Job Description

*Please note, the salary will be pro-rated based on working 22.5 hours per week. Specific working days are negotiable.

Job Summary

We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Business Development Coordinator to join our team. The Business Development Coordinator (Apprenticeships and Adult Skills) is responsible for providing effective administrative and coordination support to the Business Development function, ensuring that employer engagement activity, apprenticeship recruitment and learner onboarding are managed accurately, efficiently, and in line with Government funding requirements. The postholder will maintain up-to-date records, oversee key processes, and support the flow of information between employers, applicants, and internal departments to enable timely and compliant apprenticeship starts that contribute to sustainable business growth.

Responsibilities

Maintain accurate and up-to-date employer contact and activity records on the organisation's CRM and internal systems. Support Business Development Officers in preparing proposals, quotations, and contractual documentation for employers. Coordinate and schedule employer meetings, visits, and follow-up activity. Assist in maintaining ongoing communication with employers regarding apprenticeship vacancies, recruitment progress and onboarding updates. Provide professional, responsive communication to employers and prospective apprentices, ensuring queries are handled promptly and accurately. Administer apprenticeship vacancies on the Government's "Find an Apprenticeship" service, ensuring listings are accurate and up to date. Manage applicant responses, send suitable candidates to employers, and oversee the selection and interview process, updating relevant staff. Support the delivery of Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to potential apprentices and record relevant documentation as required. Coordinate and track the completion of onboarding paperwork including enrolment forms, skills scans, initial assessments, training plans and signatures. Maintain communication with the Marketing Officer to ensure apprenticeship vacancies and campaigns are promoted in a timely and compliant manner. Oversee the departmental mailbox for apprenticeships, ensuring enquiries and applications are processed and directed appropriately. Ensure all data relating to employer engagement and apprenticeship starts is recorded accurately within relevant management systems (PICS, Dynamics, internal spreadsheets).

Experience

Previous experience in an administrative, coordination or support role within education, training or a related business environment. Experience using CRM or management information systems to record and report data. Experience working in an apprenticeship or FE environment (desirable). Knowledge of apprenticeship funding documentation and audit evidence requirements (desirable).

Education/Qualifications

Business Development/Learner Engagement Experience Minimum of a level 2 Information and Guidance qualification Minimum of a level 2 functional skills or equivalent in maths and English Desirable to have a minimum of a level 2 ICT qualification Level 3 qualification (desirable)
Should you be shortlisted an application form and full job description will be sent to you which is a recruitment requirement. 'Schools and colleges should only accept copies of a cv alongside an application form. A cv on its own will not provide adequate information'. As a provider of education, we therefore have to adhere to the KCSiE legislation and guidance.

Due to the nature of the work and our commitment to safer recruitment, you will undergo a thorough background check and will require an enhanced DBS and the Right to Work and remain in the UK. You're required to fully disclose spent, unspent and protected convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings.

If you do not hear from us then please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

This position offers an exciting opportunity for growth within a supportive company culture that values innovation and professional development.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 26,000.00-28,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 22.5 per week

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Company pension Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Sick pay Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bury St. Edmunds IP31 2QR