About the role This is an exciting opportunity for sales-driven professionals to take the reins of apprenticeship programs and fuel their growth! You’ll lead the charge in developing and delivering innovative apprenticeship initiatives, all while building robust partnerships with employers and educational institutions. What You’ll Do: Lead with Vision: Drive the strategy for apprenticeship programs, aligning them with business goals to maximise impact and profitability. Build Winning Relationships: Use your sales prowess to forge strong connections with employers and stakeholders, positioning apprenticeships as a key solution for their needs. Inspire Your Team: Manage a dynamic team of specialists and coordinators, motivating them to excel and drive results. Maximise Employer Engagement: Implement targeted strategies to enhance employer involvement and uncover opportunities for cross-selling work-based learning solutions. Ensure Quality: Collaborate with program managers and curriculum directors to maintain the highest standards in apprenticeship delivery. If you’re passionate about driving growth and making a real difference in the education sector, this is the perfect role for you. Join us in transforming apprenticeship opportunities and delivering value to businesses and learners alike! Key Responsibilities Strategic Collaboration: Partner with the Director of Employer Engagement to craft and execute a compelling vision for apprenticeship programs. Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate with the Business Development Manager to ensure seamless communication with stakeholders and eliminate duplication of efforts. Program Management: Work closely with curriculum business program managers to design and oversee apprenticeship programs that effectively meet the needs of both employers and apprentices. For more details, please refer to the full job description. Skills, knowledge and expertise Skills and expertise Management Experience: Proven track record in a leadership role focused on apprenticeships. Leadership Skills: Strong ability to manage and develop high-performing teams, driving excellence and engagement. Business Growth Success: Demonstrated success in expanding apprenticeship programs with new, existing, and levy employers. How to Apply We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to Telford College. Please take time to review the job description. Please complete the online application form with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and person specification requirements. Your application form will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process. Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. . Under KCSIE (keeping children safe in education) guidance the college is committed to all pre-employment safeguarding checks, including online checks and candidate history. Therefore, please note upon clicking to apply you agree for these checks to be completed.