Do you thrive on building relationships? Are you motivated by targets, outcomes and making things happen? Do you enjoy matching the right person to the right opportunity?
Be part of our team of Business Engagement Specialists and make a real difference to young people’s futures.
This is a front-facing, relationship-driven role at the heart of our T Level programmes. T Level students complete a minimum of 315 hours in a real workplace. These placements are critical to their success and to the credibility of our programmes. Every placement you secure has a real impact on a young person’s future career.
About the role:
As a Business Engagement Specialist, you will build and manage a pipeline of employer partners to ensure every T Level student has access to meaningful placements. You will work closely with tutors and curriculum teams to match students to the right opportunities and maintain high-quality, active placements.
Your primary focus will be building and securing T Level industry placements. At the same time, you will support employers with their recruitment and workforce challenges, positioning apprenticeships, training and wider college partnerships as part of their long-term talent pipeline.
What you will be doing
This is a permanent, part-time role working 27.5 hours per week (FTE 0.74), based at any of our Oxfordshire campuses, with hybrid working available.
Our standard working pattern is 09:00-14:30, Monday to Friday; however, we can offer flexibility in how these hours are worked.
What do you need to be a successful Business Engagement Specialist at Activate Learning?
Who we are:
Activate Learning is a pioneering education group with a global reach, committed to transforming lives through our approach to learning.
We see our employees as individuals, empowering them to make the right choices for their ambitions and careers. We value our people as vital to our continued success and aspire to a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish.
When you work for Activate Learning, you’re working for an organisation that provides you with the advantages of a large employer, a trusted partner in your career development, and a transformational way of working whilst also investing in building a community environment for everyone.
Together, we will bring out the best version of yourself.
Why work with the Activate Learning Group?
Activate Learning Group Employee Benefits:
For a comprehensive list of all of our benefits please visit ourWellbeing at Activate Learning - Activate Learning
Applicants should apply at the earliest opportunity; closed vacancies will prevent application form submission.
Applications are reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis, we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close adverts.
Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, we do not sponsor work permits. Work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.
Applications are encouraged from all candidates who meet or exceed minimum criteria, regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity.Activate Learning are committed to employing people with disabilities and will ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. If you require any reasonable adjustments either at application or interview stage, please contact the talent team directly.
Note: Some positions may require a legally mandated health surveillance check for exposure to hazardous conditions.
Recruitment agencies who submit unsolicited CVs to any partner or employee at Activate Learning, have no authority to enter an arrangement. Recruitment agencies engaging with Activate Learning Talent Team will be on our PSL.
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