Hemisphere Education - Strategic Development Executive

Full time

£30,000 per annum

Hybrid working with regular office days in Farringdon

About Hemisphere Education

Hemisphere Education (HE) is a multi-award-winning brain-training platform that disrupts bias and improves racial literacy in schools. A whole-school approach to building belonging, HE provides teachers with a toolkit to understand, safeguard and nourish students from diverse backgrounds, and empowers students in their peer-to-peer interactions.

A year ago, we were working with 20 schools. Now, we’re working with 200+ and our impact is clear: on completing our training, 86% staff commit to making one or more changes to their practice, and 86% of students better understand the types of interactions that can negatively impact their own or their peers’ learning.

In 2024, HE’s “outstanding results” and “significant impact” were recognised at the UK Business Tech Awards where we won two awards, including the prestigious Tech for Good award. Now, we’re looking to grow our team and create even more impact.

About Rare

Hemisphere Education (HE) is a fast-growing division of Rare. Rare is a multi-award-winning expert in race equity in education and employment. We’ve been making top institutions more diverse since 2005, driving equality through technology. Through Hemisphere, we’ve distilled two decades of knowledge into one hour of CPD for staff, and a 30-minute session for students to help every pupil thrive.

The role

As an Executive, you will be part of the Hemisphere Education (HE) commercial team, playing a pivotal role in HE’s expansion across the UK. You'll receive training and mentorship in this role, enabling you to excel in sales, partnership development, marketing and events.

Main responsibilities:

• Sell Hemisphere Education (identify potential clients, produce pitch decks, present to potential and existing clients, manage client queries, update marketing collateral, identify growth opportunities, attend networking events).
• Execute all aspects of the sales process and maintain new business information in HubSpot (our customer relationship management software).
• Attend events and support the other members of your team as needed.

About you

You are eager to learn and develop your skills. You love networking and talking to people, both virtually and face-to-face. You are goal oriented. You take responsibility. You work hard. You work smart. Using data to track your performance fills you with excitement. You are resilient and have a high level of tolerance for ambiguity and change. You want to make a meaningful impact on the UK education system.

We are looking for someone with the ability to:

• Understand Rare’s social purpose and share our values.
• Work accurately, with excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Prioritise effectively, with a clear system for monitoring deadlines, priorities and progress.
• Communicate effectively with clients, potential clients and internal teams.
• Take pride in being highly responsive and delivering excellent client service.
• Be flexible – the needs of the business change rapidly.
• Be keen to learn – you will need to develop an in-depth understanding of Hemisphere Education, which continuously evolves to meet clients' needs.
• Be resilient and take feedback well to instil professional growth.
• Be comfortable working in a small team and take ownership of work.

Experience and education required

This is the perfect role for someone with 1-2 years’ experience in any sales or client facing role who is looking to supercharge their career by joining a team that is committed to their professional development. We’ll consider any transferrable skills. If you have any experience of selling - whether on a market stall or in a brokerage - tell us about it. Key requirements:

• A university degree of at least a 2:1 in any subject (essential).
• Excellent writing skills (essential).
• Excellent Excel skills (essential).
• Work experience of any kind, especially if it involves customer or client-facing work (essential).
• Real comfort with numbers (desirable).

What we offer

At Rare, flexibility is at the core of what we do. We work in a hybrid set-up with access to an office in Farringdon. In addition to meeting regularly with your team, there is a monthly company-wide meeting to share knowledge and skills, and to strengthen our working relationships.

We are a friendly group of people, here you will find some of the brightest, most passionate and warmest people you will ever meet. If you want to be inspired by the people around you, then this is the place for you!

Our current benefits package includes pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, live and on-demand online yoga classes, Christmas Eve off and more.

Applying

If you are passionate about making an impact, we want to hear from you.

At Rare we are committed to equal treatment of all current and prospective employees, and we do not condone discrimination based on any of the protected characteristics. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

To be eligible to work at Rare you must hold the Right to Work in the UK.

Submit your CV (2 pages max) and a brief cover letter explaining who you are, why you care about what we do, and why you think you’d be good at the job.