Customer Experience and Sales Learning Specialist

The Customer Experience & Marketing team have an exciting opportunity for two Sales and Customer Experience Learning Specialists to join the team. Working remotely with frequent visits to London, and national travel to deliver training face to face.
We are looking for candidates who thrive on building strong consultative working relationships and rapport with others. Great opportunity for a passionate and self-motivated sales individual who is keen to work in house and focus on driving the Barchester brand standards.
, Your role is the affective delivery of learning solutions across Barchester Healthcare that drive high levels of occupancy through the conversion of those looking for a care home, and those on a current short stay to convert to permanent residency.

Required skills and experience:

Demonstrable growth in commercial success as a result of learning interventions
Previous experience of working as a Learning and Development specialist, with a specialism of sales and conversion
A sound understanding of best-in-class sales and customer experience practice & standards in a fast-paced environment across multiple customer facing channels.
Possess a full UK driving licence and have ability to undertake regular travel across the UK with possible overnight stays
Have an understanding of customer experience design and change implementation

Role and responsibilities:

Understand the current working practices & results for enquiries/sales, immersing yourself into our enquiry to admission journey
Become fully versed with elements of Customer Experience & Resident Experience including Life Enrichment and the Customer Journey, identifying missed opportunities
Identify key conversion points in our enquirer's journey and build training to maximise conversion rates, utilising customer insight to direct actions.
Complete training needs analysis to identify gaps & propose programmes driving commercial performance
Work to provide a suite of training materials aligned to Learning and Development and Barchester brand tone of voice
Support the design of structured/formal learning to deliver Occupancy Improvement and Customer Experience improvement both technical and skill based.
Support a digital first approach but offer a blended approach to training delivery working with the operators to understand best delivery method and fit
Be available to travel nationally where learning is required where face to face is the best fit
Ensure you create learning environments with the right tools & systems in place for effective learning
Prepare for all training to ensure the quality of the delivery is of a high standard
Implement training modules into the Barchester Learning and Development platform and future HRIS including testing/pilots
Ensure we have resources and material hosted in Customer Experience and Learning and Development that support current and future leaders in relation to sales and occupancy success
Provide ongoing coaching support to leaders on a one-to-one basis where required

Rewards package:

£48,000 per annum
Generous car allowance of £6.5k
Annual bonus
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Life cover
Access to a wide range of retail and leisure discounts at big brands and supermarket
Free access to medical specialists, who are available for a second opinion if you need it to make a decision with confidence
Confidential and free access to counselling and legal services