NB THIS IS A FIXED TERM CONTRACT FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS. THE POSITION IS PART TIME WORKING 2.5 DAYS (17.5 HOURS) PER WEEK., We are looking for a desk-based Educational Consultant to join our vibrant Secondary Sales team on a 3-month fixed term contract. Your main responsibilities will include:

Through a consultative sales approach, question to unlock all the customers' needs and be able to match them to OUP's products and services

Responsible for adoptions and delivery of sales revenues of OUP's school products and service

Responsible for retention of digital services

Responsible for closing sales to achieve project target

Work with your Field Based counterparts by passing on sales appointments where appropriate.

To be successful in the role, you will ideally have:

Experience of selling print and digital products and services

Experience of selling to educational establishments

Proven track record in sales or educational teaching experience

Consultative Sales Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability deliver sales presentations to a wide variety of audiences.

Ability to think creatively, independently, and flexibly

We have been a leading figure in publishing for more than 500 years. We have always been a forward-looking organization, maximizing the technology for the day, but the digital revolution is bringing enormous change, fast. That same spirit of adventure and entrepreneurialism is critical to our future success. In a fast-changing publishing landscape, OUP welcomes the inquisitive, the inventive, and the ambitious; people who challenge the conventional, and pioneer the possible.

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.