Employer Support and Recruitment Co-ordinator, Harrogate

Job Title: Employer Support and Recruitment Co-ordinator Salary: Commencing at 30,106 with progression to 31,916 per annumClosing Date: About the Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to advance your career? Harrogate College are currently hiring an Employer Support and Recruitment Co-ordinator . This is a great opportunity for someone looking to make a real difference in the future of apprenticeships through a business development role .

You will be joining a well-established and expanding apprenticeship team, working with more than 100 employers and partners across a variety of sectors. In this role, youll help drive growth, strengthen relationships, and deliver impactful apprenticeship and training solutions.

If youre commercially minded, confident in working with clients, and enjoy a consultative approach to sales, this position offers autonomy, meaningful work, and strong long-term prospects.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for driving sales and employer engagement activity across North Yorkshire (Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Boroughbridge, York ).
• Take ownership of your own sectors, manage a pipeline of opportunities, build long-term partnerships, and deliver a first-class consultative sales experience to employers.
• Deliver a consultative sales approach across apprenticeship and training solutions, manage a pipeline to meet targets, and present compelling proposals to clients.
• Build and maintain strong, long-term partnerships with employers, stakeholders, and industry contacts through regular meetings and engagement.
• Gather and share market intelligence, and represent the organisation at events, exhibitions, and promotional activities.
• Keep CRM records accurate and up to date, and contribute to team meetings and wider organisational initiatives.

About You

• Proven experience in Employer Engagement, Business Development, or Sales within the Further Education sector, with a strong track record of achieving performance targets.
• Proven consultative sales skills with the ability to influence and build credibility at all levels.
• Strong communication skills with the confidence and experience to deliver engaging presentations to a wide range of stakeholders, both in person and via online platforms.
• Self-motivated, target-driven, and commercially aware
• Comfortable managing your own sectors
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle
• Solid understanding of the Further Education landscape, with particular insight into the delivery and development of apprenticeship programmes.

Why Apply?

This is more than a sales role its an opportunity to play a key part in developing future talent, supporting businesses, and contributing to long-term skills growth across the region. Youll be joining an organisation with a strong reputation, clear growth plans, and a genuine commitment to developing both its learners and its people.

Benefits

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays

Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
Peoples Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.

Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.

Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us Harrogate College has excellent facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. We are working towards becoming a recognised centre of green excellence which is supported through our sustainability pledge to become a net zero college by 2035.We have recently been awarded 16m of government funding to transform our campus. The energy-efficient new building will include a workshop unit that provides large scale facilities aligned to industry needs including advanced manufacturing, low carbon construction, retrofit, sustainable energy and bioeconomy, health science and hospitality. This will complement the colleges existing tech centre which is home to its motor vehicle, electrical, joinery and welding workshops.Choosing to work for Harrogate College means that you will be part of a nurturing, inclusive and progressive learning environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Harrogate College.SAFEGUARDING At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. Its not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyones contributions and perspectives.RECRUITMENT AGENCIES We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward anyunsolicited CVsin relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.

• We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
• We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.