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This is an exciting opportunity for someone who can confidently engage employers, identify workforce development needs and turn opportunities into successful apprenticeship and training solutions.\nWe are seeking someone with a proven track record of consistently meeting and exceeding challenging recruitment, engagement and growth targets. You will be resilient, highly organised and able to adapt your approach when faced with challenges, with the drive to create opportunities, develop partnerships and achieve results whilst delivering outstanding customer service. This role offers a high degree of autonomy and is well suited to someone who can effectively manage their own workload, take ownership of outcomes and make a measurable impact through education, skills and workforce development.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nDeveloping and maintaining strong relationships with employers across a wide range of sectors.\nIdentifying new opportunities for apprenticeship and vocational learning provision.\nEngaging confidently with decision-makers at all levels, from operational managers to senior leaders and business owners.\nSupporting employers to understand workforce development opportunities, apprenticeship funding and training solutions.\nGenerating and converting employer interest into apprenticeship and vocational learning opportunities.\nMeeting and exceeding learner recruitment, engagement and income targets.\nMaintaining a high-quality pipeline of opportunities and managing employer relationships effectively.\nWorking collaboratively with curriculum, quality and marketing colleagues to maximise opportunities and deliver exceptional customer experiences.\nUsing labour market intelligence and employer feedback to help shape future provision.\nActing as a professional and trusted ambassador for Norfolk Adult Learning and Skills.\nWhat We're Looking For\nWe are looking for someone who combines exceptional relationship-building skills with a proven ability to deliver results.\nYou will have:\nDemonstrable experience of promoting and securing apprenticeship and vocational learning opportunities with employers.\nA strong understanding of apprenticeships, apprenticeship funding rules and employer workforce development needs.\nA successful history of consistently achieving and exceeding challenging outreach, recruitment, engagement or business growth targets.\nExperience of developing relationships with new and existing employer accounts and turning opportunities into successful outcomes.\nThe confidence and credibility to communicate with stakeholders at every level of an organisation, from front-line teams to senior leaders and directors.\nExcellent customer service skills and a commitment to building long-term employer partnerships.\nStrong planning, organisational and attention-to-detail skills.\nThe ability to work autonomously whilst contributing effectively as part of a wider team.\nA resilient, determined and proactive approach, with the persistence to follow opportunities through to completion.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills.\nProficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word.\nMost importantly, you will be someone who is motivated by achieving high performance, consistently delivers against objectives and targets, and remains focused on providing outstanding workforce development solutions that benefit employers, learners and communities across Norfolk.\nThese are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:\nCompetitive salary\n\nGenerous holiday entitlement\n\nHealth and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service\n\nFlexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependent on your job role and business need.\n\nFinancial benefits such as:\n‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.\n\nA Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers\n\nRelocation expenses (where applicable)\n\nAn advance of your expenses if you travel for work\n\nLocal Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions\n\nTax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes\n\nAccess to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)\n\nA payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job\n\nWe want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. 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