets.


• Workcollaboratively with internal teams to ensure a smooth, accurate and compliant learner enrolment process.


• Raising the profile of the organisation at employer meetings, networking opportunities and industry events, positioning the provider as a trusted Apprenticeship partner.


• Monitor sales performance, share business insights and keep up to date with changes to Apprenticeship policy, funding and sector expectations.

Essential Criteria

• Must have experience of working withinan employer engagement / businessdevelopmentrole, promoting Apprenticeship programmes.


• Ability to overcome objections.


• Experience of working towards and achieving targets.


• Excellent communication, administrative and organisationalskills.


• Confident, friendly and professional manner, who is willing to learn.


• Full, clean UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.


• Must be flexible with travel.

Please note

KM Recruitment receive a high number of applications for each role advertisedandalthough we would like to we are not always able to deliver feedback to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not been contacted within 4 days then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interestandkeep an eye on our website for future opportunities.