Business Manager

Role:Business Manager

Salary:£35,000 per annum

Contract type:Permanent

Working hours:Full Time (37.5 hrs pw)

Location:Scunthorpe, DN15 7DQ

For over three decades, we have been dedicated to supporting individuals and employers across the UK. As a nationwide market leader, we have assisted over 13,000 people in the past year alone to retrain, embark on new career paths, or establish their own businesses.

Are you ready to make a difference? Join us as a Business Manager, where youll lead and inspire a team of Employment Advisors, Employability Trainers, and Local Recruitment Consultants dedicated to helping jobseekers succeed. In this rewarding role, youll drive team performance to exceed targets, foster growth through coaching, manage escalated issues, and build vital partnerships that amplify our impact. With a focus on quality and excellence, this position offers the opportunity to shape meaningful outcomes. Adaptability and collaboration are key, with potential for additional responsibilities as our mission evolves.

What youll do

• Mentor new and experienced staff, coaching for performance and instruction as required
• Identify skills gaps and coordinating development actions and training interventions for the team to excel in their roles and progress further within the company
• Daily, weekly and monthly monitoring and interrogation of a sophisticated range of KPI reports
• Utilise Management Information tools to monitor performance, trends, and best practice
• Manage local funder partnerships and attend specific meetings, events as invited and as proactively arranged to ensure the relationships is effective
• Prepare and deliver presentations at partner, stakeholder, and community events
• Monitor and manage of expenditure, budgets, and forecasting.

What youll need

• Level 2 English and Maths as a minimum
• Educational attainment of either a degree or equivalent or alternatively A-Level or equivalent attainment plus at least 2 years of high-quality line management experience in a target orientated business environment
• Experience of sales management including the supervision of an individuals'/teams delivery and/or output (minimum 6 months experience)
• Experience of people management including supporting, mentoring, and coaching and developing an individual
• Desirable IEP L2 Sector Introduction.

Overseas equivalent qualifications will be accepted.

We welcome applicants with lived experience and encourage applications that reflect the relevance to the post.

Benefits

• CPD - Broad range of internal training to enhance your knowledge and skills
• Comprehensive Manager & Leader training programme - internal
• Generous pension scheme, with the option to opt out
• Company health plan subject to successful completion of probation period
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• 5-10 sick day per year paid.

Join us at Standguide and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on individuals' lives and businesses nationwide.

Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader.We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our staff and customers. We thrive on creating positive working relationships, free from discrimination.

Successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.

For the full job description and person specification, please email Amy atrecruitment @standguide.co.uk.

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