Oxford University Press
Education changes lives forever. It broadens horizons, breaks down barriers, and fires imaginations. Like the University of Oxford of which we are a part, we are committed to uncompromising standards, freedom of expression, and the enrichment of lives through education. This is our motivation, our purpose, and our mission. It is why 100% of the money we make is reinvested into education and research. It is why all 6,000 of us in 52 countries care deeply about reaching more people, in more places, with world-class learning and research materials and services.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As our new Educational Consultant for the South West, you will be responsible for adoptions of OUP’s school products and services, the retention of digital services, for closing sales to achieve individual revenue targets and will also support the publishing and marketing teams with relevant customer, competitor and market feedback.
This is a pivotal role within a well-established and respected Secondary Sales team, who are well supported and motivated. You will ideally be target driven, collaborative, self-motivated, adaptable and a proven problem solver.
Please note that this role is working on a term time only basis.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS COVERING THE SOUTH WEST AND THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL NEED TO BE HOME BASED IN TERRITORY. ONCE PERMITTED, WE ENVISAGE 2 TO 3 DAYS OF THE WEEK WILL BE SPENT TRAVELLING TO SCHOOLS.
ABOUT YOU
You will have:
- Consultative sales skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to create and deliver presentations to a wide variety of audiences
- Ability to think creatively, independently and flexibly
- Experience of selling digital products and services
- Experience of selling to educational establishments
- Proven track record in sales
- Experience of the UK Education Market and experience of selling to UK Secondary schools are both desirable
BENEFITS
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
This role comes with the added benefit a car and an annual sales bonus.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
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