School MIS & EdTech Sales Consultant

School MIS & EdTech Sales Consultant

We are looking for an experienced UK school software sales professional to sell Edli to schools, independent school groups, and Multi-Academy Trusts. Edli is a modern school operations platform that brings attendance, parent communication, fees, homework/resources, scheduling, staff workflows, dashboards, and day-to-day administration into one connected system.

The role

This is a sales role to Open conversations, manage the sales process, and close deals. You will be responsible for generating opportunities, speaking with decision-makers, presenting Edli, handling objections, following up, and closing paid customers.

Responsibilities

• Sell Edli to UK schools, independent school groups, and Multi-Academy Trusts
• Build and manage your own sales pipeline
• Reach decision-makers such as headteachers, school business managers, MIS/data managers, operations leads, finance leads, and trust leadership
• Lead discovery calls and understand each school’s operational challenges
• Present Edli clearly and confidently
• Join and support product demos
• Handle objections around switching, rollout, training, data, pricing, procurement, and implementation
• Follow up consistently and move opportunities forward
• Negotiate commercial terms where appropriate
• Close paid pilots and signed customers
• Report pipeline activity, deal status, objections, and next steps clearly

Ideal background

You should have experience selling into UK schools or education organisations, ideally in one or more of the following areas:

• MIS or school management software
• Parent communication platforms
• Attendance or safeguarding software
• Finance, HR, or operational software for schools
• EdTech, education SaaS, or subscription-based education products
• Technology or services sold to independent schools, school groups, Local Authorities, or MATs

What we are looking for

The right person will have:

• Proven experience selling to UK schools
• Full-cycle sales experience from prospecting to close
• Confidence speaking with senior school decision-makers
• Ability to build pipeline independently
• Strong follow-up and closing discipline
• Commercial awareness and clear communication
• Experience handling school procurement and multi-stakeholder decisions
• A practical, target-driven mindset
• Existing relationships with UK school decision-makers would be a strong advantage.

Engagement & Compensation

This is a senior commercial role with a flexible structure depending on experience and fit. We are open to discussing a contract, consulting, fractional, or longer-term arrangement for the right person. As part of hiring process, you will be required to give a short AI based interview.