Field Sales Consultant (Career Changer)

Octopus Legacy Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible holiday

Health & Life Insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Free Will & LPAs discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Charitable matching

Job summary

Octopus Legacy Limited invites career changers to start a career in estate planning, with a path to Private Client Solicitor or Estate Planning Consultant. The cohort starts mid-May and is UK-based, with travel to client appointments and a mix of home visits and virtual meetings.

This hands-on role supports families through wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, offering structured training and real life experience in a meaningful legal field.

Qualifications

• Excellent communicators with strong emotional intelligence.
• Comfortable working independently, flexibly, and remotely.
• Willingness to drive locally for home appointments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct empathetic consultations with clients at home or online to understand their wishes.
• Explain wills, trusts, and lasting powers of attorney in plain terms.
• Keep accurate records and document client decisions clearly.
• Collaborate with the legal team to stay updated on standards and requirements.
• Assist with online wills and other services as needed.
• Provide exceptional aftercare and help clients make changes when life shifts.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Client-facing

Driving

Job description

We’re Octopus Legacy: one of the fastest growing tech companies in the country, part of the UK’s most exciting and best-trusted group (you may have heard of some of our sister companies…) and we have a mission.

We’re on a path to scale, aiming to become a household name while transforming a long-established industry and helping our customers prepare for, and find support after, death.

But we can’t do it alone, and that’s why we’re assembling a team of top performers to build with us.

Ready to be part of something big?

Start your career in Estate Planning – with the opportunity to qualify as a Private Client Solicitor

We’re now offering career changers to start their career in estate planning, with the opportunity to transition into private client legal work or develop into a permanent Estate Planning Consultant role (Field Sales), depending on your interests and skills.

Cohort starts mid-May - UK Based

United Kingdom You'll need a valid UK driving licence and access to a car to travel to client appointments locally.

The Role

As a trainee Field Sales Consultant, you’ll support families with one of life’s most important conversations - how to prepare for the future. Through home visits and virtual appointments, you’ll help people understand the options available for wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, and guide them through next steps with care and clarity.

This is a hands-on role that’s perfect if you want to explore legal, client-facing work in a meaningful area, build practical experience, and develop deep knowledge of estate planning in real-life situations.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct empathetic, detailed consultations with clients - either at home or online - to understand their wishes and walk them through their options
• Explain how wills, trusts, and lasting powers of attorney work in practical, jargon-free terms
• Keep accurate records and ensure the client’s decisions are clearly documented
• Collaborate with our legal team to stay up to date on legal standards and requirements
• Assist with online wills and other services across the business as needed
• Deliver exceptional aftercare - answering questions and helping clients make changes when life shifts

Who Are You?

This opportunity is ideal for:

• Career changers looking for a purpose-led, people-facing profession, preferably from a regulated background
• Individuals curious about building legal experience outside of the traditional path
• Candidates who want a structured training program learning about estate planning

We’re looking for people who are:

• Excellent communicators, with strong emotional intelligence
• Comfortable working independently, flexibly, and remotely
• Highly empathetic, with a genuine interest in helping others
• Organised and confident with sensitive conversations
• Comfortable driving within your local region for home appointments
• (Bonus but not required) Knowledge of wills, trusts, LPAs, or STEP qualification

Where Could This Role Take You?

Depending on your performance, interests, and qualifications, you could:

• Be supported to train and qualify as a Private Client Solicitor
• Explore internal progression within our wider legal, sales, or customer service teams

We’ll support your development, provide training, and offer exposure to one of the most human sides of legal work.

Our Mission

When people think about planning for death they think about wills, life insurance and funerals. We take these cold processes and turn them into something more human. Share more than money: leave voice notes, music, recipes. Shape a legacy that connects you while you're here. And after you're gone.

Founded by Sam after his mum died suddenly, we’re a group of people who work in death because we’ve been affected by it. We know the difference a good plan makes, and what it’s like when there isn’t one.

Death can come between us, leave mess, legal fees, frustration. But it can also make us stronger. We see a world where people talk openly about death, and work out the real meaning of legacy, one that connects to them. We’re here to make that world happen.

• Flexible holiday + extra day off for your Birthday.
• Vitality Health & Life Insurance.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Free Will & LPAs + discounts on other Octopus services.
• Cycle to Work Scheme and access to the Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Octopus Giving: we match any charitable fundraising that you do up to £500.

We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Octopus Legacy is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We’re tackling some of the biggest taboos surrounding death. Together, we can help to make some of the toughest times in people’s lives easier.