Graduate Business Development Consultant - Education Recruitment
Supply Desk, Watford
Salary: £28,000 basic + uncapped commission | Full-time, permanent
Launch your career in sales and recruitment
Are you a confident, ambitious graduate who loves talking to people and thrives on a challenge? Supply Desk is looking for a driven Graduate Business Development Consultant to join our growing team in Watford.
The role
As a Business Development Consultant, you’ll focus on winning new clients and expanding our presence across the region. Your day-to-day will include:
- Identifying and targeting new schools, building a pipeline of 50+ prospective clients
- Making confident outbound calls to head teachers, business managers and school leaders
- Arranging and attending meetings to understand schools' staffing needs and present our services
- Converting new leads into long-term clients and securing first bookings
- Re-engaging lapsed clients and spotting opportunities to grow existing relationships
- Working with the wider team to source and place teachers, teaching assistants and cover supervisors for your new clients
- Using our CRM and sales technology to track leads, activity and results
- Working towards new business targets with the rewards to match
About you
We’re looking for a graduate with drive, resilience and a natural flair for communication. You’ll ideally have:
- A degree, ideally in English, History, Politics or Business
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Strong numeracy skills
- Confidence picking up the phone and starting conversations with people you’ve never spoken to before
- A persuasive, persistent approach and the resilience to keep going when the answer is "not yet"
- Good technology skills and the ability to pick up new systems quickly
- A competitive streak and motivation to hit and exceed targets
- Strong organisation and time management
No sales or recruitment experience? No problem. Full training and ongoing support will be provided.
Working hours
This role works on a shift pattern that may vary as the role progresses:
- 7:00am - 4:00pm
- 7:30am - 4:30pm
- 8:00am - 5:00pm
- Enjoy reduced hours during the school holidays.
What we offer
- 32 days' holiday, plus your birthday off
- Reduced hours during school holidays
- Uncapped commission on new business won
- Full sales training and a clear path for career progression
- A supportive, energetic team environment in our Watford office
Supply Desk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. If you need any adjustments during the application process, just let us know
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Graduate Business Development Consultant in Watford employer: Supply Desk LTD
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