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Job CategoryOperationsPosition TypePermanentTarget Openings12What Is the Opportunity?If you’re the kind of person who gets a buzz from closing a sale and loves solving problems for new clients, you’ll look forward to coming to work every day. As a New Business Sales Consultant, you’ll be the first point of contact for our prospective customers—the UK’s small business heroes—helping them secure the protection they need to thrive.We're looking at our next start date, 2nd February 2026
The role has a starting salary of £27,280 with potential to increase to £28,411 within 6 months. You can increase your salary once every twelve months, with half-year reviews, to £31,648, then £34,866, and finally £40,033
Here is what you’ll be doing:
Instead of juggling administrative changes or renewals, your focus will be purely on winning new business:
Outbound Sales (Warm Leads): You’ll make outbound calls to prospective customers who have already requested a quote, guiding them to the right policy.
Inbound Sales: You’ll handle incoming calls from potential customers ready to discuss their quotes and buy.
Closing with Quality: You will follow the full sales process to completion, ensuring card payments and Direct Debits are accurate while adhering to FCA regulations and GDPR.
Who we are looking for:
We’re looking for someone who is highly motivated, passionate about sales, and resilient. To succeed in this role, you will need:
Sales Experience: Experience in telephone sales is essential—ideally within business insurance, though we welcome strong sales professionals from other industries.
Resilience & Focus: You are able to handle objections, maintain attention to detail, and stay focused while working independently.
Tech Savvy: You are computer literate and comfortable multitasking across different systems while talking to customers.
Adaptability: You are open to change and eager to learn as our products and processes evolve.
The role has a starting salary of £27,280 with potential to increase to £28,411 within 6 months. You can increase your salary once every twelve months, with half-year reviews, to £31,648, then £34,866, and finally £40,033.
Above all, we'll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.
This is a hybrid position where you will be working up to eight days per month from our Northampton hub, subject to team needs. On the other days, you will work from home using equipment provided by us; you will just need to ensure you have a broadband connection with a speed of 20Mbps or more.
we offer a great work-life balance where workloads are manageable and everyone has the flexibility to work hybrid
on top of the 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), we offer the option to buy five more days of holiday with your flexible benefits
our flexible parental leave allows you to approach an important time how you want - with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you're the secondary caregiver
our life event leave is an extra days leave every two years for those big moments in your life like moving house or your birthday. And our long-serving employees get a two week paid sabbatical after five years of service, then four weeks off after ten years of service
private medical insurance through BUPA, that covers any pre-existing condition is a core benefit. Plus a health cash plan that covers your everyday medical expenses
we offer a competitive salary based oon your experience and the current market. Plus the potential to earn an annual bonus based on performance
Simply Business is committed to providing equality and opportunities for all employees and candidates considering a career with us. We offer a workplace where colleagues are treated with respect and dignity. We don’t (and won’t) discriminate either directly or indirectly on the grounds of race, colour, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or relationship status at any stage of the hiring process or during the course of your employment.
