Description

Following another successful year at Equal Education Partners, in 2024 we're growing our teams and are keen to bring on board highly professional and experienced colleagues.

We are looking to recruit an experienced sales or business engagement professional to join our Maths for Adults Wales team as a Business Engagement Manager.

About Equal Education Partners

Equal Education Partners is an education management business working with schools, FE colleges, universities, businesses, and public bodies across Wales to provide a range of services, including recruitment, marketing and training.

Through our Maths for Adults Wales project, we are contracted to deliver a range of Maths programmes to adult learners across south and west Wales.

We pride ourselves on being an ethical employer, on supporting our staff and on investing in their Professional Learning.

About the Business Engagement Manager role

We're looking for a highly organised and driven individual to join Equal Education Partners as a Business Engagement Manager.

The Business Engagement Manager will take responsibility for recruiting employers and individuals to participate in our Maths for Adults Wales courses in Newport, RCT and Caerphilly in particular, with potential to support recruitment activity in other parts of southeast Wales.

About Equal's Maths for Adults Wales team

Our Business Engagement Manager will work within a strong team overseen by our Managing Director. The role will work alongside four experienced project managers/delivery specialists and a curriculum development specialist. The team will share responsibility for collaborating closely to provide an excellent end to end learner experience.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting employers (including businesses, charities, community groups and public sector bodies) and individuals to participate in our Maths for Adults Wales programme in Newport, Caerphilly and RCT, using a combination of both traditional and digital methods.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with existing employer contacts in Newport, Caerphilly and RCT
• Developing new business relationships with additional employers across Newport, Caerphilly and RCT.
• Pro-actively driving learner recruitment initiatives.
• Promoting a positive employer and learner experience throughout the entire recruitment process.
• Being an ambassador and advocate for Equal Education Partners.

Requirements

• Essential characteristics: a highly motivated, organised and transparent, who has a strong work ethic and operates with integrity and professionalism at all times
• Based in southeast Wales
• Strong sales and/or recruitment skills and experience
• Experienced in working in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Highly organised
• Confident IT user
• Excellent verbal and written communicator
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work to meet deadlines and targets

Benefits

• £30-35k per annum
• Remote/home working options
• 25 days of holiday per annum (including bank holidays)
• Work with an excellent team of highly motivated, professional and experienced colleagues who know how to get the job done and have fun at the same time
• Progression & rewards based on performance
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
• Private health insurance (from day one)
• Significant financial Long Term Service Bonus
• Free car parking at our offices
• Professional learning & self development budgets
• Employer's pension scheme
• Paid team social activities