We at Best Practice Network share the belief that every child, regardless of their background, should benefit from an excellent education. To achieve that, we support and train the educational professionals who work alongside them to be the best they can be, so in turn, they can transform the lives of children and young people.
We're a friendly, DfE accredited, Ofsted outstanding training company providing apprenticeships, professional development and the DfE's 'Golden Thread' (trainee teachers to school Executive Leaders). We are adaptable, collaborative, and genuinely value the work we do to support the education sector, as much as our trainees do.
Our people are at the heart of our business and our passion and commitment to education is what drives us. As a result, we have seen incredible growth over the last few years both nationally and internationally.
We aim to be an employer where everyone can be themselves, do their best in an inclusive working environment and where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives.
Business Development Executive
Key Responsibilities:
Generating new business enquiries by contacting decision makers within nurseries and early years settings to discuss their training needs for both new and existing staff.
Identifying apprenticeship recruitment opportunities within nurseries and early years settings.
Developing employer relationships so that existing customers become regular, reoccurring clients while cross selling other programmes from our portfolio.
Building a database of local authority contacts to help promote our services regionally, as well as managing procurement windows to ensure funding can be secured across all programmes.
Attending sector specific networking events in your region.
Performing quarterly market analysis of your sales territory to identify new opportunities, competitors, trends or any big challenges.
Reporting accurate sales pipeline information and forecasting monthly start numbers.
Updating the internal CRM system to record activity and communications.
Business Support
Collaborate with other departments to promote Best Practice Network more effectively, and to ensure smooth processing of sales administration.
Identify possible weaknesses in current methodology to driving continuous improvement within the team and across the wider business.
Person Specification
A natural communicator with an excellent phone manager, capable of building rapport with stakeholders of all levels.
A strong written communicator, capable of producing detailed and engaging sales proposals.
Experience of working to and exceeding sales KPI's.
An ambitious and resilient individual, motivated by forging a lucrative sales career.
Knowledge of apprenticeship programmes would be an advantage but is not essential.
Comfortable with flexible working patterns including 2 days per week at our Bristol HQ.
Benefits that actually make a difference
️28 days' holiday + bank holidays plus an extra day for every year you stay (up to 33) and option to buy up to 5 more days (all pro-rata for part time roles)
Enhanced paid family leave (after probation pass) to help new parents and long-term carers
Medical cash plan (after probation pass) making contributions towards everyday health costs such as dental, optical and prescriptions