Business Development Manager

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APM Group is seeking a full-time onsite Business Development Manager on the Gold Coast to connect employers with job ready candidates through Workforce Australia. This role focuses on networking, partnerships and employment outcomes. You’ll grow your network, identify opportunities, promote candidates and collaborate with Employment Consultants to fill vacancies while hitting targets. No Employment Services background is required; strong sales, recruitment or relationship-building experience that proves you turn conversations into outcomes is key. Tips for a standout application: show measurable wins, highlight networks, and be prepared for checks and a passion for helping people. APM offers incentives and career development within a supportive culture.

Job Description

Help people into jobs! Help Businesses find talent without it costing an arm and leg! Build a rewarding career that matters.

Location: Gold Coast QLD       

While experience within the Employment Services sector is highly regarded, if you have great communications skills and experience in sales, building networks, agency recruitment and/or training?  This could be your new career!

Are you a natural relationship builder who loves meeting new people, creating opportunities and achieving results?     If so, we want to hear from you!

As our next Business Development Manager, you'll be the driving force behind creating employment opportunities for participants in our Workforce Australia program. You'll spend your time building relationships with local employers, understanding their workforce needs, and connecting them with job-ready candidates who are looking for meaningful, sustainable employment.

This is not a desk-bound sales role. You'll be out in the community, networking with businesses, growing your employer network and making a real impact every day.

What you'll be doing:

• Building and maintaining relationships with local employers and industry partners
• Identifying and securing new job opportunities across your region
• Promoting and marketing suitable candidates to employers
• Working closely with Employment Consultants to match participants to vacancies
• Developing community and business networks
• Providing interview skills and training to participants
• Championing positive outcomes for both employers and participants
• Managing your pipeline and achieving performance targets

What we're looking for:

You don't need Employment Services experience to be successful, but it helps.

We're interested in people who are:

✔ Motivated and driven to achieve results

✔ Confident communicators who enjoy building relationships

✔ Experienced in sales, recruitment, business development, account management or customer-facing roles

✔ Resilient, proactive and comfortable working independently

✔ Passionate about helping people achieve success

✔ Skilled at identifying opportunities and turning conversations into outcomes

Why join us?

Performance incentives and recognition programs

Career development opportunities within a national organisation

Autonomy to build your own networks and partnerships

A supportive and collaborative team environment

The opportunity to make a genuine difference in people's lives every day

To be successful you'll need:

• A current driver's licence and reliable fully insured vehicle
• The right to work in Australia
• Ability to complete relevant background and compliance checks

Ready for a role where your people skills, sales ability and drive can truly change lives?

Apply today and help connect local businesses with great people while creating sustainable employment opportunities across your community.

About APM Group

We’re a diverse team of over 15,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose - to enable better lives. Our purpose is the common thread that lives in everything we do, and it starts with enabling better lives for our employees and their families too.

When you join APM, there’s an opportunity to grow your career in Human Services, across multiple global brands and geographies. You can expect a great work-life balance, extensive learning opportunities, networking programs and employee benefits. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others, who rely on our services.

At APM we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures including indigenous peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people with a disability.