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About the Role

Blue Education is seeking a UK-based, Mandarin-speaking Sales Consultant to build relationships with prospective students and families, converting inquiries into clients. This is a consultative sales role requiring education advice, pipeline management, objection handling, and closing skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct consultations with prospective students and parents to understand their academic background, goals, challenges, timelines, priorities and expectations.
• Use thoughtful questioning and active listening to identify both stated and underlying client needs.
• Recommend appropriate Blue Education services and clearly explain the value, rationale and expected client journey.
• Handle questions, concerns and objections professionally, including conversations about price, competing providers and timing.
• Own qualified leads throughout the full sales cycle, from initial enquiry and needs assessment to proposal, follow-up, negotiation and final enrolment.
• Actively progress suitable clients towards a purchasing decision and secure clear next steps after consultations.
• Work towards agreed individual and team revenue, conversion and activity targets.
• Prioritise leads based on suitability, urgency, potential value and likelihood of conversion.
• Maintain consistent and timely follow-up without compromising the premium client experience.
• Build and maintain positive, professional and long-term relationships with prospective and existing clients.
• Manage high-quality post-signing handovers to the relevant academic, Student Success, tutor and operations teams.
• Identify appropriate renewal, referral and cross-service opportunities in collaboration with service delivery teams.
• Support Blue Education's UK sales strategy and contribute to events, partnerships and other client acquisition activities.
• Track competitor activity, emerging client needs and relevant market trends, and share actionable insights with the wider team.
• Work with Marketing to improve lead quality, campaign messaging and conversion performance.
• Work closely with academic colleagues to ensure recommendations are academically appropriate and commercially responsible.
• Maintain complete and accurate CRM records, including client needs, proposed solutions, lead stage, expected value, next action, follow-up date and outcome.
• Keep pipeline information current and transparent so that forecasts and conversion performance can be managed effectively.
• Follow company contract, pricing and approval processes accurately and consistently.

Requirements

• Currently based in the UK, or able to relocate to the UK within an agreed timeframe.
• Fluent Mandarin Chinese and professional-level English, both spoken and written.
• At least 2 years of professional sales experience
• At least 1 year of professional experience in education, education consulting, admissions, student recruitment, tutoring services, professional consulting or another advisory environment.
• Strong client consultation and needs-analysis skills, with the ability to translate client needs into suitable recommendations.
• Commercial confidence: comfortable discussing pricing, handling objections, asking for commitment and following up consistently.
• Strong written communication skills, including polished client emails and proposals.
• Strong organisation, attention to detail and follow-through, with the ability to manage multiple client conversations at different stages.
• Comfortable using CRM systems and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Willingness to work flexibly when required, including occasional evenings, weekends and external events.
• Experience in consultative, solution-based, premium or high-consideration sales.
• Sales experience within education, tutoring, admissions consulting, student recruitment or related services.
• Knowledge of the UK education system, including independent schools, GCSE/IGCSE, A Levels, IB, university admissions or tutoring pathways.
• Experience working with international students, Chinese families or globally mobile families.
• Experience serving high-net-worth, private or premium-service clients.
• Experience using sales data to improve conversion performance, or contributing to sales scripts, proposal templates, CRM processes or playbooks.

Skills

• Mandarin Chinese
• English
• Sales
• Client Consultation
• Needs Analysis
• Commercial Confidence
• Written Communication
• Organisation
• Attention to Detail
• Follow-through
• CRM Systems
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Consultative Sales
• Solution-based Sales
• Premium Sales
• High-consideration Sales
• Education Sales
• Tutoring Sales
• Admissions Consulting Sales
• Student Recruitment Sales
• UK Education System Knowledge
• International Student Experience
• Chinese Family Experience
• Globally Mobile Family Experience
• High-Net-Worth Client Service
• Private Client Service
• Premium Service Client Experience
• Sales Data Analysis
• Sales Script Development
• Proposal Template Development
• CRM Process Improvement
• Playbook Development

Location

• London, UK

Work Type

• Hybrid working arrangement (3 office days per week)
• Full-time

Experience Level

• At least 2 years of professional sales experience
• At least 1 year of professional experience in education, education consulting, admissions, student recruitment, tutoring services, professional consulting or another advisory environment.

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree or above

Salary/Compensations

• £32,000-£45,000 base salary, plus sales commission

Benefits

• Opportunities for continuous professional development and progression into senior sales, partnerships or commercial leadership roles.
• An international and collaborative working environment.
• UK work visa sponsorship may be available for eligible candidates

About the Company

• Blue Education provides premium academic planning, tutoring, admissions preparation, personal development and career guidance for ambitious students and families.
• We support clients across key stages of their education journey, from school and university planning through to career development.
• Our clients expect thoughtful advice, strong execution, clear communication and consistently high standards of service.