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Position Announcement: Educational Sales Consultant

The Swamp School (SwampSchool.org) is an inspired environmental training institution headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. We offer state of the art online eLearning and classroom programs for environmental professionals around the world. Many of our courses are based upon US Army Corps of Engineers and US EPA Clean Water Act compliance programs. We currently maintain a student body of more than 700 participants in our programs annually. We are celebrating our 16th year in business this year.

We are looking for an experienced and outgoing sales person who enjoys the outdoors and loves working with people. If you are looking to work with a cutting-edge leader in online environmental education, this is the place for you!

The duties include:

1. Present, promote and sell our programs to help our customers become better stewards of the environment and at the same time, satisfy regulatory program needs.
2. Identify new customers and customer markets
3. Look for ways to help our customers maximize the effect of their training dollars.
4. Establish, develop and maintain positive and fun business and customer relationships
5. Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule
6. Make exciting presentations to large and small groups
7. Prepare for and attend interactive trade shows
8. Provide product demos online and in-person using state of the art Swamp School systems

The ideal candidate:

1. Has a great personality and is fun and engaging
2. Has prior experience as a sales representative
3. Has knowledge of MS Office systems
4. Is familiar with cloud-based CRM systems
5. Is energized and target driven with the ability to stay focused
6. Has excelling selling, communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
7. Is very good a prioritizing their time and has strong organizational skills
8. Has the ability to create and deliver engaging presentations tailored to the audience needs
9. Has a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
10. Is a veteran
11. Has a driver’s license

This position includes a competitive base salary and commission bonuses based on sales. There are no commission caps and no limit to what you can earn. We will also provide you with a product orientation program and ongoing support to help you make more sales. Our goal is to make you as successful as you can be. The more you grow the more we grow!

To apply for this position, send an email to: jobs@swampschool.org and include the job title “Educational Sales Consultant” in the subject line. No phone calls please.

The Swamp School is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.