Dorset Council UK
Sales & Growth Executive at Coastland College
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Are you a driven sales professional who thrives on building relationships, creating opportunities, and delivering results?
Coastland College is looking for an ambitious Sales & Growth Executive to play a key role in growing our employer partnerships, increasing apprenticeship opportunities, and driving revenue across our training and education offer.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially focused individual who enjoys winning new business, developing accounts, and making a genuine impact on businesses, apprentices, and the local economy.
About The Role
As a Sales & Growth Executive, you will be responsible for generating new business opportunities, building strong employer relationships, and promoting the College's full range of apprenticeships, adult learning, and commercial training solutions. Working closely with employers across a variety of sectors, you will identify workforce needs, develop tailored training solutions, and support organisations to access high-quality skills development for their employees. You will also take ownership of the College's apprenticeship talent pool, proactively engaging with prospective apprentices, matching candidates to suitable vacancies, and helping employers find the talent they need to grow their business.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive new business growth and achieve ambitious sales targets.
- Build, manage, and develop a portfolio of employer accounts.
- Promote apprenticeships, adult learning, and commercial training opportunities.
- Develop tailored workforce development solutions for employers.
- Manage apprenticeship vacancies and candidate recruitment activity.
- Build and nurture a pipeline of apprenticeship-ready candidates.
- Match and promote candidates to employer vacancies to maximise apprenticeship starts.
- Maintain accurate records and performance data using CRM systems.
- Represent the College at networking events, employer forums, and industry meetings.
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About You
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
Essential
- Experience in sales, business development, or account management.
- A proven track record of achieving or exceeding targets.
- Excellent relationship-building, communication, and negotiation skills.
- The ability to generate leads, manage pipelines, and close opportunities.
- A results-driven, proactive, and commercially focused approach.
- Experience using CRM systems.
- The ability to build strong relationships with both employers and learners.
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel.
Desirable
- Experience within apprenticeships, skills, training, or further education.
- Knowledge of funded training and workforce development solutions.
- Experience managing candidate pipelines, talent pools, or recruitment activity.
- Understanding of local labour markets and apprenticeship recruitment practices.
The Important Bit
Coastland College is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and so an online search will be conducted for the successful candidates. All new employees to the College are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found on the College website.
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Don’t meet every single requirement?
We recognise that talent comes in various forms and so are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive and sustainable environment for all, that celebrates diversity. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement on the job description or you are seeking an alternative working pattern, please apply anyway - you may just be the person we are looking for. All we ask is that you make this clear in your application so that we can take this forward to the next stage of the selection process. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use.
We do not engage with recruitment agencies for this role. Any CVs received from agencies will be considered as unsolicited and the property of the Coastland College, with no obligation to pay agency fees.
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