New Entrant Employer Support Manager

Role: New Entrant Employer Support Manager Hours of Work: Full-time (35 hours per week) Contract: Permanent Grade: SL1 Target Salary: £58,633 + £6,799 Annual Car Allowance Location: Mobile (South East) About the Role We're looking for an experienced leader to drive growth in New Entrant Training and Apprenticeships across the region. As part of the Customer Engagement management team, you'll champion CITB's vision, lead the New Entrant Team, and build strong partnerships with employers, training providers, FE colleges, and industry stakeholders. You'll play a key role in expanding training opportunities, strengthening regional training infrastructure, and increasing new entrant starts and completions. Managing a team, you'll provide clear direction, develop capability, and ensure excellent customer and stakeholder engagement. What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and deliver regional New Entrant objectives and performance targets.
• Grow apprenticeship and training opportunities by connecting employer demand with available provision.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with employers, training providers, FE colleges, and other industry stakeholders.
• Collaborate across CITB to align delivery with apprenticeship and new entrant priorities.
• Manage budgets, resources, and team performance to achieve regional goals.
• Champion CITB values, customer excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Provide expert guidance on apprenticeship and new entrant matters across the region. What We're Looking For Essential
• Strong knowledge of new entrant routes, apprenticeships, training provision, and publicly funded programmes in the construction industry.
• Proven business development experience, including engaging hard-to-reach customers.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Understanding of FE and training sector developments and policy as well as the broader skills system.
• Strong planning, budgeting, communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills. Other Requirements
• Regular travel across the region and occasional England wide travel.
• Full, clean driving licence.
• Overnight stays as required. Why join CITB?
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• 3 additional days Christmas shutdown
• Generous pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Professional development & funded training qualifications
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Be part of a respected organisation shaping the future of UK construction Closing Date Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the stated closing date. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, therefore early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment. Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.