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SalaryPosition: Account Manager
Location: Remote role covering the South West of England & Wales
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 (+ bonus)
Hours: Monday - Friday with some evening/weekend work
Benefits include: 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), enhanced pension contribution, health benefits upon confirmation and after completion of the first years’ service, summer working hours and overseas travel to visit hubs
Experience: Account Management, Account Manager, Sales, Business Development, Lead Generation, New Business, B2B, B2C, Education Sales, Charity, Travel, Volunteering
Opportunity:
Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with a purposeful organisation based in Newbury that is looking to recruit a passionate and enthusiastic Account Manager to drive their work with sixth form schools and colleges across the South West of England and Wales.
As an Account Manager, it will be your job to take ownership of relationships with a number of schools and colleges in your area, as well as reaching out to new potential partners, with the mission to inspire their students to want to take part in overseas volunteering programmes that help them grow as active global citizens.
The successful Account Manager will manage 20-25 teams of students across 8-10 education partners over the next 12 months as well as identifying growth opportunities to meet targets. The Account Manager will have full ownership of pre-trip support and administration which includes pre-departure training, arranging flights, preparing and collating documentation and working closely with the overseas teams to ensure the smooth running of the overall programme.
The Account Manager vacancy is well-suited to an energetic and passionate candidate who is looking for a multidimensional role. While the role is sales-focused, the successful candidate will also be responsible for nurturing relationships, being super organized, and having real attention to detail to provide an incredible service every time!
The Company:
Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with a truly special organisation with UK offices based in Newbury. They work with schools, universities, and students to inspire them to take part in once-in-a-lifetime overseas volunteering opportunities across a number of their global hubs.
The entire business is socially driven and lives by a set of strong core values, with all of their trips supporting their partner charity. Therefore, it is important that the successful candidate completely buys into this mission.
The successful Account Manager will be supported by an experienced and passionate team, all driven to inspire young people to make a genuine difference in the lives of overseas communities.
In exchange for your hard work, you will be rewarded with comprehensive training, a genuine career path, and an incredibly rewarding job.
Requirements:
- A track record of excelling within a comparable role and a drive to ethically hit targets and build long-lasting relationships to make a real difference to the lives of young people and the charity
- Extremely organised, with a high level of attention to detail and strong administrative experience
- A strong and engaging communicator with excellent written and verbal skills
- A real team player with the ability and autonomy to manage a varied workload and multitask
- Previous experience of traveling or volunteering would definitely be an advantage
- As there would be travel associated with the job, a full UK driving license with your own car would be required
Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk), are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into jobs in Oxford and across Oxfordshire. We typically source candidates into Office Administration Jobs, Sales Jobs and Marketing Jobs. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of any of the protected characteristics.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
