Outbound Sales Executive

Outbound Sales Executive

The perfect role to kickstart your sales career

Applications close: 5pm on 1st September 2025

Interview date: Week Commencing 1st September 2025

Preferred Start date: 29th September 2025

Location: Hybrid role. 3 days per week working remotely with 2 days per week working from our London based office in Hoxton or our Derby office.

Hours: 9:00am - 5:30pm Monday - Friday

Salary: 24500 - 27500 per annum Uncapped Bonus (OTE 10000 per annum)

Contract Type: Full time. Permanent.

Experience Required: 1-2 years minimum required

About us

School Space aims to create thriving schools at the centre of thriving communities. We do this by partnering with schools across the UK to hire out their spaces in the evenings and weekends to a range of community groups. The income generated is used by our partner schools to improve educational outcomes and facilities for their students in addition to building a stronger connection with the surrounding community.

Our culture

Since we were founded as a social enterprise by two school students in 2011 weve grown to become a tight knit team of around 30 people who are united by a goal of changing the education sector for the better. We also have a fabulous remote team of over 200 Community Connectors who work at our partner schools in the evenings and weekends.

You will become part of a team who have generated over 9 million for schools taken part in prestigious programs by top names such as Techstars and Goldman Sachs and been recognised as one of Escape the Citys 100 best organisations to escape to finalists in the UKs best Social Enterprise award and winners of Digital Agendas Impact Tech award.

From working directly with the founders to regular training days daily stand-ups and socials we encourage all team members to contribute to our culture and aim to develop every team member at School Space. We are a fast paced work place with a friendly atmosphere - working at School Space will expose you to many new learning opportunities and a chance to have a say in the growth and development of a company striving to create a big impact. Our core values are Transparency Positivity Initiative Community Passion and Learning.

Outbound Sales

Why does this role exist

The outbound sales role is focused on selling to customers who use our schools growing the utilisation of the spaces hired out within our schools. You will come into an existing outbound sales team with established practices. Your role will be to take up these practices and work on new ways to meet and exceed your personal target. This will involve proactively identifying new customers to target.

What will you be accountable for

You will be accountable for hitting your revenue targets each month by adding new bookings into our schools. Throughout this you will ensure a smoothly run process across all touch points; the Customer School Space and the School. You will be accountable for lead generation and accurate pipeline management ensuring you adhere to the company Service Level Agreement needs of your role.

How will you know its going brilliantly

• The revenue (volume and value of customer bookings within our school portfolio) is constantly growing and you are exceeding your targets.
• You achieve success by topping up your pipeline through regular outbound outreach and closing those deals
• You are very adept at passing on all relevant information to School Spaces implementation teams so as to ensure smooth running events
• You have personal Trustpilot and Google reviews of 5 stars and customer satisfaction scores from your booked customers averaging 90%

What will help you succeed in this role

• Lead Generation: You thrive on the constant need to generate customer interest for School Space opportunities with the goal of turning that interest into a sale. Ability to identify and qualify potential leads through your own research and networking. (such as Google Facebook and more)
• Communication Skills: Ability to convey information clearly concisely and persuasively both verbally and in writing retaining your leads interest.
• Listening Skills: Active listening to understand customer needs and tailor solutions accordingly.
• Product Knowledge: You will be expected to visit at least 3
  schools per -depth understanding of the school spaces on offer as well as booking requirements is essential to be able to address blockers confidently and operate at speed.
• Relationship Building: Skills in establishing rapport and trust with prospects to facilitate long-term connections whilst maintaining a professional relationship that creates a necessary buffer to protect School Space should anything go wrong in the future.
• Time Management: Effectively managing time to prioritise tasks and maximise productivity.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adjust strategies based on feedback school requirements and changing market conditions.
• Resilience: Persistence in the face of rejection and the ability to stay motivated.
• Tech Proficiency: Familiarity with our tech stack (Zendesk Pipedrive Platform and Slack) to manage leads through the sales process.
  
  

School Space Safeguarding Statement:

School Space believes that no child or vulnerable person should ever have to experience abuse of any kind. School Space is committed to the safeguarding of children and recognises that as an organisation we have a responsibility to ensure all our staff members are trained and supported to recognise safeguarding concerns and that we promote safeguarding best practice. We aim to foster an understanding in each of our team members of their safeguarding responsibilities whilst putting in place procedures to support everyone who uses a school space to safeguard childrens wellbeing and protect them from harm.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Team engagement social events
• Regular training

If you have any questions about the role you are also welcome to contact us on .

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