Business Development Manager - Remote

Position: Business Development Manager - Care Apprenticeships

Location: Remote

Salary: From £32,000 + generous commission

Working Hours: Full-time Monday-Friday (36.5 hours)

In this role, you'll be a key member of our growing Business Development team, using a solution-focused approach to identify apprenticeship opportunities and drive learner starts across your region or sales vertical-particularly within the care sector . You'll play a key role in identifying new opportunities, generating apprenticeship starts, and supporting our ambitious growth across your region.

As a confident and experienced sales professional, you'll leverage your communication skills and commercial insight to secure new business, build lasting relationships, and tailor solutions that reflect our values and strategic goals. Your consultative approach will position Paragon Skills as the provider of choice for both new and existing partners.

Key Responsibilities:

. Achieve KPIs and apprenticeship targets through new business and account management

. Identify and engage SME clients, especially in Health & Social Care and Education

. Provide expert guidance on the Apprenticeship Levy and ROI for clients

. Design tailored apprenticeship solutions and build lasting client relationships

. Collaborate with internal teams to ensure smooth onboarding and delivery

. See clients in person to sell apprenticeship opportunities and nurture existing relationships

What we are looking for:

. Proven success in apprenticeship sales, ideally in Care

. Strong commercial acumen and consultative sales approach

. Confident communicator with experience presenting to decision-makers

. Self-motivated, organised, and target-driven

. Passionate about apprenticeships and making a difference

. Proficient in MS Office; CRM experience a plus

. Willingness to travel nationally with a business-insured vehicle

What's in it for you?

We are proud to offer a suite of Paragon Choices which are optional benefits alongside our core benefits below!

 25 days annual leave  - increasing with length of service and 8 bank holidays

. Holiday purchase scheme

. Incredible commission

Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave  and corporate conscience initiatives

Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues'

  Perkbox  - a suite of discounts, lifestyle benefits and wellness tools

. 3% matched  Employer Pension  contribution

. In person team meetings and 1:1s

.  Enhanced Maternity leave  after 2 years of service

. Income protection and Life Assurance

.  Recommend a colleague  incentive schemes, where you can benefit £500 for referring great people to work with us

. CPD and training opportunities

. 4pm Friday finish  with flexible working opportunities available

. Flexible and supportive team and with a great culture

.  Employee Assistance Programme , with a dedicated People Team to support all colleagues

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.