Business Development Officer

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Job Details:

• Vacancy Name: Business Development Officer
• Vacancy No: VN4145
• Location: City
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Hours per week: 37.50
• Working Days & Times: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 17:00

Description:

Learning Curve Group are a national training and education specialist. We work with further education providers, employers, and learners to help them achieve success. We have strong values which are all centred around our learners – and that is how we believe it should be, as we impact on over 100,000 of them every year. Our ‘Purple People’, the dedicated and passionate people of LCG, help us to deliver success no matter what, to achieve our vision to ‘transform lives through learning’.

Role Information:

DUTIES

• Developing and maintaining good strong relationships with external organisations.
• Identifying and promoting courses to learner and learner referral sources.
• Engaging with potential learners and providing them with accurate information, advice, and guidance along with keeping records of all the above activities.
• Carrying out initial assessment activities, identifying individual learner support requirements and communicating to the relevant colleagues.
• Maintaining the learner tracking details for each of the courses and effectively communicating with the relevant tutors and assessors to collate all this information.
• Support the tracking of the learners upon completion into a positive destination for a period of 26 weeks.
• To identify employers who have employment, apprenticeship, or placement opportunities and to develop good working relationships which are receptive to providing opportunity for our post-qualification NEET learners to be offered employment prospects.
• To identify and engage in communication with local employment partnership groups to promote our services and identify employment opportunities.
• Responding to client enquiries and providing support to their requirements.
• Attending promotions days at client’s premises when required and promoting the company’s services to potential customers/learners.
• Attending careers events to promote Learning Curve Group.
• Accurately and timely completion of all recruitment documentation.
• Conduct your role in line with the company values and expected behaviours.
• Comply with the Safeguarding, Prevent and Health and Safety Policies and be vigilant to potential concerns and risks at all times.
• Ensure confidentiality and professionalism at all times.
• Provide learners, customers and colleagues with support, advice guidance as part of your everyday role.
• Promote equal opportunities and recognition of diversity throughout the company.

GENERIC DUTIES

• Conduct your role in line with the company values and expected behaviours.
• Promote equal opportunities and recognition of diversity throughout the company.
• Comply with the Safeguarding, Prevent and Health and Safety Policies and be vigilant to potential concerns and risks at all times.
• Ensure confidentiality and professionalism at all times.
• Provide learners, customers and colleagues with support, advice guidance as part of your everyday role.

If you would like to discuss this role in more detail or need support in applying for this role, please contact our recruitment team on 01388 777129.

Working Flexibly

If the working hours, days or times don’t quite meet your needs please contact us to see if we can accommodate working flexibly. We love to develop our people so even if you don’t meet 100% of the essential criteria, we strongly encourage you to apply.

Minimum Requirements

• Experience in a similar engagement role (in the education sector would be desirable).
• Experience of sales and marketing.
• Good experience of administration is necessary.
• IT skills are essential.
• GCSE or equivalent Maths and English qualifications.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good track record of customer service.
• Ability to work on your own and are self-motivated.
• Able to travel within the region with access to a car.

Why work for Learning Curve Group?

There are many reasons that make Learning Curve Group a fantastic place to work! Although we have some great benefits, we know that one of our biggest perks is the incredible People & Culture we have been lucky enough to create.

In addition to working for a company that has been listed as the top 100 companies to work for, for the last five years you’ll have access to below benefits:

• 26 days annual leave + Bank Holidays.
• Buy & Sell an additional 5 days each year.
• Length of service annual leave increments starting at 2 years.
• Healthcare Scheme.
• Tech Scheme.
• Ikea Scheme.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Paid Volunteer day each year.
• Early Finish Fridays on the last Friday of every month.
• Student / Teacher Discount.
• Uniform.

HEAD OFFICE PERKS

We wish we could provide these to all, but as a national company it’s not always possible. However these perks are available to all staff when they attend our incredible Head Office space:

• Electric Car charging points.
• Free fruit, Coffee and Tea.
• Onsite Shower.
• Prayer room on request or list of nearest available places of worship.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

You’re unique – and we love that about you. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Our commitment to a number of covenants and pledges will show you just how serious we are about equal opportunities for all.

Recruitment Checks

Learners are at the centre of everything we do so we are committed to safeguarding and promoting their welfare. The successful applicant will be required to provide satisfactory references and prove their eligibility to work in the UK. For this role, we will also carry out adverse media checks and also need to carry out a DBS check and will ask information related to previous convictions if you are shortlisted for interview. Please be assured that a previous conviction does not automatically rule you out of a role, unless you are barred from working with children or adults. We will follow our risk assessment process to understand age of, context and relevance to the conviction(s).