Business Development Manager

With over 2,000 schools, 900 academies, and 180 multi-academy trusts in more than 130 local authorities, we are proud to be a leading and largest provider of consultancy support services and technology led solutions to schools within the education sector in the UK. We enable our clients to reduce their administrative costs, remain compliant with statutory responsibilities, and stay fully focused on improving the learning outcomes of their pupils.

We are currently looking to recruit an ambitious business development professional to work with senior leadership and management to develop the sales strategy, identify opportunities within the Education Sector, in particular with Multi Academy Trusts, and close new business.

We can offer you great career and a salary and benefit to match.

What we are looking for:

* The ideal applicant should have experience of working within the education sector in a similar role or developing sales opportunities through proactive territory management activity.
* If you have experience of payroll and HR systems that would be desirable.
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written - a key element to this role will be working on tenders and proposals.
* Experience of using a CRM system and reporting on pipeline development.
* You are ambitious and proactive looking at new ways of working and willing to own your own professional development.
* You will be agile in your approach and be comfortable working at home, in an office and on-site at a school or academy trust

* 28 days Holiday + BH
* + 1 days holiday for every year worked up to 5 years (33 total)
* 4% Pension



Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 DOE + £3k Car allowance + commission

Hours: Full time

Contract: Permanent

Location: South, England: Remote and FIeld

Candidates must be prepared to travel extensively, often at short notice to services nationwide.

Driving licence is essential and this post will be subject to an enhanced DBS.

Connect2Staff/Connect2Kent, part of Commercial Services Trading/Kent Ltd, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.