New Business Coordinator

This role can be 3 days per week or full time.

Job Summary

SFJ Awards is a regulated Awarding Organisation in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. SFJ Awards is also an Apprenticeship End-Point Assessment Organisation approved by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to deliver End-Point Assessments to apprentices on a growing number of apprenticeship standards.

This role requires someone who thrives on being organised yet flexible enough to keep up with developments in a dynamic landscape.

To onboard all new additional qualification, and course approvals in line with agreed key performance indicators.

Part time, 22.5 hours per week, 3 days or full time 37.5 hours per week.

Salary: £28,000 FTE

What is the impact of the role on the business?

• Increase business levels and associated income, by escalating the number and frequency of new centre, additional qualification, and course approvals, in line with KPI’s.
• Engagement of a dedicated and focused onboarding officer.

Key business skills necessary for the role?

• Experience working for an Awarding Organisation preferred but not essential.
• Attention to detail.
• Competent communicator.
• Innovative approach to problem solving.
• Enjoys working in a challenging environment.

What does the daily work look like?

• Communicating with new and existing customers, external quality assurers, business development officers, quality assurance officers, managers, and colleagues on a day-to-day basis.
• Progressing New Business opportunities through to approval in line with KPI’s.
• Attending onboarding meetings with key stakeholders and updating the progress tracker and the quality assurance and compliance manager on a weekly basis.
• Resolving daily challenges in a customer focused and innovate manner.

Benefits:

• Generous annual leave entitlement up to a maximum of 28 days, plus public holidays and a potential Christmas closure
• Flexible working, 50% of the month working from home with a dress for your day approach
• Staggered start and finish time within office opening hours
• In touch monthly session with the CEO
• Employee referral recruitment scheme
• We provide enhanced leave, bereavement, carers, maternity, paternity and sickness leave.
• Health and wellbeing benefits, access to our mental health first aiders, a confidential employee assistance programme, free eye tests and payment for an annual flu jab
• Enhanced pension scheme, with a contribution matching up to a combined 12%, along with death in service coverage at three times annual salary
• Flexible employee benefits, portal including a cycle to work scheme
• Frequent organisational development days and departmental training budgets
• Payroll giving, this is a tax-free way to donate to any charity, good cause or place of worship

The Workforce Development Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone.

We strongly encourage people of all gender, religion, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

If you need any reasonable adjustments at any point, please let us know. In your application, please feel free to advise on your preferred pronouns, for example she/her, he/him, they/them etc.

For the full job description and a job pack to assist your application, please visit: https://www.wdtrust.org.uk/careers/

The Workforce Development Trust appreciate any applications that include cover letters explaining why they would be suitable for this role.

Closing date 17th January 2023

Please note, we reserve the right to alter the closing date before the one stated.

Please include your CV when applying. Cover letter optional, but beneficial.

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted