Commercial Services (Sales) Officer - Career Pathway
- Durham County Council
- Full Time
- Durham
Job Description
Are you interested in Sales and developing commercial awareness within an organisation? Then a career pathway in Commercial Services could be the perfect opportunity for you!
As a Commercial Services (Sales) officer you will develop skills and knowledge to grow and maintain the council's Service Level Agreements (SLA's) which we provide to a number of other Public Sector Organisations. You will support a full range of departments within the council and their customers, through finance, customer engagement, promotion, and sales with day-to-day duties as part of a small, experienced team; including working with a range of Council Officers to support their SLA work via financial, digital, and ICT related tasks.
You will be trained on all systems, processes, and procedures which apply to the role. This will be via on the job, shadowing, and formal in person and virtual training sessions to gain knowledge and understanding of the role and scope of the service.
This is a great opportunity to join our passionate team who will support and encourage you to thrive, learn new skills, and gain experience across a wide range of commercial areas.
WHAT IS INVOLVED?
You will support development and delivery of a council SLA sales strategy.
You will work collaboratively to support the successful and professional promotion of the Councils SLA business to existing and potential customers.
This generic and flexible role will cover a wide range of duties and responsibilities. It is required to operate flexibly and interchangeably across all areas of procurement and sales.
Our Job description provides further detail on what the role will entail, however we encourage you to contact Ashley Burdett or Caroline Butterfield, via email [email protected] / [email protected] if you have any questions about this opportunity.
WHAT WILL I NEED?
You will need 3 A Levels Grade A-C or a relevant Foundation Degree or equivalent. It would be desirable for you to have a Business/Sales/ICT or Marketing qualification.
Please refer to the attached person specification for the full criteria.
REWARDS AND BENEFITS
We offer generous rewards and benefits that are designed to help you perform at your best:
- Competitive salaries and 27 days holiday per year rising to 32 days after five years continuous local government service.
- Option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
- Excellent work/life balance through schemes including job sharing, compressed hours and flexi-time (allowing up to 13 flexi days per year).
- Hybrid working (home and office working).
- Excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Plus, top up options - Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme and standard AVC scheme for members of the LGPS.
- Wellbeing Portal and access to an Employee Assist Scheme.
- Wide range of learning and development opportunities including professional qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
- Employee Benefits Portal and Lifestyle Savings Scheme (discounts across a host of major retailers).
- Discounted DCC gym membership.
- Staff networks run by staff for our staff, including Race Equality and Diversity, Disability, LGBT+, Armed Forces, Carers, Menopause.
- Trade Union membership.
- A range of other salary sacrifice schemes such as car leasing.
