_{12th February, 2026}

Business Development Executive
Full Time | Permanent
North Yorkshire
Salary: £28,200 – £30,000
37 hours per week

Think FE are working with a high-performing and community-focused college in North Yorkshire to recruit an Employer Engagement Officer. This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident and proactive sales professional who thrives on building relationships and generating opportunities within the Further Education sector.

This role would suit someone with strong outbound telephone and lead generation experience, ideally within education, apprenticeships, or training environments.

The Role
As Employer Engagement Officer, you will play a key role in driving apprenticeship and training growth by developing relationships with local employers and stakeholders.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting high-volume outbound telesales to generate employer enquiries
• Qualifying leads, understanding employer workforce needs and identifying apprenticeship and training solutions
• Building long-term employer relationships and registering live vacancies
• Developing and delivering local marketing activity, promoting services across digital platforms including social media
• Engaging with schools, careers services and referral agencies
• Attending events, job fairs and networking forums (including occasional evenings/weekends)
• Maintaining accurate CRM records and reporting on activity, conversions and employer feedback
• Working collaboratively with apprenticeship and curriculum teams to ensure smooth lead handovers
• Demonstrating a strong commitment to safeguarding, equality and diversity

  
What do you need?

• Proven experience in telesales, business development or employer engagement
• Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with employers, students and external partners
• Experience within Further Education, apprenticeships or training provision (desirable)
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a busy pipeline
• Comfortable using CRM systems and reporting on performance data
• A proactive, target-driven approach with a collaborative mindset

  
Next steps
Once you've applied, one of our friendly further education consultants will give you a call to discuss this opportunity. The college will move quickly for the right applicant, and they have a simple and concise interview process. Think FE Ltd. are acting as an employment business for this position. Working for/with Think FE Ltd. is subject to agreement to our Terms and Conditions.

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