Business Advisor
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,500 to £27,000 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Trafford Park, Manchester |
| Company: | The Growth Company |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4019 |
Summary
The Growth Company’s (GC) team have an exciting new opportunity for Business Advisor to generate and account manage a caseload of Greater Manchester (and Northwest) employers in order to promote and increase the take-up of GC services. Design and implement appropriate recruitment and workforce development solutions for existing and potential employer customers in order to increase customer acquisition levels and income in line with business plan targets. Ensure that employers, employees (in-work conversions) and job roles worked with are appropriate in terms of the provision of work placement and Apprenticeships.
As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, we are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals with apprenticeships, higher education, and commercial training. We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels and work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses.
Key Responsibilities:
Identify opportunities for own development and maintain own knowledge of contract/policy developments.
Update company MI systems as required to log employer and student interactions.
Liaise with recruitment team to ensure learners are appropriately placed (with the right type of employer in the right job role) in line with their skills sets, employers’ requirements and the requirements of the ESFA and GC quality targets.
Provide a highly efficient and customer focused recruitment and placement service, including managing speculative and/or coordinated submissions to employers.
Manage and promote a portfolio of learners/candidates in order to generate placement, vacancy and Apprenticeship opportunities.
Present, promote and sell appropriate products/services in line with the Growth Company -Education & Skills strategy.
Use understanding of the portfolio of apprenticeships and training opportunities available to ensure that employers and candidates are matched with the correct programmes in line with their needs.
Conduct professional face to face and telephone meetings at all levels with customers, delivering sales presentations and pitches.
Attend networking events and learner recruitment events (which at times will involve working outside of standard business hours).
About you:
Ability to communicate and motivate young people and employers and to influence and build relationships.
Dynamic, tenacious, values driven individual with a commitment to achieving the identified outcomes specific to the role.
Excellent selling and presentation skills.
Negotiation skills with business of all sizes.
Proven project management and organisation skills.
Excellent end to end recruitment skills.
Ability to communicate with businesses at all levels.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Skills Required:
Sound knowledge of Apprenticeship standards, NVQ’s and their processes.
A minimum of two years sales and employer engagement experience.
A track record of diagnosing business needs and developing solutions that meet their needs.
Producing business proposals following diagnosis of business needs.
Experience of and ability to deliver convincing sales presentations.
Delivery or selling of skills training provision and/or recruitment services.
Providing guidance, advice & counseling, specialist /pastoral support to employers or young people.
Experience of working in a target driven environment.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.
If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.
We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.
If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at careers@growthco.uk or call us on 0161 237 4447.
All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.
As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, we are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals with apprenticeships, higher education, and commercial training. We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels and work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses.
Key Responsibilities:
Identify opportunities for own development and maintain own knowledge of contract/policy developments.
Update company MI systems as required to log employer and student interactions.
Liaise with recruitment team to ensure learners are appropriately placed (with the right type of employer in the right job role) in line with their skills sets, employers’ requirements and the requirements of the ESFA and GC quality targets.
Provide a highly efficient and customer focused recruitment and placement service, including managing speculative and/or coordinated submissions to employers.
Manage and promote a portfolio of learners/candidates in order to generate placement, vacancy and Apprenticeship opportunities.
Present, promote and sell appropriate products/services in line with the Growth Company -Education & Skills strategy.
Use understanding of the portfolio of apprenticeships and training opportunities available to ensure that employers and candidates are matched with the correct programmes in line with their needs.
Conduct professional face to face and telephone meetings at all levels with customers, delivering sales presentations and pitches.
Attend networking events and learner recruitment events (which at times will involve working outside of standard business hours).
About you:
Ability to communicate and motivate young people and employers and to influence and build relationships.
Dynamic, tenacious, values driven individual with a commitment to achieving the identified outcomes specific to the role.
Excellent selling and presentation skills.
Negotiation skills with business of all sizes.
Proven project management and organisation skills.
Excellent end to end recruitment skills.
Ability to communicate with businesses at all levels.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Skills Required:
Sound knowledge of Apprenticeship standards, NVQ’s and their processes.
A minimum of two years sales and employer engagement experience.
A track record of diagnosing business needs and developing solutions that meet their needs.
Producing business proposals following diagnosis of business needs.
Experience of and ability to deliver convincing sales presentations.
Delivery or selling of skills training provision and/or recruitment services.
Providing guidance, advice & counseling, specialist /pastoral support to employers or young people.
Experience of working in a target driven environment.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.
If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.
We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.
If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at careers@growthco.uk or call us on 0161 237 4447.
All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.