Sales Operations Manager, School Partnerships (Permanent) 

Full Time

London, Birmingham or Manchester  

£28,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented Sales Operations Manager to join our School Partnerships team. This role will be responsible for project managing the go-to-market process from end-to-end, as well as making strategic recommendations based on forecast and performance metrics.  This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of, and be responsible for, driving real change across the whole of Ambition Institute. 

Based our London, Manchester or Birmingham office, and reporting to the Operations Director, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that any bottlenecks and inconsistencies are eliminated through the development of sales incentive programs and strategic planning. You will require a detailed skillset and will be involved from business case inception to ongoing post implementation support. The role will engage directly with internal teams and external vendors to ensure smooth delivery against constantly evolving requirements. You will be responsible for the administration of our CRM system, ensuring that optimal performance is achieved, and technology is being utilized to maximize productivity and efficiency.   

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require a robust, agile and creative project manager to fulfil the needs of the organisation. It is essential that you have leadership experience and robust comprehension of high-level sales strategy. You must drive and adhere to best practice, whilst being innovative and collaborative in your approach. The ideal candidate will be at the forefront of advances in process design and implementation and must also be a passionate advocate of change and advancement in the organisation. 

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.  

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 

• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 

• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 

• Competitive salary rates  

• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 

• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.