Stakeholder Engagement Manager

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Job description
Total People, one of the UK's leading apprenticeship providers and part of LTE Group, now have an exciting opportunity for talented professionals to come and join our team in the position of Stakeholder Engagement Manager within our Adult Skills team on a permanent, full-time basis, working 37 hours per week.

We are seeking a passionate and driven Stakeholder Engagement Manager to support unemployed individuals into sustainable employment through skills development and training opportunities.

In this role, you will build and manage relationships with key partners including DWP, local authorities, Jobcentre Plus, employers, and prospective learners. You will provide guidance from initial engagement through to enrolment on a range of work-based and classroom learning programmes, maximising the use of Adult Skills Funding.

You will proactively identify recruitment needs, develop tailored solutions from Total People's programme offer, and manage a portfolio of stakeholders and employer opportunities across Greater Manchester. You will also gather market intelligence to support continuous improvement of our services.

This is a fast-paced role requiring strong organisation, independence, and a learner-focused approach, alongside a solid understanding of the Adult Skills Fund.

Join a supportive and experienced team committed to helping local people into local jobs.

The key responsibilities of this role are as follows:

To manage a portfolio of stakeholders for learner referrals and employers with job opportunities within Greater Manchester for our Adult Skills Funding.

To work closely with employers and stakeholders to identify opportunities which enables learners to become economically active citizens within the GMCA area and supports the local agenda to get local people into local jobs. Please see the attached job description for more details.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Educated to degree level or above or experience in a similar role

Previous Experience

• Proven, recent, sales experience demonstrated in a skills environment, ideally from within the private training / education sector
• Proven recent experience in the skills sector, including closing, prospecting, planning, selling to customer needs, territory and account management, market knowledge, meeting targets.
• Highly professional and able to maintain appropriate confidentialities

Job Specific Skills:

• To achieve KPI's set by the Adult Skills Operations Manager around minimum call targets and prioritising focus on appropriate sector or corporate business when required
• Provide a weekly schedule of planned activities which include participation in agreed promotional events: plan diary to make effective use of working day
• To ensure that the business is operated to the highest standards and with a professional ethos in line with the Mission, Vision and Values of Total People and LTE group
• Effective team-working: to work in a way that contributes to, and promotes, a collaborative and supportive culture within own team and across all of Total People; to build and sustain positive working relations with colleagues and other stakeholders; to pass on new information to relevant stakeholders and Total People colleagues promoting a sharing team-working environment
• Contribute to the Sales & Marketing Strategy
• To work flexibly as and when required including, where necessary, any Total
• People or group site, or on external premises, and to carry out other duties as may be required of you by the business from time to time

Benefits:

• 34 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, plus birthday day off
• Auto enrolment to a workplace pension scheme
• Retail Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program

Total People is one of the largest providers of apprenticeships and work-based learning in the Northwest. For more information on what we do please visit us at www.totalpeople.co.uk. If you feel you could make a difference in this rewarding sector, please click on the 'Apply online' button below.

Safeguarding

The LTE Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be required to undergo an appropriate DBS check via the Criminal Records Bureau and may be subject to additional online checks as part of our pre-screening process. Some roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and would require an Enhanced DBS check.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Total People is an equal opportunities employer. Applicants must demonstrate in their application their ability to meet the key responsibilities, key result areas and Qualifications/Skills and Experience detailed within the job description.

The closing date for this job advert is 05/05/2026. However sometimes the job advert may close early if we receive a good response so we recommend you apply at your earliest opportunity.