Development Coach - Level 4 Sales Executive Apprenticeship Standard

Quarterly bonus scheme worth up to 10% of salary
Contributory pension scheme
25 days holiday per year, increasing on length of service
Employee benefits scheme
Incentives and rewards

BMS Progress is looking to recruit a development coach who will play a key role in the delivery of our sales apprenticeship programmes.

A development coach plays a vital part in the learner’s journey. They are often seen as the face of the business, as they will be managing the relationship between BMS Progress, clients, and learners. The development coach is the person that coaches and mentors the apprentices throughout the lifecycle of their studies, delivering structured feedback, and providing initiatives with learners to be able to evidence learning, embed the training into their day to day job and monitor their progress throughout the qualification. You also need to work closely with a learner’s line manager to ensure they are clear on how to support their learners and provide them with sufficient opportunity and time to complete their work-based skills development activities and projects.

We are located in Warrington and Coventry, the role will be office and home based so commutable to an office is ideal.

As a Development Coach, you will:

Be passionate about learning and development and the value of apprenticeships, with a desire to develop and inspire others.

Have experience and competence in B2B sales or account management and present a professional, credible and knowledgeable approach.

Encourage and guide learners to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours within their day to day job role, considering individual starting points.

Coach learners through skills development activities guiding them to build a portfolio of evidence utilising application logs.

Support learners to meet the requirements of their 6 hours minimum per week development time effectively.

Follow designed curriculum, scheme of work and session plans, ensuring learners keep on track with their learning plan.

Plan stretch and challenge activities to support learners to achieve distinction at end point assessment.

Effectively manage a caseload of approximately 40 learners, applying suitable interventions with learners who may become disengaged.  

Regularly liaise with stakeholders and line managers to provide timely reports on learner performance.

Attend client meetings, presentations, information and launch sessions.

Work closely with a Senior Coach, Performance Manager and Head of Quality.

Ensure weekly KPIS, expectations and tasks are achieved.

Promote genuine equality, diversity, and well-being in all aspects of apprenticeship delivery.