🤝 Employer Engagement Officer

Location: Northamptonshire
Salary: £27,370 – £29,979 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Full-time

🌟 About the Role

Are you a confident communicator with a passion for building strong business relationships? We’re looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Employer Engagement Officer to lead on developing partnerships with employers and driving new business opportunities. This is a key role in supporting strategic growth and ensuring employers receive exceptional service and tailored training solutions.

🔹 Key Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for employer partners and stakeholders
• Generate new business through outreach, networking, and cold calling
• Promote a wide range of training and development services, including apprenticeships and commercial programmes
• Manage employer accounts and maintain accurate CRM records
• Attend industry meetings, draft proposals, and support bids and tenders
• Collaborate with internal teams to align employer needs with curriculum delivery

🎯 What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in business development or employer engagement
• Strong sales, negotiation, and account management skills
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities
• Knowledge of the education or training sector (desirable)
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel

🎁 Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including public holidays)
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• On-site gym and free parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• High street discounts and wellbeing programme
• Subsidised catering and professional development opportunities

Protocol are proud to be Disability Confident Committed. We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know

About Protocol

Protocol are the specialist full-service recruiter dedicated to education, training and skills. People are at the heart of everything we do. We place people first. We’re more than a recruitment agency – we pride ourselves on our ongoing support and aftercare delivered by our expert team. Whatever your career goals, we’ve got the right role for you. With a wide range of temporary and permanent positions available, from lecturing and training jobs

The Legal Bit 

Protocol National ltd trading as Protocol is acting as an employment agency for this position. As a result of the volume of applications we are currently receiving we regret that we may be unable to respond with individual feedback. If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.