Educational Sales Consultant - Southern England, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and We ...

Educational Sales Consultant - Southern England, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and West London HarperCollins Publishers

Employment Type Part time Term Time Only Contract - 39 weeks a year

Location Remote United Kingdom(multiple locations) West Berkshire Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire Home Based

Salary £26,500 - £30,500 (GBP) Term Time Only Contract - 39 weeks a year

Team Collins

Seniority Mid-level

• Closing:11:58pm, 19th Mar 2026 GMT

Perks and benefits

Work from home option

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Mentoring/coaching

Cycle to work scheme

Candidate happiness

8.67 (34556)

Job Description

The Education Sales Consultant will be responsible for visiting schools and building relationships with teachers in a specified territory to promote Collins books and digital resources for schools, leading to an increase in sales in the territory. You will be required to work closely with your Sales Team Leader, Schools Sales Director and other members of the sales team.

To visit schools to sell Collins books and resources to teachers, including Heads of Departments, Headteachers, subject specialists, Multi Academy trusts, and LA Advisors/coordinators.

To develop/maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in schools via face to face appointments, and via Zoom/Teams appointments.

Develop and maintain a good knowledge and understanding of curriculum requirements and how Collins products support them

Embrace and implement a consultative sales approach

Grow sales of Collins titles in schools and education establishments, achieving (and ideally exceeding) sales targets

Develop relationships and increase business with existing Collins user schools

Ensure targets for the number of schools evaluating Collins resources are met

Secure new adoptions of Collins resources in schools and education establishments

Ensure targets for the number of schools visited are met

Ensure contacts and visits made are recorded in the CRM and it is kept up to date for your territory

Attend events/exhibitions and teacher meetings when necessary

Attend regional/national training days and sales meetings and conferences when necessary

Be responsible for a sales territory, maintenance of accounts, and related administration

Previous experience in a sales position

Excellent knowledge of the education sector

Good understanding of the UK Schools education system would be advantageous

Skills Required

Good presentation skills, both 'in person' and digitally.

Excellent interpersonal/ relationship building skills

Driving licence

Computer literacy including Word and Excel

Commercial, driven by sales success

Self motivated - able to work without direct supervision

Well organised

Positive, energetic approach

Company Car

Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

Private healthcare cover and life assurance

Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal

Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work

Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes

Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers

Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days

Free e-books and audiobooks, digital newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books

At HarperCollins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities. This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect. The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to with subject heading 'Vacancy Query' plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.