Business Development & Engagement Manager
Nelson and Colne College
Lancashire
- New
- Salary:
- Up to £39,902.24 per annum, depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 November 2024
Job overview
Business Development & Engagement Manager
Salary: Up to £39,902.24 per annum, depending on experience
Hours: 37 per week
Weeks Per Year: Full year
Contract Type: Permanent
Site: Accrington, Lancashire
Closing Date: Thursday 21st November - midnight
Interview Date: TBC
‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’
Our Organisation
Accrington and Rossendale College has a proud history of delivering high quality vocational courses and technical training, apprenticeships and higher education provision to the communities that we serve. We excel in providing people with a platform to progress into fantastic employment opportunities with rewarding career prospects.
The Exciting Role
Are you a leader who can enthuse a team?
Can you own a target and get stuck in?
Do you currently build strong relationships and deliver on challenging commitments?
Can you collaborate internally and externally to achieve objectives?
Do you have a growth mindset?
If the answer is yes, then our Business Development & Engagement Manager role could be your next career step.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Leading the Business Development & Engagement (BDE) team in supporting the continued growth of employer, partner and learner engagement in order to meet ESFA targets, including Apprenticeships, Adult Learning, Work Experience and College wide contract targets
- Leading and coordinating the BDE team by managing schedules, the key goals process and supporting the setting of individual targets to achieve ESFA and College wide targets, ensuring relevant documentation and systems are available and up to date
- Monitoring recruitment and engagement activity linked to curriculum business plans across the BDE team, while working closely with other cross-College departments, including Marketing
- Leading the BDE team in rigorously monitoring and reporting on the weekly, monthly and yearly recruitment and engagement targets, through tracking meetings and a range of reports
What We Are Looking For:
- 4 GCSEs or equivalent, including Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above
- Proven ability to successfully lead and motivate a team to achieve challenging dynamic targets (including employer and stakeholder engagement)
- Experience of working in a stakeholder engagement/ sales/ target driven and dynamic environment
- Ability to work with databases/ systems to produce relevant reports
What We Offer in Return:
- Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays and closure days
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, with employer contributions of 20.1%
- Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family friendly policies and benefits
- A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
- Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
- Free on-site parking on all College sites
Further Questions?
Please contact our friendly HR Team h.resources@nelsongroup.ac.uk
*Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website*
All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children. Should you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch with the HR team.
The Company
The Nelson and Colne College Group is an Ofsted Outstanding Further Education College with a high performance and ambitious culture.
The Group was born in November 2018 with the successful merger between Nelson and Colne College and Accrington and Rossendale College. Prior to that, pan-Lancashire adult community learning provider, Lancashire Adult Learning, became part of the family in 2016.
We are home to 2,400 16-18 year old A Level and vocational students, 16,500 adult learners, 1,300 Apprentices and 400 Higher Education students.
Expertly led by Principal and CEO Lisa O'Loughlin, the College Group delivers year on year improvement, growth and most importantly, highly successful students and Apprentices.
The success of our communities, employers, partners and economy is key to all that we do. We have forged valuable partnerships and a shared vision with like-minded organisations and individuals, creating a network of opportunity and excellence.
Our highly skilled staff are committed to raising and supporting aspirations, providing social mobility and an essential talent pool for the local, regional and national economy.
About Nelson and Colne College
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Nelson and Colne College, located in the town of Nelson, Lancashire, offers further education to 1,600 full-time students and 3,500 part-time adults. The college was founded during the reorganisation of education in Pendle in the early 1970s and created by the merger of several local sixth forms.
Recent investments have included a £2m engineering facility, an all-weather sports pitch and gym, fully equipped science laboratories, and student study and social spaces. In January 2017, Nelson and Colne College launched a university centre to offer a range of higher education programmes in East Lancashire and beyond.
Principal
Amanda Melton
Values and vision
Nelson and Colne College’s overarching vision is summed up in its commitment to “expanding horizons; excelling together; and always learning". It promises to: put people at its centre; take care to understand each other’s individual qualities and needs; ensure that every single member of the college knows they matter; and celebrate individuality and recognise the strength of diversity.
The college also promotes a “green” ethos among its students and staff, setting up a sustainability group to raise awareness of environmental issues. The whole college has signed up to challenging goals to reduce its carbon footprint.
Ofsted report
“The quality of teaching and learning is outstanding. Assessment is well planned and marking is thorough and helpful. The internal lesson observation system is rigorous and carefully moderated and helps improve the teaching and learning. Staff development is well focused on college priorities.”
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