Contract: Permanent

Location: Home based with regular travel across the UK. Occasional international travel will be required.

Hours per week: 39

Salary: Up to £40,000 (plus £4,800 car allowance) depending on experience

About the role

We're excited to be looking for a Business Development Manager to join our Active IQ team, you’ll be charismatic and results-driven to spearhead growth within the education sector.

This pivotal role involves identifying new opportunities, fostering client relationships, and surpassing sales targets in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Your primary focus will be cultivating and building a network of relationships to attract and retain new customers, researching new opportunities, and driving business grown focused projects which will grow Active IQs reach and impact with new and existing customers. You’ll use a customer centric approach, ensuring the smooth adoption and delivery of a wide array of products, spanning Active IQs comprehensive qualification and service offerings.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Researching and identifying new business opportunities, understanding the needs of a range of customers, being able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet those needs.
• Strategically thinking, being able to see the bigger picture, setting aims and objectives to develop and improve the business.
• Providing advice and guidance to customers to solutionise and assist in planning needs, positioning relevant solutions to new and existing customers.
• Accessing, managing and monitoring data in relation to their accounts, and where appropriate the wider network.
• Developing and maintaining strong internal and external relationships to expedite accurate and timely issue solutions for the client.
• Promoting advancement of learning and progression for learners in all that we do, championing change and continuous improvement.
• Contributing to the devising and delivery of a variety of customer and stakeholder-based events including preparing and delivering presentations, facilitating workshops and networking at events across the Active IQ network.

We'd love to hear from you if you hold the following:

• Outstanding business development and account management skills and experience of achieving sales targets.
• Tenacious and methodical approach to problem solving and complex solutionising.
• Experience in strategy development and continuous improvement in a high-pressure environment.
• Excellent presentation, negotiation and influencing skills.

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What will we offer you in return? 

One of the biggest rewards of a career with Active IQ is contributing to our promise to support the delivery of the highest possible quality learning experiences for our learners and for them to achieve the best possible outcomes as a result.  

You’ll also have access to a fantastic range of employee benefits and support for your personal and professional development, including:

• Company pension
• Life assurance (4 x basic salary)
• Free learning resources on our in-house ‘Learning to Grow’ platform
• Annual discretionary bonus
• All equipment needed to ensure you’re able to complete your duties (including a phone where required)
• Car allowance 

We also support your health and wellbeing by giving all colleagues access to:   

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays 
• Gym membership (to the value of £300)
• A flexible and hybrid approach to working to support a work-life balance 
• Access to private medical insurance (upon successful completion of probation)

A career with Active IQ

Active IQ operates globally and is the UK's leading Ofqual-recognised awarding organisation for the physical activity sector. We are dedicated to working with our approved centres to build and develop high-quality qualifications and resources and with our apprenticeship providers to deliver expert End-point Assessment services. We champion industry standards at the highest level in the UK and Internationally to provide a strong and highly skilled workforce.

We develop. We approve. We quality assure. We certificate. We change lives.

Want to know more about Active IQ?  

Take a look at our website https://activeiq.co.uk/

How to apply 

Before applying, please note that we require all candidates to be able to demonstrate proof of Right to Work in the UK.

Ready to join us? Apply with your CV if you have the commitment to excel in this position. 

Closing Date: Tuesday 7 May 2024 

Interview Dates: First stage: Thursday 16 May and Second stage: TBC

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) statement 

Creating a fairer and more inclusive society is at the core of who we are at NCFE and Active IQ. We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve.  

We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.