About This Role
This role is about making a difference to how the company partners with clients in the education sector. As a sales professional, you will build strong relationships with schools and Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) stakeholders by understanding the real impact of today's challenges, such as staffing shortages, budget constraints, and rising SEND demand. You will then position how Operam's services can provide support at scale.
Responsibilities
- Build trusted relationships with MAT leadership teams
- Secure and grow Preferred Supplier Agreements (PSAs) across trusts
- Lead consultative conversations to understand workforce challenges across multiple schools
- Design solutions that improve staffing stability, cost efficiency, and quality
- Drive adoption across schools to ensure partnerships translate into real classroom impact
- Work with internal teams to deliver consistent, high-quality staffing outcomes
- Run regular reviews with MATs, showing measurable improvements and identifying further opportunities
- Lead renewals and expansions across your trust portfolio
- Stay close to sector pressures including funding, recruitment trends, and rising SEND demand
Requirements
- Come from recruitment, sales, or a similar field in the Education sector
- Demonstrated strong relationship-building skills
- Commercial thinking
- Ability to influence decision-makers in complex environments
- Skilled at building relationships with senior leaders
- Commercially sharp, but motivated by more than just revenue
- Proactive and organised, able to manage long-term partnerships
- Confident leading conversations, presentations, and negotiations
Benefits
- Up to 34 days annual leave, plus bank holidays off
- Enhanced sick pay from 2 years
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistant Programme
- Birthday day off
- Wellbeing day off
- 3 Pledge days per year for volunteering
- Reduced hours in school holidays
- Annual group conference weekend
- Eye care support
Important Details
- Schedule: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week
- Travel: flexible travel where required
About the Company
At Operam Education Group, the company brings together a portfolio of specialist, regional education recruitment brands, each with deep local expertise and strong school relationships. Its recruitment teams work at the point where every staffing decision has a direct impact on students
learning experiences in the classroom.
