Salary range: Competitive
Location: Zurich office based for 2 days a week.
Contract: Permanent
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We are looking for a dynamic person with experience in the education sector to join our team to help grow our language learning materials and assessment products by identifying and helping to convert new business opportunities into revenue as well as cross-selling to existing accounts.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role:
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing our business in the DACH region by
- Visiting schools and other institutions to secure adoptions of our highly regarded and successful range of Cambridge English Language Teaching materials and our world-renowned Assessment products
- Maintaining excellent marketing knowledge
- Inputting on promotional and strategic planning
- Participation in local events
- Reporting on educational developments in the region.
We offer a competitive salary and benefit package enhanced with a company car. With frequent travel in Switzerland, Germany and Austria and occasional travel to the UK.
About you:
You have been educated to tertiary level and live in Switzerland, ideally in the greater Zürich area. You are driven, proactive, motivated and able to work on your own initiative. You are able to demonstrate excellent sales, presentation, and networking skills. You are at ease with technology and comfortable with databases. Knowledge of the education system in Switzerland is essential. Knowledge of the education systems in Germany and Austria is an advantage. A background in teaching, sales, marketing or customer service would be advantageous. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills with a minimum C1 level of English and C1 in another Swiss language (ideally German). You have a demonstrated aptitude for learning new skills and are capable of adapting easily to different circumstances.
All applicants must have an existing right to live and work in Switzerland and possess a valid driving licence.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being June 30th and interviews are scheduled to take place in July.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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