Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: ESPO, Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES
Worker Category: Field-based Worker (office attendance as required and regular travel to customers)
Salary: Grade 10, £34,350 to £37,950 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 10th August 2025
Interview Date(s): Between 11th - 22nd August 2025
Are you an experienced sales or account manager with a passion for early years education?
Do you have a strong interest or background in the early years sector and understand the learning areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)?
Do you want to help shape how early years providers access high-quality resources to support young children’s development?
About the Role
We’re looking for an Early Years Key Account Manager, to help ESPO grow and support our early years customer base. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s most successful public sector suppliers and contribute to our mission of delivering excellent, innovative resources to nurseries, preschools and childcare providers nationwide.
In this role, you’ll manage a portfolio of early years customers, helping to retain and grow revenue, while identifying new prospects and strategic opportunities across the sector. You’ll develop and implement business plans, analyse customer data, gather market insight, and ensure that all customers receive a first-class ESPO experience.
You will enjoy a flexible working arrangement split between home, our ESPO office in Leicester, and customer site visits. Occasional weekend work and overnight stays may be required to attend and exhibit at events. Due to the nature of the role, a full driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package featuring wellbeing support and opportunities for personal and professional development. Upon successful completion of your probation period, you'll also become eligible for our generous pension scheme and optional salary sacrifice car scheme.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
1. Proven experience in business development or account management
2. Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with customers
3. Knowledge or experience of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) or the early years education sector
4. Confidence in using data to monitor customer engagement and performance
5. A formal sales qualification or relevant training (or equivalent practical experience)
6. The ability to work independently, manage your time, and prioritise tasks
7. Access to your own transport and a willingness to travel to customer sites
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we expect you to share and will ask you to provide evidence when you demonstrate them during the interview process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Darren Turford, Business Development Manager
Telephone: 07917 088164
Email:
section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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