Sales Manager Apprenticeship

Summary

The Rhotic Elevate programme is a Degree Apprenticeship for those looking to begin a career in sales. You will develop an understanding of how financial companies market their products and services with in-house coaching on content planning, client engagement, capital markets fundamentals, event-driven marketing, and audience acquisition.

Annual wage

£15,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£15,000 (year one), then National Minimum Wage (years two and three) plus commission. Commission of 25% is paid on every sale made, above the £2k monthly hurdle rate.

Training course

Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)

Hours

Monday to Thursday: Office based Fridays: Designated study day Exact shifts TBC. Additional days for: • Block release periods university campus attendance • On campus study days

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 4 August

Duration

3 years

Positions available

4

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Apprentices must be enthusiastic about a career in sales. Throughout the training programme, apprentices will be expected to hit development milestones on their journey.
Trainees will be taught how to identify, prospect and nurture new business relationships. Our in-house trainers will develop apprentices’ techniques on how to sell to different target audiences in banking, insurance, asset management and fintech.
Throughout the programme, apprentices will be expected to demonstrate a hard-working attitude, a willingness to use initiative and should exhibit curiosity and persistence.
The latter is key as the early days of developing a client book involve substantial amounts of prospecting through emails, on the telephone, in person and using digital outreach platforms.
In return you will learn the basics of capital markets, offering you an opportunity to work as part of a friendly team, liaise with clients and with a good amount of autonomy to develop your own client book.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for an independent agency, in a multi-layered role, where the earning potential is enormous.

Where you’ll work

Elizabeth House

Baddow Road

Chelmsford

CM2 0DG

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION

Your training course

Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Support the development of organisational strategies and plans. Develop and deliver operational plans; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operational effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence. Produce reports that clearly present information and data, using a range of interpretation and analytical processes. Gain wide support to deliver successful outcomes
Plan, organise and manage resources in order to achieve organisational goals. Identify key outcomes, develop and implement plans and monitor progress, and provide reports as required. Proactively identify risk and create plans for their mitigation. Able to initiate, lead and drive change within the organisation, identifying barriers/challenges and how to overcome them. Ability to use widely recognised project management tools
Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and production of financial reports
Use of customer insight and analysis of data to determine and drive customer service outcomes and improve customer relationships. Creative approaches to developing solutions to meet customer need
Able to identify service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth, using qualitative and quantitative analysis of information and data and benchmarking against others
Communicate clearly, effectively and regularly using oral, written and digital channels and platforms. Use active listening and open questioning to structure conversations and discussions, and able to challenge when appropriate. Manage and chair meetings and clearly present actions and outcomes. Ability to apply influencing and persuading skills, to the dynamics and politics of personal interactions
Able to articulate organisational purpose and values. Support the creation of an inclusive, high performance work culture. Enable others to achieve by developing and supporting them through coaching and mentoring
Able to build teams, empower and motivate others to improve performance or achieve outcomes. Able to delegate to others, provide clear guidance and monitor progress. Ability to set goals and accountabilities
Able to build rapport and trust, develop networks and maintain relationships with people from a range of cultures, backgrounds and levels. Able to contribute within a team environment. Effectively influence and negotiate, being able to have challenging conversations and give constructive feedback. Work collaboratively with internal and external customers and suppliers
Able to reflect on own performance, identifying and acting on learning and development needs. Ability to understand impact on others. Can manage stress and personal well-being, and confident in knowing core values and drivers
Able to create personal development plan, and use widely recognised tools and techniques to ensure the management of time and pressure effectively, and prioritisation and strategic alignment of activities
Use evidence-based tools and ethical approaches to undertake problem solving and critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation to support decision making

Your training plan

The academic portion of this apprenticeship will be delivered by Anglia Ruskin University in a day release arrangement. Apprentices will be sent with their cohort to study blocks at the university with additional study days following immediately after on-campus attendance.

Academic training is delivered on campus in a variety of lectures, seminars as well as online tasks.

More training information

Additional training is provided by Rhotic Media, a multi award winning provider of degree apprenticeships at our offices in Chelmsford, Essex.

Chartered manager (degree) Apprentice Standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Other in:

Any (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Resilience

Other requirements

We are looking for individuals with personality, enthusiasm and an eagerness to carve out a career in London’s thriving financial services scene. You should be keen to experience the excitement and reward of closing deals and want to develop a network that will serve you throughout your working career.

About this company

Rhotic Media is a financial services marketing agency that offers strategic support to global businesses in marketing strategy, content delivery, training, presenting and live event production. Our clients rely on us to have a comprehensive understanding of the global economic and capital markets landscape to enable them to stand out from their competitors and achieve cut-through in their marketing. Rhotic’s team take client business objectives and translate them into strategies and assets serving an overall corporate aim. They do this through a consultative approach that stems from an ability to recognise important themes and unravel technical jargon. The agency works across three key client segments – capital markets, personal finance and financial technology. These segments span every area of finance, including accounting, banking, insurance, investment, pensions, payments, and securities services.

http://www.financialpromoter.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

In addition, Rhotic Media also offers a bonus scheme for all employees, which is assessed and paid twice a year in accordance with the company’s overall performance and each individuals contribution to that performance.

After this apprenticeship

On completion of their Level 6 qualification, apprentices have the option to take up a full-time salaried position within the business within the commercial team.

This apprenticeship is designed to equip candidates with a knowledge of sales across UK financial services and capital markets.

The scheme aims to develop future managers to lead our teams. Therefore, the training extends beyond sales to HR management, finance, marketing and handling disruption and innovation.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RHOTIC MEDIA LIMITED

Human Resources

020 3143 2245

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000293592.

Apply now

Closes on Friday 28 February

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