Sales Development Representative Job Belfast Northern Ireland UK,Sales

Sales Development Representative - EdTech / Education Sector

UK / Remote | Full-time (4.5 days a week with Friday afternoons off)

Our client is a well-established, data-led organisation working across the education sector. As they continue to grow, they're looking for an ambitious, commercially-minded Sales Development Representative to join their sales team.

The role

Working closely with the Head of Sales, you’ll play a key role in generating new business – engaging prospects, qualifying opportunities, and booking meetings for the sales team.

This is a brilliant opportunity to begin a genuine career in sales. You’ll gain hands‑on experience across outbound and inbound prospecting, pipeline development and CRM management, with plenty of support and training along the way. Previous sales experience isn’t essential – attitude, energy and potential matter more.

Responsibilities include:

Speaking confidently with prospective customers over the phone
Engaging prospects through phone, email, Linked In and other creative channels
Researching and identifying new business opportunities
Qualifying opportunities from both inbound and outbound activity
Booking meetings for the sales team and sharing pre-meeting notes
Supporting the wider commercial team with pipeline development
Thinking creatively about how to reach the right people
Keeping Salesforce CRM activity organised and up to date
Working towards activity metrics and targets

The package

Fully remote working
4.5-day working week – Friday afternoons off!
Genuine progression opportunities
Lots of on-the-job training and support from an experienced team
The chance to build a career with a well-established, reputable company (30+ years in business)
Work with schools and education organisations all over the world

To be successful, you will...

Be confident, personable and commercially minded
Be comfortable working independently in a remote environment
Enjoy a challenge and be motivated by hitting targets
Be confident picking up the phone and starting conversations
Be resilient and able to handle rejection
Think creatively and be willing to try new approaches
Be proactive, organised and take ownership
Be keen to learn, develop and build a genuine career in sales
Ideally be UK based
Preferably be educated to degree level (or equivalent)
Have some sales or business development experience – desirable but not essential, full training given