Educational Development Executive

Diversity Study Trips is our Educational Groups division, working with academic organisations to provide study tours that inspire students outside the classroom.

We are currently looking for Dutch-speaker to be an Educational Development Executive to join the Diversity Study Trips team to develop new school, college and university business. You will be responsible for building relationships with teaching staff from universities, colleges and schools to identify and secure new sales opportunities. Experience of working within or selling to the Education sector is essential, as is a proactive, collaborative and persuasive sales approach. Primary responsibilities will include:

• Building relationships with Universities, Colleges and Schools, following up leads, attending events (on a local and national scale), pitching for new educational accounts


• Presenting Diversity Travel brand and products to small and large audiences (parent information evenings, Student Union presentations, Gap year talks, University Heads of Procurement, Academics and administration teams)


• Following up on new leads and generating new ones through research and cold calling
  
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Dutch and English


• Experience of working within or selling to the Education Sector (Schools, Colleges, Universities)


• A proactive, collaborative and tenacious sales approach


• Demonstrable success in a business development role and managing a sales region


• Self-motivated as you will be working from home developing your own sales region


• Experience of selling a travel product into the Education sector would be beneficial
  
  An attractive salary (£28,000 - £32,000; depends on experience) plus performance bonus £7,000.


• 23.5 days holiday (plus bank holidays), rising to 24.5 days after 12 months of service


• Option to buy or sell annual leave days


• Pension


• Healthcare Cash Plan


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Life Assurance


• Season ticket loan


• Discounted staff travel


• Cycle to Work Scheme


If you're interested in our role and meet the requirements above, then please do get in touch. Our working hours are Monday - Friday, 8.45am - 5.30pm. This is a remote position (in the UK) with the requirement to travel to Manchester for meetings.

Welcome to Diversity Travel - We are a successful travel management company for the charity and academic communities. We are passionate about developing our people, creating dynamic partnerships with our customers and providing responsible travel solutions. We invite you to visit our company LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/diversity-travel/ to learn more about us and what we do.

PASSIONATE - We're driven to help make the world a better place, creating dynamic partnerships with our customers and an environment for our people to thrive.

BOLD - We embrace innovation and challenge the status quo to deliver outstanding results.

MINDFUL - We prioritise sustainability, ethical practices, and responsible travel, ensuring that our service leave a positive and lasting impression.
Remote

• Manchester, England, United Kingdom


£28,000 - £32,000 per year