About the Role

The Apprenticeship Sales Executive is a business development and employer engagement role focused on growing our apprenticeship provision and strengthening partnerships with employers. The post holder is responsible for generating new business opportunities and delivering end-to-end apprenticeship recruitment solutions, from initial engagement through to enrolment. They play a key role in achieving income and learner start targets while ensuring compliance with government funding rules and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Drive business development activity to recruit new employers and expand apprenticeship opportunities
• Deliver a full end-to-end apprenticeship service, from opportunity creation to apprentice recruitment
• Achieve annual income and learner start targets to support apprenticeship growth
• Conduct employer training needs analyses (TNAs) and complete learner onboarding documentation
• Negotiate and prepare contracts, funding agreements, and pricing plans with employers
• Undertake sales activities including telesales, networking, social media engagement, and face-to-face meetings
• Maintain accurate CRM/database records and produce sales forecasts and pipeline reports
• Represent the organisation at internal and external events to promote apprenticeship provision

Requirements

• Qualified at Level 2 for English and Maths
• Qualified to level 3 and/or relevant professional qualification
• Good knowledge of the complex FE/training environment, as well as future developments and priorities.
• Proven experience of successful performance against sales and business development targets in a business-to-business environment, including a clear understanding of the solution sales process.
• Good overall understanding of ESFA funding methodology, and basic understanding of commercial income, expenditure and contribution models.

About the Role

We strive in offering an inclusive and accessible recruitment and interview process to all candidates. Should you have any questions at all, or require any support with reasonable adjustments, please contact and a member of our team will respond as soon as possible.

For more information on the position itself, please connect with Bryony Mechen at for any queries. Please note, we appreciate the value of each applicant but kindly ask that you complete an application form as we do not accept CV's.

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