CANVASSER REQUIREMENTS:

• Friendly, confident persona
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated
• Well presented
• Ability to sell products and influence people
• Ability to work after-hours and on weekends
• Ability to travel extensively across East and West Sussex (in a company vehicle)
• Ability to work outdoors, often in inclement or warm weather
• Ability to walk and stand for long periods
• Drivers preferred but not essential.
• Candidates for this role will be subject to a basic DBS check

WHO WE ARE

Lightning Fibre was established in 2018 and is the leading local alternative network provider of symmetric full fibre broadband in East Sussex. We build and operate our own network from our headquarters in Polegate.
Our broadband network can supply our standard installed customers with anything up to 10 Gigabits in both download and uploads.
We are a community orientated network operator, whose aim is to significantly upgrade our region’s broadband infrastructure. By providing local jobs and keeping local £’s in the areas we serve, we act as a vital enabler to grow our digital local economy.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From £23,796.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Commission pay

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Sales: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• full UK driving licence (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In perso

BASIC MONTHLY SALARY, REGARDLESS OF RESULTS, MIN WAGE CURRENTLY £23,796 PLUS UNCAPPED COMMISSION, PAID MONTHLY. TYPICALLY, YOU’LL BE EARNING £30,000 OR MORE PER ANNUM IN THIS ROLE. HOURS ARE TYPICALLY 9-6 MONDAY TO FRIDAY, BUT SOME UNSOCIAL (EVE AND WEEKEND) HOURS ON A ROLLING ROTA BASIS WITH PLENTY OF ADVANCE NOTICE.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Canvasser to talk to the public about our products. As a canvasser, you will be responsible for approaching people at their home (on the doorstep, not inside) and at events and train stations, and telling them about our product(s) and its uses. If they are interested, they’ll give you their personal details for a follow up call. If they are not interested right now, at least you’ll leave them better informed and with a good impression of you, the experience and the company.
To ensure success as a canvasser, you should have excellent interpersonal skills. A top-notch Canvasser is someone who can build rapport quickly and relate to people face-to-face and promote the company products without coming across as pushy.

CANVASSER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Creating your own sales pitch from the training given - reciting it naturally as required

• Driving (or being driven) to canvassing locations
• Approaching and talking to people in public locations or at their front door
• Displaying knowledge of our products and our company and attempting to influence or change opinion
• Obtaining personal information for follow up sales calls, emails and texts (accurate and compliant data capture and data handling)
• Making cold calls from the office
• Answering questions about the company product, or objection handling
• Attending events, fairs, and other industry-related events
• Maintaining a professional appearance
• Meeting quotas set out by the company
• Representing the company positively at all times.