Academic Counsellor (Tele-sales)

Dhaka Division, BangladeshOn-SiteContractPosted 1mo ago

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The Role:As an Academic Counsellor you will be responsible for advising customers on the features, benefits and uses of Shikho and ultimately growing the customer base by driving multi-year and multi-product sales.

The role

means you will have to focus on building deep relationships with new and existing customers via cold-calling. We are looking for experienced sales professionals who are looking to take their career to the next level by working for an internationally venture backed fast growing technology start-up. Key Roles &amp;

Responsibilities:

<ul type="disc"><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Advise students and parents for their learning needs through structured counselling sessions.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Fix appointments and conduct online demo sessions on a daily basis alongside follow up sessions.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Understand customer profile and their specific problems to explain the implications of ineffective learning methods.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Create the need for smart learning and advise student-parent to buy a Shikho subscription as a solution.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Handle objectives and price negotiations with respect and credibility to generate sales revenues.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Continuously learn and upgrade product knowledge and sales skills to achieve and exceed growing sales targets.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Possess a sound knowledge and understanding of consumer (students and parents) behavior.</li></ul>Ideal Profile:<ul type="disc"><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Understand customer psychology and is able to empathize with students and parents.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Ability to drive commercial goals by meeting sales targets.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Has studied the Bangla medium National Curriculum for SSC and HSC and has a very good understanding of the curriculum and syllabus.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Enthusiastic and willing to work relentlessly to achieve and exceed sales targets to drive commissions and career progression.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Thrive in a fast-paced and self-driven working environment.</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Have really good communication skills in Bangla</li><li style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; background:white;">Has minimum 6 months of Tele-sales/Call center experience in direct-to-consumer target-driven roles.</li></ul> The important bits:<ul type="disc"><li style="color:black;line-height:normal; background:white;">Job type: Contractual, 6 Days a Week (Saturday to Thursday), 10:00AM to 7:00PM (or equivalent hours)</li><li style="color:black;line-height:normal; background:white;">Location: Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh</li><li style="color:black;line-height:normal; background:white;">Department: Sales</li><li style="color:black;line-height:normal; background:white;">Reporting to: Tele-sales Manager</li><li style="color:black;line-height:normal; background:white;">Salary: 12k to 14k salary, Additional KPI and handsome sales incentive for achieving sales targets</li><li style="color:black;line-height:normal; background:white;">Annual and Sick Leaves</li><li style="color:black;line-height:normal; background:white;">Awesome working culture and ability to progress quickly within the organization</li><li style="color:black;line-height:normal; background:white;">Opportunity to grab a full-time position</li></ul> About Shikho:<a href="https://www.shikho.tech/" rel="noreferrer">Shikho</a> is a Bangladeshi education technology start-up with a mission to democratize access to high-quality education.

It has recently raised $1.3m USD of investment and is backed by several global top tier investors, including Silicon Valley based EdTech global investment specialists <a href="https://learncapital.com/" rel="noreferrer">Learn Capital</a>, New York based venture capital firm <a href="https://www.anchorless.vc/" rel="noreferrer">Anchorless Bangladesh</a>, Singapore based venture capital firm <a href="https://wavemaker.vc/" rel="noreferrer">Wavemaker Partners</a>, as well as the Founder and CEO of American EdTech, <a href="https://teachable.com/" rel="noreferrer">Teachable</a>.

Shikho aims to build a holistic learning ecosystem for a digitally enabled Bangladeshi student population, across primary, secondary, and tertiary education.<div> </div><div style="border:none;border-bottom:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;background: white;">Shikho in the News:</div><a href="https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/news/bangladeshi-edtech-shikho-closes-seed-investment-usd-53-million-2993191" rel="noreferrer" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0070d0;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Bangladeshi edtech Shikho closes seed investment of USD 5.3 million</a><a href="https://futurestartup.com/2023/03/20/shikho-raises-investment-sajida-foundation-and-new-investors/" rel="noreferrer" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0070d0;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Shikho raises new investment from SAJIDA Foundation, international investors to expand reach and impact</a><a href="https://www.thedailystar.net/star-youth/news/shikho-transforming-lives-one-student-time-3145606" rel="noreferrer" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0070d0;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Shikho: Transforming lives, one student at a time</a><a href="https://www.thedailystar.net/life-living/news/shikho-making-its-mark-forbes-list-3106856" rel="noreferrer" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0070d0;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Shikho making its mark on Forbes list</a><a href="https://www.bloombergmedia.com/press/bloomberg-new-economy-announces-2023-catalysts/" rel="noreferrer" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0070d0;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Shikho and its Founder, Shahir Chowdhury featured in Bloomberg New Economy 2023 Catalysts</a>

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