Entry Level Manager

Instant Connections; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped commissions

Mentoring & coaching

Career progression

Job summary

Instant Connections in Maidstone, Kent, offers a Management Development Programme designed to grow commercial, operational and leadership capabilities. You’ll learn through practical campaigns, mentoring and performance coaching, progressing toward team leadership and management responsibilities.

Starting immediately, this on-site, full-time role provides structured training and personalised coaching, with earnings driven by performance and an uncapped commission structure.

Qualifications

• Ambition to develop in business and leadership roles.
• Willingness to take ownership of personal development.
• Professional approach to coaching, mentoring and teamwork.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills in a customer-facing context.
• Motivation to learn and perform under clear performance targets.

Responsibilities

• Represent established brands through face-to-face engagement and campaigns.
• Support marketing campaigns across retail, events and community outreach.
• Develop communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.

Skills

Ambition

Ownership

Professionalism

People skills

Communication

Job description

Maidstone, Kent | Business & Leadership Development

About Instant Connections

The difference between someone who understands business and someone who can lead one often comes down to experience. Knowing how to communicate, make decisions, develop people and deliver results isn't something you master through theory alone. It comes from being involved, taking responsibility and learning how successful operations work from the inside.

At Instant Connections, we partner with nationally recognised organisations to deliver human to human marketing and customer acquisition campaigns across retail, events and community outreach environments. Our business is built around genuine human interaction, commercial performance and developing the people responsible for delivering it.

As our Maidstone operation expands, we're opening our Management Development Programme to someone with ambition, sound judgement and a genuine interest in business and leadership. We're particularly interested in someone who values practical experience, sets high standards for themselves and recognises that meaningful progression is earned through capability rather than tenure.

Our approach combines structured mentoring, commercial experience and opportunities to develop into greater responsibility. You'll learn the fundamentals of the business first, building the knowledge and confidence required to contribute at a higher level.

About the Opportunity

Our Management Development Programme is designed to develop the commercial, operational and leadership skills required to manage people and contribute to business growth.

You'll begin with practical experience across our customer engagement campaigns, learning how businesses acquire customers, measure performance and build successful teams. Working alongside experienced leaders, you'll develop your communication, negotiation and commercial decision making skills while gaining insight into the wider operation.

As your capabilities grow, you'll have opportunities to become involved in coaching, team coordination, campaign management and leadership development.

We believe effective leaders understand the business from the ground up. That's where your development begins.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Representing established brands through professional face to face customer engagement
• Supporting marketing campaigns across retail, event and community outreach environments
• Developing communication, negotiation and relationship building skills
• Working towards measurable commercial and professional development objectives
• Participating in structured training, mentoring and performance coaching
• Learning how campaigns are organised, managed and evaluated
• Gaining exposure to team development, operational planning and leadership responsibilities
• Supporting the coaching and development of others as your experience progresses

Who We’re Looking For

We're interested in someone who demonstrates ambition, professionalism and the willingness to take ownership of their development.

You'll be a strong fit if you:

• Have a genuine interest in business, leadership or entrepreneurship
• Communicate confidently and enjoy working with people
• Set high standards and take accountability for your performance
• Demonstrate initiative, resilience and consistency
• Respond positively to coaching and constructive feedback
• Are motivated by achievement and merit based progression
• Have the discipline to turn ambition into measurable results

Experience in customer service, hospitality, retail or other people focused environments can provide a valuable foundation, although previous management experience isn't essential.

Training & Development

Our programme focuses on four core areas:

• Commercial Skills: Customer engagement, negotiation, marketing fundamentals and business development
• Personal Effectiveness: Discipline, goal setting, decision making and professional accountability
• Leadership: Coaching, mentoring, team development and performance management
• Business Operations: Campaign coordination, commercial objectives and operational management

You’ll receive structured introductory training, one to one mentoring and regular feedback from experienced team leaders.

Progression is based on demonstrated capability, consistency and readiness to take on greater responsibility.

What We Offer

• Structured training and ongoing professional development
• Personalised coaching and one to one mentorship
• Practical experience in commercial and business operations
• Opportunities to develop into team leadership and management
• Uncapped performance based earnings and incentives
• Recognition, rewards and potential travel opportunities
• An ambitious team environment built around high standards and accountability

Take the Next Step

We're looking for someone who sees professional development as an investment and understands that greater responsibility comes from consistently demonstrating the ability to deliver.

If you're commercially ambitious, confident working with people and motivated to develop the skills required for business leadership, we'd like to consider your application.

Location: Maidstone, Kent

Working arrangement: On site, full time

Start: Immediate availability preferred

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, with shortlisted applicants contacted to arrange an introductory conversation.

This is a self employed opportunity with Instant Connections, an independent marketing office operating within an authorised telecommunications sales network. You'll represent telecommunications products through human to human customer acquisition campaigns.

The opportunity offers an uncapped commissions, performance based earnings structure with. The advertised £45,000 to £62,000+ OTE reflects expected earnings based on minimum professional standards, with your results influenced by your individual performance, consistency and ambition.

Our team values this model because it creates a direct connection between effort, results and reward. It encourages personal accountability, gives you the opportunity to consistently exceed your KPIs and allows you to take greater ownership of your career and earning potential. Rather than having your progress defined by a fixed structure, you can build on your achievements, develop your capabilities and pursue greater opportunities as you grow.