Business Development Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Development Officer to support our apprenticeship team. The ideal candidate will be experienced in working in an education-based marketing and/or sales environment, selling services to clients, and meeting challenging targets.

You will have excellent written and creative skills, alongside a range of digital skills that enables you to use databases, hold virtual meetings, and use presentation software.

With a solid understanding of media, you will be responsible for developing trusted and long-lasting professional relationships with employers, learners, partners, and stakeholders, including across the Council, government departments and the voluntary and community sector. Using networking and marketing strategies, you will identify and negotiate our provision that meets the needs of our customers.

You will be comfortable attending public relations events, preparing and delivering presentations and writing information for publications, promotional leaflets, and social media, ensuring the highest level of customer service in all aspects of the role.

Working with care, integrity, and trust, you will promote Gateshead Council Learning and Skills to customers using a range of telemarketing, online, and face-to-face strategies. You will be responsible for maintaining accurate digital records and documents relating to learners, employers, and partner agreements by using technology such as e-forms, shared document spaces, virtual meetings, and CRM systems to enhance communication.

Gateshead Council Learning and Skills is one of the leading Local Authority Adult and Community Education providers in the North East. We are proud to put our learners and partners at the heart of everything we do, cultivating opportunity that leads to success.

Gateshead Council Learning and Skills work for the most vulnerable residents to raise aspirations and improve social mobility through outstanding teaching practices that cultivates aspiration and ambition. We contribute to making Gateshead a fairer and more resilient economy; a place for everyone to thrive and have an opportunity to realise their full potential in learning, work or positive health and well-being.

A bit about Gateshead Council…

Gateshead Council has many exciting projects that we are currently working on, the development of Gateshead Quays, a transformational review of services and creating a borough where everyone has an opportunity to Thrive.

We're truly committed to providing our residents with the highest quality of services and we need like-minded people who can help us deliver. We need people who want to make a difference, who are talented, possess the right knowledge and skills and who want the chance to demonstrate how good they are.

What's in it for you?

Well, there's so much on offer and here's just a few of the highlights!

You'll be paid a competitive salary£27,334 to £29,777
We'll help you save for your future with an outstanding employer contribution to your pension.
We have flexible and hybrid working arrangements offering the opportunity to reap the benefits of a mixture of working from home and the office environment to enable accessing the support of colleagues and benefits from our learning culture.
Access to a generous flexi-time system with the opportunity to take 2 flexi days per 4-week flexi period (pro rata for part time workers), depending your contract and on the needs of the service.
You'll get generous annual leave entitlement starting at 26 days per year and the chance to buy up to 10 additional holidays per year.
You'll have access to great health and wellbeing support, including ability to use our cycle to work scheme.
We'll give you the chance to take advantage of various offers and discounts on shopping and household spend, including O2, Virgin Media and Dell
Our Workforce Development Team is second to none, there are loads of opportunities for learning, be it career progressing training or e-learning courses that fit into your working day. We also have a corporate training offer so you will feel part of the service and strategy in no time.