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Business Development Rep

• Drive the growth and success of Acorn Training’s contracts in your allocated region.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with new and existing employers.
• Serve as a representative at key forums.
• Effectively manage new business opportunities.
• Foster local connections to secure support ensuring the sustained growth, achievement, and profitability of designated contracts.
• Actively promote Acorn Training's services and training programmes effectively.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and execute effective marketing campaigns.
• Identify and develop productive and sustainable relationships with potential employers, partners, and wider stakeholders.
• Actively prospect to maintain a strong pipeline of potential and future learners, employers, and referral partners relevant to contract requirements.
• Be responsible for your pipeline of opportunities, including lead generation, meetings, and closing sales against the contract to grow its value.
• Manage your pipeline of data effectively and efficiently to maximise conversion rates and continuously strive to enhance it.
• Keep your knowledge up to date in all sectors to provide personalised, passionate, and ethical information, advice and guidance to potential employers and customers.
• Use CRM and other systems accurately and consistently to document your progress.
• Work with your team to ensure a smooth transition from sale through onboarding to delivery.
• Attend networking events and exhibitions in your region to become familiar with your target audience and their needs.
• Share knowledge and best practices with your colleagues and peers to enhance customer experience.
• Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the business, offering new suggestions and ideas.
• Achieve the KPIs set on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Ensure consistently high levels of customer satisfaction and retention.

Business Development Manager

• Actively promote Acorn Training's services and training programmes effectively.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and execute effective marketing campaigns.
• Identify and develop productive and sustainable relationships with potential employers, partners, and wider stakeholders.
• Actively prospect to maintain a strong pipeline of potential and future learners, employers, and referral partners relevant to the contract requirements.
• Be responsible for your pipeline of opportunities, including lead generation, meetings, and closing sales against the contract to grow its value.
• Manage your pipeline of data effectively and efficiently to maximise conversion rates and continuously strive to enhance it.
• Keep your knowledge up to date in all sectors to provide personalised, passionate, and ethical information, advice and guidance to potential employers and customers at all given opportunities.
• Use CRM and other systems accurately and consistently to document your progress with your pipeline, demonstrations, and meetings for daily forecasting.
• Work with your team to ensure a smooth transition from sale through onboarding to delivery.
• Attend networking events and exhibitions in your region to become familiar with your target audience and their needs.
• Share knowledge and best practices with your colleagues and peers to enhance the experience of potential customers.
• Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the business, offering new suggestions and ideas wherever possible.
• Achieve the KPIs set on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Ensure consistently high levels of customer satisfaction and retention.
• Achievement of Apprenticeship sales and revenue targets within the Business skills sector.
• Growth in employer, learner, and stakeholder Base.
• Achievement of specific contract requirements.
• Development of key partnerships.
• Market share increase across region.
• Positive brand image and recognition across region.
• Timely and accurate reporting

Trainee Business Development Manager

Growth Marketing

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of the Residential Childcare curriculum area, ensuring delivery aligns with organisational priorities, growth strategies, funding requirements, and sector needs.
• Oversee the development and implementation of curriculum strategies that support innovative, high-quality adult learning and apprenticeship provision which is responsive to employer demand and labour market intelligence.
• Support the Assistant Director for Skills in achieving strategic business objectives, performance targets, quality outcomes, and operational compliance across all Residential Childcare provision.
• Line manage and support the Head of Residential Childcare ensuring effective performance management, accountability, and professional development across teams.
• Drive a culture of excellence, professionalism, innovation, and continuous improvement through effective leadership, coaching, and strategic direction.
• Oversee curriculum performance, including learner attendance, retention, achievement, progression, employer satisfaction, quality indicators, and compliance measures, implementing improvement strategies where required.
• Lead and direct quality assurance and quality improvement activities across the Residential Childcare provision, ensuring consistency in teaching, learning, assessment, and learner experience.
• Ensure the curriculum area remains fully compliant with awarding organisations, funding, regulatory, safeguarding, and inspection requirements, maintaining a continual state of inspection readiness.
• Analyse performance data, learner outcomes, quality indicators, and market intelligence to inform strategic planning and decision-making.
• Lead on self-assessment, quality improvement planning, deep dives, internal audits, standardisation activities, and external inspection preparation within the curriculum area.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with employers, stakeholders, local authorities, sector bodies, and external agencies to enhance curriculum relevance, learner progression, and business growth opportunities.
• Identify and pursue new market opportunities, partnerships, and commercial growth opportunities in line with organisational objectives.
• Collaborate with internal departments including quality, compliance, learner services, business development, and marketing to enhance learner engagement, recruitment, retention, and progression outcomes.
• Champion the use of innovative teaching practices, educational technologies, and learner-centred approaches to improve learner engagement and achievement.
• Lead cross-departmental strategic projects and organisational improvement initiatives as directed by the Assistant Director for Skills.
• Support workforce planning and succession development within the Residential Childcare provision to ensure sustainable and high-performing teams.

Business Development Manager

Trainee Business Development Manager

Residential Childcare Lead