Sales Development Representative

Connecting Education; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote working

4.5-day week with Friday afternoons

On‑the‑job training

Career progression opportunities

Work with schools worldwide

Job summary

Connecting Education, a UK-based EdTech organisation, seeks a Sales Development Representative to generate new business within the education sector. This fully remote role operates on a 4.5‑day week with Friday afternoons off and offers hands-on training and progression opportunities.

You will engage prospects via phone, email and LinkedIn, qualify opportunities, and book meetings for the sales team, while contributing to pipeline growth and CRM management.

Qualifications

• Ambitious, commercially minded with a can‑do attitude.
• Willing to work remotely and adapt to a flexible schedule.
• Experience in sales is not essential; full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Generate new business by prospecting and qualifying opportunities.
• Book meetings for the sales team and maintain pre‑meeting notes.
• Engage across phone, email, LinkedIn and other channels.
• Maintain Salesforce CRM and update pipeline with accuracy.
• Work toward activity targets and contribute to pipeline development.

Skills

Prospecting

Communication

Phone sales

Target driven

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

LinkedIn

Job description

Sales Development Representative - EdTech / Education Sector

UK / Remote | Full-time (4.5 days a week with Friday afternoons off)

Our client is a well-established, data-led organisation working across the education sector. As they continue to grow, they're looking for an ambitious, commercially-minded Sales Development Representative to join their sales team.

The role

Working closely with the Head of Sales, you’ll play a key role in generating new business – engaging prospects, qualifying opportunities, and booking meetings for the sales team.

This is a brilliant opportunity to begin a genuine career in sales. You’ll gain hands‑on experience across outbound and inbound prospecting, pipeline development and CRM management, with plenty of support and training along the way. Previous sales experience isn’t essential – attitude, energy and potential matter more.

Responsibilities include:

• Speaking confidently with prospective customers over the phone
• Engaging prospects through phone, email, LinkedIn and other creative channels
• Researching and identifying new business opportunities
• Qualifying opportunities from both inbound and outbound activity
• Booking meetings for the sales team and sharing pre-meeting notes
• Supporting the wider commercial team with pipeline development
• Thinking creatively about how to reach the right people
• Keeping Salesforce CRM activity organised and up to date
• Working towards activity metrics and targets

The package

• Fully remote working
• 4.5-day working week – Friday afternoons off!
• Genuine progression opportunities
• Lots of on-the-job training and support from an experienced team
• The chance to build a career with a well-established, reputable company (30+ years in business)
• Work with schools and education organisations all over the world

To be successful, you will...

• Be confident, personable and commercially minded
• Be comfortable working independently in a remote environment
• Enjoy a challenge and be motivated by hitting targets
• Be confident picking up the phone and starting conversations
• Be resilient and able to handle rejection
• Think creatively and be willing to try new approaches
• Be proactive, organised and take ownership
• Be keen to learn, develop and build a genuine career in sales
• Ideally be UK based
• Preferably be educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• Have some sales or business development experience – desirable but not essential, full training given