Sales Manager; Apprenticeships

KM Recruitment is a specialist UK wide recruiter for the Skills and Employability sectors.

Job Title: Sales Manager (Apprenticeships)

Location: Home / Field based

Salary: £40,000 – £42,500

Package includes: Generous Holiday Entitlement, Mileage, Pension, + Much More!

Type: Full Time, Permanent

We are seeking an Engagement Manager, to lead a sales team and employer partnerships; drive learner conversion, and ensure outstanding recruitment performance across our clients programmes.

• Lead and oversee a multidisciplinary team across Employer Engagement, Learner Engagement and Business Support, ensuring effective management of employer relationships and proactive engagement of both employers and learners to promote apprenticeships and funded training programmes.
• Track, analyse and report on conversion and recruitment data to drive continuous improvement.
• Meet programme and funding targets.
• Drive the full learner recruitment and conversion journey to achieve programme and funding targets.
• Manage business development activity, including the day-to-day relationship with the lead generation partner, ensuring feedback is actioned to optimise performance.
• Oversee enquiries, screening, (IAG), and onboarding, ensuring all recruitment processes are efficient, compliant, and deliver a high-quality learner experience through effective communication and CRM optimisation.
• Meet programme and funding targets.
• Track, analyse and report on conversion and recruitment data to drive continuous improvement.
• Monitor and analyse employer feedback to drive continuous improvement, while actively supporting employer involvement in curriculum design and delivery.

• Experience of leading and managing a business development team within the WBL sector
• Proven experience of performance managing a team, together with the ability to inspire to achieve success
• Proven experience of business growth for the delivery of apprenticeships.
• Must be organised, structured and process driven
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Commercial awareness
• Proven experience of developing trust, and maintaining strong relationships
• Full, clean driving licence and use of a vehicle