Business Training Manager

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Job Description

• Suffolk New College, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1LT
• £41,808 - £48,093 per annum
• 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
• Full time
• Permanent
• Reference: 6781
• Required as soon as possible

As our Business Training Manager, you will be joining a friendly team, keen to support you to flourish in your role and you will be delivering a growing and highly responsive programme of business training in the context of major infrastructure developments, including Sizewell C and Freeport East.

You will:

• have skills in managing technical and vocational training and a commercial approach
• be confident in engaging with stakeholders and have excellent communication skills
• be highly organised
• work well within a team
• keep the learner experience at the centre of everything you do
• lead the ongoing development of our Business Training Programme, working with the Department Director, internal curriculum colleagues, Industry Partners and other stakeholders to grow the programme to meet the needs of businesses
• have a particular immediate focus on the establishment of the recently approved Internet Test Centre, the forthcoming Logistics Academy, and training which meets the needs of the Sizewell C project
• lead the ongoing delivery of business training, building the good reputation of the programme with high quality delivery which provides an excellent learner experience manage the programme on a strong commercial basis, generating income to agreed annual targets, and managing provision flexibly, adapting swiftly to changing demand.

Suffolk New College is a multi-campus college; therefore, you may be required to work at and travel between campuses. This role will be split mainly between the Suffolk Rural and Ipswich campuses, with significant work overtime at Suffolk New College on the Coast in Leiston as our links with the Sizewell C project develop.

Due to the nature of this role access to personal transport is essential. If using your own vehicle, it is a requirement for your car insurance to cover business use and evidence of this will be requested by finance before any travel claims are paid.

For more information:

Please visit www.suffolk.ac.uk/about/work-with-us/

How to apply:

Please complete the online application form by visiting our vacancies page and searching for the position by name: Suffolk New College Vacancies .

Closing date: 12am 12 January 2025

Interview date: 21 January 2025

At Suffolk New College, we promote the culture of BeSNC. Implementing BeSNC is not just a choice; it's a commitment to providing the best possible environment for our learners to thrive. It's a commitment to nurturing an inclusive and supportive community where each student, staff and community member can reach their full potential.

This college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As part of our on-going commitment to Equality and Diversity, Suffolk New College guarantee to short list all applicants from a black or ethnic minority group who meet the essential criteria and all applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. All appointments are subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

We do not recognise any agencies or search agencies acting on our behalf unless they have been officially engaged. Applicants should apply to us directly and not be persuaded to go via an agency.

The college will not recognise any agency fees for recruitment activities unless an active engagement linked to a specific role has been agreed.

The college will not pay fees associated with CVs or applicants who are sent to the college via agencies on a speculative basis or in response to college adverts.

Agencies should refrain from sending CVs to anyone working for the college on a speculative basis. The college will make approaches to agencies via our HR team if we feel that we need assistance with a post.

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