Business Development Coordinator

You will be engaging directly with businesses, working closely with the Business Development Manager sourcing Apprenticeship placements for the young people we work with.  This role is to maximise impact across our new expanded geographies including Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, South Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire..

Location: Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire

This role is classified as an agile worker and time is likely to be spent working in offices and other locations, with some opportunity for flexible working from home.

Key Responsibilities & Duties:

• To develop new business leads for TrAC Apprenticeships across East of England and East Midlands.
• To actively promote candidates from our talent pool to local employers with the aim to secure an Apprenticeship with TrAC.
• To work with the Account Managers and Business Development Manager to follow up on positive leads.
• To refer engaged businesses to team members for development.
• To engage with a variety of business groups and networking opportunities to support business engagement.
• To assist in maintaining and building database of business leads for follow- up throughout the year.
• To provide feedback from employer conversations and act as a first point of contact for employers contacting us via phone or by email.
• To support businesses to make informed choices that maximise the opportunities for their business and for TrAC.
• To support the delivery of all aspects of the TrAC service at all times to ensure an even distribution of work.  This could include being asked to carry out tasks required by the project that are not covered elsewhere in these job descriptions.
• To ensure that the workplace is kept clean, tidy and sanitised. Portray a positive image of Moore Networking and TrAC at all times.
• To ensure the accurate recording of data, information and notes is maintained in a timely manner across all MNL and TrAC systems. 
• To use resource tools to identify new upcoming and current projects.

Qualifications and Qualities

• Demonstrable ability to create accurate well written documentation.
• Excellent understanding and ability to use IT software including CRM systems.
• Educated to level 3 or equivalent or relevant experience in a similar field.
• Full Driving license.
• Friendly and outgoing manner.
• Good team player.
• Thorough with attention to detail.
• Ability to build strong rapport quickly with potential customers.

Skills

• An understanding of the Skills and Apprenticeships landscape (Desirable.)
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good IT competency – ability with Microsoft packages.
• Confident using telephone and email.
• Confident in face-to-face engagement.

Salary

• £24K per annum
• Working Week
• Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5pm

Benefits

• 22 days Holiday per year plus Bank Holidays rising to 24 after 5 years in post.
• Staff Pension Scheme
• Laptop provided
• Eye Care Voucher scheme

Account Manager (2 posts covering South East, East and East Midlands)

TrAC is an award-winning not-for-profit company, which operates across the East, South East and East Midlands to support fixed term apprentice placements in the construction sector. As an DfE registered Flexi Job Apprenticeship Agency, we generally employ upwards of 80 apprentices at any one time who are placed with construction clients, their contractors and supply chains on placements of 6 months or more in duration so that our apprentices can complete their training. Since our launch in 2012 we have achieved very high levels of apprentice retention and 100% into employment or further learning on completion. If you’d like to be part of this expanding and dynamic team helping more businesses and young people to benefit from what we do, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for two self motivated individuals who can hit the ground running to manage our apprentices and host companies across Kent, Brighton, East Sussex, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, South Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

To be successful in this role you need to be able to develop new business opportunities with existing host companies, as well as managing the apprentices out on placement. You will need to be able to demonstrate a good track record of converting leads to sales. An understanding of the Built Environment sector and the Social Value Act would also be advantageous.

You will also need to provide first class support and management to a portfolio of apprentices. You should be fair, practical, have an eye for detail and be able to juggle conflicting priorities and manage conflicting situations.

Aside from talking to clients and contractors about what we do, your working week will include:

developing Apprenticeship opportunities with contractors on construction projects so that we can move apprentices into them, or recruit new apprentices where no suitable existing apprentice is available.

engaging, screening, interviewing selecting and inducting the right apprentices for employment to ensure the very best retention and completion levels.

day to day management and support of existing apprentices and their placement supervisors

Liaising with CITB, Apprenticeship training providers and host companies to ensure your apprentices are progressing appropriately towards completion and support any interventions necessary to ensure successful completion and progression.

arranging and attending meetings, networking events, assessment days, exhibitions, the awards that we and our apprentices get invited / shortlisted for and supporting employment and careers fairs.

sourcing and organising training and working with our external partners

refining our service offer, supporting our award-winning apprentice management approach and developing new workstreams to help us keep ahead of business trends and opportunities

You should have an understanding of the Apprenticeship landscape and understand Apprenticeship Standards, End Point Assessment and the Apprenticeships Levy, including levy transfer. You will need to have excellent presentation, communication, organisation, IT knowledge and administrative skills, and it would be advantageous to be familiar with the Barbour ABI database.

This is an agile role and you will need to be willing to work from a variety of locations across the geography. . You will have your own transport (with appropriate insurance) and you will be reimbursed for the use of your own vehicle. You will receive a competitive basic salary and remuneration package, company mobile phone as well as an annual company-wide on target performance bonus.

Benefits

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £30,319.00 per year

Company Pension Scheme

22 days holiday per year + bank holidays, rising to 24 after 5 years service