Business Development Executive

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week (1.0 FTE)

About the role:

The Bedford College Group are currently seeking a Business Development Executive to join our Business Development Department at Central Bedfordshire College - Leighton Buzzard / Dunstable Campus.

As a  Business Development Executive, you will play a key role through:

• Working with employers regionally located within the campus radius, providing timely information as required and delivering briefings and presentations on all the benefits of working with The Bedford College Group.
• Ensuring that employer end to end training and recruitment needs are met, and maintaining a high quality approach for all employer engagement practices.
• Presenting prepared proposals to employers and agree any costs and the training outcomes to be delivered by the college through the issuing of contracts or service level agreements.
• Acting as negotiator on agreeing a fee for any training under consideration, using discretion within an agreed costing model
• Liaising with relevant college staff to communicate the employers identified business needs to be delivered within the training proposals
• Discussing labour market trends with employers, making use of reports that are prepared and data sourced directly from EMSI or other sources.
• Identifying and securing business from future and existing employers and effectively manage the customer relationships to maximise future business.
• Providing an effective end to end customer management service, ensuring that regular communication for on-going repeat business is achieved offering a single point of contact into the college.
• Engaging with curriculum teams to ensure work placement requirements are encouraged, as and when opportunities are presented
• Meeting with assigned employers to complete an organisational and training needs analysis and then match our employer products/services to the identified needs of the employer.
• Supporting marketing activities for employer engagement including attendance at events, development of promotional materials in liaison with Marketing and organisation of employer related activities.
• Undertaking direct promotional activities to employers through all communications routes including visits, cold calling, attending networking events, social media and telesales.

About you:

Ideal candidates will have:

• Level 2 or higher, preferably in a sales, customer service, business support or marketing discipline, or the willingness to study at this level.
• Level 4 IAG, or similar
• Level 2 in Mathematics and English at grade C/4 above, or Level 2 in functional skills Maths and English, or willing to complete once in post.
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of meeting deadlines
• Experience of monitoring and recording data and taking appropriate actions
• Keeping up to date with developments in subject specialism and sharing expertise with colleagues
• Evidence of high performance in previous roles/jobs
• Experience of working effectively with people from diverse backgrounds
• Evidence of understanding how to promote equality and diversity within the job role
• Ability to effectively research, develop and implement new learning materials to engage students in learning
• Ability to extend students learning experience by developing and implementing appropriate vocational opportunities.
• Responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and for raising any concerns
• Willingness to travel to and work at all locations where we provide a service

Interviews to be held on 9th January 2025.

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational values:

• Student centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Educational excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.
• Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Continuous improvement - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on best practice and learning from others.
• Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage and support each other.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.

Further details of the safeguarding requirements and essential criteria for the post can found within the Job Description.

The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.

About Us

The Bedford College Group aims to deliver world-class skills and education to the communities we serve. The Bedford College Group is comprised of Bedford College, Shuttleworth College, The Bedford Sixth Form, Tresham College and the National College of Motorsport.

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