The Opportunity

At OES, our Sales Consultants work on behalf of our University partners, working on warm leads from potential students looking to further their higher education. Day-to-day you will have meaningful, consultative conversations to guide your customer into an appropriate higher education course. Each sale you make means you’ve helped someone better their life through education – it’s a true feelgood.

What’s in it for you?

Along with joining a passionate, energetic and highly skilled team, this role will allow you to gain exposure to many growth and development opportunities. OES offers a hybrid, flexible approach to work, where we work 2-3 days from our state-of-the-art Cremorne office, and the rest from home (or wherever you choose!). Breakfast, snacks, table tennis, Nintendo Switch are all available in the office, as well as an in-house massage therapist and weekly staff drinks. Ultimately, you will be joining a values-driven, collaborative business where your creativity and innovation will be nurtured and celebrated.

OTE Package

As a guide, below is the average package that a new starter would expect to achieve. The amazing part is that you dictate your commissions as they’re uncapped. Remember the package below is the average but others are earning much more. How much could you achieve?

• A starting salary of between $62,000 + super
• $8,500 pa average commissions
• $2,900 average company bonus

In Addition

• Base salary and Superannuation are guaranteed and not tied to sales results
• Commission earnings are uncapped and directly tied to your individual sales results and the above figure is an average, so you can earn even more

About You

• Outbound sales contact centre experience is highly regarded, as is any other sales experience
• Have worked with KPIs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Thrive on closing a sale and making an impact on people’s lives

About OES

OES is a vibrant and values led organisation, and we are passionate about enhancing lives through education. We work with university partners, training institutes, and professional bodies worldwide, to develop and enable immersive and engaging learning experiences. We empower our teams to be student focused, innovative and embrace change with a growth mindset to ensure we achieve our vision of being the world’s most impactful enabler of education. We encourage our people to grow and develop through teamwork and a diverse range of projects, programs and challenging work. We trust our people to deliver, so when you work with OES, you will join a team who are empowered to impact every day.

If this role is of interest, please apply now with your updated CV.

Our team is searching for a Customer Relationship Consultant who is passionate about delivering exceptional service and fostering meaningful relationships with our valued clients.

Who we are:
As a proud not for profit organisation since 1922, Respect Aged Care serves older residents through our high standard of care and community. Our focus is on giving back to older adults by fostering communities of belonging. Headquartered on the northwest coast of Tasmania, our philosophy is: Everyone deserves the right to a life well-lived, with dignity and respect.

Our organisation is constantly growing, with many homes and thousands of residents and employees across Victoria, New south Wales and Tasmania. Respect also has home care services in multiple states, and more than 700 units in different retirement villages and independent living communities.

The position:

The Customer Relationship Consultant is a pivotal role for Costa House, Lara in Victoria, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the lives of our residents in this picturesque region. We're seeking a results-driven professional to guide families through the journey to aged care, providing expert advice and ensuring a seamless transition. Experience in aged care is not essential, as we provide support and training to help you gain the required industry knowledge

In this role, you will connect with potential residents, their families, and external referrers, and offer empathy and support throughout the customer journey. The role will actively seek to achieve agreed occupancy rates and implement strategies to improve customer and referrer engagement.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Implementing sales plan initiatives.
• Complying with the agreed customer sales method and admission sales process to achieve a great client experience.
• Travel to locations suitable to the client for meetings and presentations for prospective resident.
• Managing channel relationships to ensure Respect obtains more than its fair share of leads.
• Intercept and manage all inbound respite and permanent leads from prospective residents and family members including providing prospective residents with tours of our facilities.
• Ensure and monitor, that all prospects/leads are effectively communicated and responded to in a timely manner.
• Record and manage all prospective leads on our CRM database.
• Ensure that prospective leads are given the necessary information package and that the information within the package is both current and explained clearly in a professional manner.
• Ensure the highest standard of professional self-presentation is maintained to project a positive image at all times of Respect.
• Willingness to meet with prospective clients /representatives out of normal business hours if required.
• Initial data entry of client details into the CRM database for ease of tracking and reporting.
• Prepare and supply all residential permanent agreements/documentation to clients prior to the admission date.

Essential:

• Demonstrated successful sales and marketing experience/skills.
• Demonstrated ability in the application of advanced administrative procedures.
• Ability to understand basic analysis techniques.
• Advanced word processing operation skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and the ability to empathise with prospective residents and family members.
• Demonstrated understanding of continuous quality improvement principles.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake work of a confidential nature.
• A current drivers license without restriction.
• Current National Police Certificate (or ability to acquire).

To be considered for employment with Respect, each candidate must satisfy the legislative requirements of Aged Care Worker Screening to ensure suitability to work in the aged care industry.

• Competitive salary and entitlements.
• Pay incentives including not-for-profit salary packaging.
• Meaningful work in a purpose-driven organisation.
• A healthy and positive workplace culture.
• Learning, development, and growth opportunities.

Our purpose:

To care for the elderly in our communities in an environment of respect, value, and belonging.

Our Values:
Respect - Treat all people with fairness and dignity
Care -  Look after and protect the elderly, and each other
Teamwork -  Encourage, cooperate, and build trust
Courage -  Do the right thing, even when it’s difficult
Integrity -  Be open, honest, and trustworthy
Innovation -  Think differently to solve problems.
Excellence -  Drive quality to continuously improve.

Are you an influential quantitative researcher who wants to make a real difference for clients and deliver actionable insights, backed by frameworks, behavioural science and marketing? Join us and make an impact.

ABOUT TRA
TRA is an insights agency based in New Zealand, Melbourne, and Sydney. We are a diverse group of thinkers, intent on solving the complex and challenging problems our clients are facing. We combine our understanding of human behaviour with intelligent data capability to navigate uncertainty and answer the big questions.

If you're ready to put your problem-solving and analysis skills to the test, we've got an opportunity for you! We are looking for an insights superstar to join our team and help solve problems for some of Melbourne's top businesses. You'll be using your creativity to answer clients' needs, and enabling growth through your amazing quantitative research skills. This is your chance to think outside the box and create solutions that will make a real impact.

Bringing together the best of both worlds for ambitious and strategic minds, we are the largest independent and multi-AFR and ESOMAR award winning research agency.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Join our dynamic team in Melbourne as a quantitative Consultant or Senior Consultant and be at the forefront of innovation and impact. As a key part of our consulting team, you will be fully immersed in every aspect of the research and insight process, you will use your expertise to design, manage, and report on projects that make a real difference.

Responsible for delivering projects end to end, you will work with a diverse range of clients and to deliver meaningful insights that truly make waves.

With your excellent quantitative research skills and amazing analysis skills, you'll tackle projects like a pro. You bring solid marketing know-how, you have a knack for adding richness to stories through data curation, and you seamlessly blend complementary sources such as cultural analysis and quant insights into your work. You'll translate complex findings into impactful insights and strategies that set our clients on the path to success.

All while working alongside passionate, experienced and strategic team that will help you stretch your craft and client skills.

ABOUT YOU

• A university degree supporting your area of expertise.
• Fined tuned expertise in research, marketing, statistical analysis, psychology or social science fields.
• Working experience (between 2-5 years) in a commercial or agency environment is a must.
• Experience in leading the design and successful execution of a wide range of projects.
• Hands on experience analysing quantitative data and applying frameworks and thinking to solve marketing and other organisational problems.
• The ability to innovatively and creatively find solutions and is open to new ideas.
• And is a leader within their own work and with clients.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS WE OFFER YOU?
Join an award-winning agency that values innovation and transformative thinking TRA has been awarded Gold for Campaign Asia-Pacific Market Research Agency of the Year and Silver for Independent Agency of the Year, in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

We have been recognised across the prestigious AFR BOSS Best Places to Work awards system – placing 3rd in the Media and Marketing category in last year and Professional Services category this year for the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work Australasia list.

Do the best work of your life, alongside some of the greatest thinkers you’ll encounter in your career and be part of the formative TRA Melbourne team as we establish and grow our footprint. Our senior leaders will be working hands on alongside you, with opportunity to learn, grow and develop while doing incredibly valuable work.

A commitment to focused learning, with two hours set aside each week for TRA Academy, means you will be able to continually expand your knowledge, skills, and thinking. Combined with outstanding on-the-job learning experiences, you will have the support to take your career to the next level.

You’ll be working in a dynamic, new co-sharing office space at The Commons in Collingwood – inspired and connected into creative, strategic people and businesses.

We are a curious, creative, and multi-disciplinary team committed to delivering amazing work built on values of collaboration, creativity, and clarity.

You’ll be given a voice to shape the direction and thinking of TRA and how the wider world uses human understanding to create better outcomes for all.

We have regular social events, some flexibility to work from home, and a competitive salary package to underpin the experience!  

WE VALUE DIVERSITY IN ALL ITS FORMS
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We know from research that women or non-binary applicants don’t always apply for roles they don’t feel 100% qualified for, so we encourage anyone who is interested to get in touch. Focus on the bullet points that match your experience, not the ones that don’t.

Our job posting is the starting point for a conversation, and we’re always excited to hear from people who are interested in working with us.

If you’re curious, apply now! We’d love to hear from you