Pitman Training is coming to Maidstone!

Pitman Training is the leading supplier of Microsoft Office, AAT bookkeeping and secretarial training in the UK, with over 175 years of experience. Our portfolio also spans IT, graphic design, web design, legal, medical, social media and more.

We are excited to be coming back to Maidstone, working in close partnership with our Canterbury centre. We are looking for a Course Advisor who will inspire our prospects into making the right choices to achieve their career aspirations.


ABOUT THE JOB:

This is a fantastic sales opportunity for someone who genuinely shares our passion for training and self-improvement. You’ll need to have an interest in people and strong rapport-building skills. You’ll be talking on the phone and face to face with a variety of people so great people skills are a must.

This is a new centre for us, so there’s an amazing opportunity to be with us from the start. We are looking for someone with the energy, creativity and enthusiasm to make the job their own and grow with us.


Main Responsibilities:

• Telephoning prospects who have enquired through our website and following up in email.
• Advising potential students on courses in face to face meetings and over the phone.
• Following up over phone and email to close sales.
• Strategically ‘cold-calling’ companies in order to win corporate training business – there will be the requirement for occasional Kent-based travel in order to visit corporate prospects.
• Meeting set targets.


Core skills:

• You must have a strong desire to help people – although this is a sales role, our advice must always be ethical, realistic and fair.
• Ideally, you’ll have experience within the training or recruitment sector – if not, you must have some relevant experience to draw on in order to advise people on their future careers – perhaps you’ve interviewed for various roles previously.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Some experience of selling would be advantageous but we’re happy to talk to you if you are lacking experience but just need the break to prove your worth.
• An understanding of counselling, mentoring or NLP would be advantageous.
• The confidence to speak professionally and ‘hold your own’ with corporate customers.
• Attention to detail is a must as is the ability to ‘muck in’ within a very small team.
• Your customer service skills must be top-notch, we are a premium brand and expect our students and clients to get an exceptional service – even if that means you have to go the extra mile, sometimes out of hours.
• Microsoft Office skills would be helpful, but as you’d expect, world-class training will be given!


Hours:
Part-time or full-time but will include one late evening most weeks (until 8pm) and one Saturday morning a month. We are happy to negotiate hours to suit the right candidate.


Salary:
Negotiable depending on hours and experience. OTE of around £25k in the first year with an un-capped commission structure; we will be encouraging you to earn significantly more than this!


To apply:
Please email your cv to Sally Miles with a covering message explaining why this role appeals to you. We’ll leave it to you to decide how to pitch yourself, but it's unlikely that you'll be invited in for interview if you used the standard JIK template covering letter...