Business Development Officer

Vacancy Salary £32,000

Vacancy Location Liverpool

Contract Type Permanent

The Vacancy

Annual salary of £32,000 (FTE)
Permanent role
Full-time (35 hours) – Monday-Friday - 9AM – 5PM, part-time and flexible working patterns available
Liverpool city centre office base

Proposed Interview Date: Thursday December 14th

The role

The Learning Foundry are searching for an experienced Business Development Officer, to actively engage and build rich relationships with employers. You will ensure that all learners have a positive destination and the opportunity of securing sustained employment, through the generation of work placements and/or guaranteed interviews across our Funded Learning programmes.

You will provide high quality Information, advice, and guidance to employers to ensure they are aware of The Learning Foundry’s full offering and how social value recruitment will support their talent strategies. You will also play a key part in ensuring learners have a positive outcome on completion of their programme, as well as ensuring that The Learning Foundry’s profile is raised across the Liverpool City Region.

The right fit

Demonstrable experience in a similar field/role (required)
IAG Level 3 qualification (desirable)
Sales/Recruitment background (desirable)
Able to communicate highly complex information that may be difficult to understand, to internal and external stakeholders, presenting to internal and external groups on a regular basis
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate concerns and complex/contentious issues in a diplomatic manner
Proven ability to analyse complex problems, whilst developing and successfully implementing practical and workable solutions
Ability to deal with changing priorities, work under pressure, work to tight deadlines, and be flexible
Ability to work collaboratively with staff at all levels across the Company and with external stakeholders
Excellent organisational skills and time management
Ability to work without any supervision, meeting deadlines and KPI targets
Experience working within an employability or skills programme

Who we are

At The Learning Foundry we are passionate about helping people and businesses achieve their full potential. Whether it's helping someone to start or progress in their career or supporting a business to recruit new staff or upskill their workforce, we are a full-service training provider with the knowledge and experience to suit individual needs.

The Learning Foundry is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.

Next steps

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you’ve got what it takes to join our team, then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.

Our People Services team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.

What we offer

The Learning Foundry really is a great place to work – and you don’t have to just take our word for it! We’re an accredited Best Companies Top 100 employer and have achieved Investors in People Gold status.

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to people’s lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which, amongst other things, includes:

A range of flexible working options.
27 days paid annual leave each year (rising one day per year up to a maximum of 32 days after five years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
6 additional days for volunteering.
5% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme.
£250 annual ‘Live and Learn’ allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
Monthly staff lottery scheme.

"We regenerate places and create opportunities for people"

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

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