Job Title: Business Development Representative – Smart Energy Training
Location: Hybrid-based (East Midlands)
Salary: £28,000 + uncapped performance bonus
Hours: Full-time | 37.5 hours/week
Are you a driven sales professional who enjoys building pipelines, creating content, and engaging customers across multiple channels? This is your chance to make a real impact.
At Smart Energy Training, part of the Realise Training Group, we deliver high-quality training and apprenticeships across gas, electrical, plumbing, and renewable sectors – and we're growing fast. We're looking for proactive Business Development Representatives to drive new business and build strong employer partnerships across key regions.
This is a modern Business Development role combining sales, outreach, and content-led engagement. You'll be actively using phone, email, social media, and digital tools to generate interest and convert opportunities, while working remotely and visiting our training centres for meetings when required.
What you'll be doing:
- Generating new business opportunities and building a strong pipeline of employer leads
- Promoting our training provision across gas, electrical, plumbing, and renewable sectors
- Reaching out to potential customers via phone, email, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and other social media platforms
- Using our tech stack (HubSpot, Lusha, SalesQL, Apollo and other systems) to identify prospects, manage outreach, and track activity
- Supporting the creation and sharing of content to drive engagement and brand awareness
- Engaging with employers to understand workforce needs and recommend suitable training solutions
- Building and maintaining long-term employer relationships
- Working closely with internal teams to ensure a smooth learner journey from enquiry to enrolment
Key Areas of Focus
Apprenticeships
- Identifying apprenticeship opportunities with employers
- Qualifying opportunities and booking meetings directly into the diaries of our Business Development Managers
- Supporting the conversion of opportunities into apprenticeship starts
ACS Renewals & Commercial Training
- Generating opportunities for ACS renewals and other private commercial training programmes
- Booking learners directly onto courses using our internal systems
MLP Work Placements
- Identifying employers willing to offer work placements for Managed Learning Programme (MLP) candidates
- Arranging meetings for the MLP Sales Team
- Coordinating interviews between employers and MLP candidates
- Supporting progression opportunities from Bootcamps and Adult Skills Fund (ASF) programmes into employment and apprenticeships
What we're looking for:
Essential:
- Experience in a sales, business development, recruitment, or employer engagement role
- Confidence using phone, email, and social media as outreach tools
- Familiarity with platforms such as LinkedIn and WhatsApp
- Experience or strong interest in content creation and social selling
- Comfortable using or learning CRM and sales tools (e.g. HubSpot, Lusha, SalesQL, Apollo)
- Target-driven with a proactive, energetic, and resilient approach
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- A genuine interest in education, skills, and workforce development
Desirable:
- Experience in apprenticeships, training, or education sector
- Knowledge of government-funded programmes including Apprenticeships, Bootcamps and Adult Skills Fund provision
Salary and benefits:
- £28,000 base salary plus uncapped performance bonus
- Highly achievable bonus scheme with clear targets and strong earning potential
- Career progression opportunities within a growing business
As part of the Realise Training Group, you'll also benefit from:
- 27 days holiday plus public and bank holidays
- Birthday and Christmas Eve off
- Flexible working
- Health Shield scheme
- Life insurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Sick pay
- Bereavement leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
Bonus Scheme
Our bonus structure rewards both activity and results, with incentives linked to:
- Achieving apprenticeship meeting targets for Business Development Managers
- Generating private commercial income through ACS renewals and other training programmes
- Achieving monthly MLP work placement targets
- Supporting learner progression into employment and apprenticeship opportunities
The scheme is designed to be transparent, achievable, and financially rewarding, providing genuine opportunity to significantly increase your earnings.
Why work with us?
At Smart Energy Training, we're proud of our learner-first culture and ambitious growth plans. With increasing demand across gas, electrical, plumbing, and renewable sectors, this is a fantastic time to join us.
This role goes beyond traditional sales. You'll be part of a modern, tech-enabled approach to business development, with the tools, support, and opportunity to earn well while making a real impact.
Ready to apply?
Join a company that's growing, ambitious, and passionate about developing the future workforce.
Apply now to start your journey as a Business Development Representative at Smart Energy Training.
Pay: From £28,000.00 per year
Experience:
- sales, business development or recruitment: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Nottingham
