Careers at Open Study College

Interested in joining the OSC family? We're always on the look out for positive, ambitious and passionate people to join our team. See what current vacancies we have below.

Open Study College is a thriving, family-founded distance learning provider with vibrant offices on the outskirts of Birmingham.

Our business is made up of a team of over 50 people who are passionate about helping others. We are in the privileged position of being the enablers of positive life altering change, and we are here to do what we can to help people achieve their goals and thrive in life!

Over the last 13 years we’ve helped 100,000 learners change their lives and we’re looking for ambitious, skilled and passionate people to join our team for the next phase of our growth. To discuss any of the vacancies below or to express your interest in working for OSC, please contact our Recruitment Coordinator, Jak on jak.whitehouse@openstudycollege.com

Head of sales

Are you looking for an exciting, challenging and rewarding career in sales management?

· Are you confident, outgoing, and motivated by success?

· Are you organised and proactive?

· Do you have a strong sales background, with lots of experience but don’t mind getting stuck in?

Reporting to the CEO, and joining the Senior Management team, the successful candidate will be responsible for overall sales within the business, working particularly closely with the Telesales Manager, and our Marketing and B2B teams to maximise sales opportunities through the telesales team and through our website.

Find out more and apply for this job.

Course adviser

Our course advisers are an integral part of the OSC family. Every week they speak to hundreds of people to understand their goals and career dreams to help them pick the right course, and now we are looking for someone to join our team.

This role is perfect for someone with at least six months telesales experience and have excellent customer service skills, able to build a rapport with people over the telephone easily. You will feel passionate about providing guidance to help people achieve their personal or career goals. You may also be a little bit competitive and love the buzz you get from closing sales!

As a course adviser you’ll be dealing with inbound enquiries only, here at OSC we don’t do cold calling. You’ll be following up students who have expressed an interest in enrolling and completing a through needs analysis with the student to identify which course would suit their career/personal goals, to meet your daily, weekly and monthly targets. Full training will be provided.

Find out more and apply to be a course adviser here.

Social media executive

Are you a Social Media Executive who lives and breathes social media in both your personal and professional life?

We have a unique opportunity for someone to own and develop the social media activity for two fast growing brands – a very established distance learning college and a brand-new recruitment brand that sits under the same umbrella.

Reporting to the Senior Marketing Manager and working alongside a team of passionate and supportive marketers, the Social Media Executive will be responsible for building engaged and growing audiences across our social media channels.

Find out more and apply for the role, here.

What's on offer?

One of the first questions you might have is what benefits you can expect when working here at OSC. Here’s a handful of our favourites:

  • An extra holiday day off for your birthday – every year.
  • Casual dress code.
  • After successfully passing probation, you can study one of our courses!
  • Free on-site parking.
  • Subsidised BUPA medical cover.
  • Discounted childcare on Birmingham Business Park – subject to availability.
  • Extra holiday and other benefits for length of service!
  • Career progression.
  • In-house training and development.
  • Internal awards, with prizes for recognition.
  • Legendary Christmas parties….did someone say free bar?!
  • And generally, a professional, fun, friendly and inclusive culture. We’re a close-knit team and take any opportunity we can to get together and celebrate the successes, whether that be a company-wide summer BBQ or cakes and beers in the office!

Want to know more about Open Study College?

Read about our family history, our values and how we help our students achieve their goals.

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