Per Diem - Sales Support III

at  Curriculum Associates

At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what you see here, and believe you could bring passion and commitment to the role, but you aren’t sure you meet every qualification, please apply! Above all, we are looking for the right person!
Summary:
The Sales Support Specialist (SSS) Level III plays a pivotal role in providing advanced support to educators who are both current users and prospects for Curriculum Associates solutions. This position is dedicated to enhancing the local sales team’s efforts by focusing on prospecting, building strategic relationships, and ensuring the successful implementation of CA solutions. The SSS Level III is a key interface between educators and Curriculum Associates, serving as a trusted advisor.
This position will support Los Angeles, CA.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Strategic Collaboration: Actively collaborate across functions, serving as a liaison between sales, customer support, and other departments to ensure seamless communication and support.
• Strategic Relationship Building: Proactively establish and nurture relationships with educators in strategic pilots and key accounts, playing a crucial role in driving successful implementations, with a focus on strategic planning and guidance.
• Prospecting Excellence: Lead efforts to identify and engage with new schools and school districts, introducing them to Curriculum Associates, and conducting in-depth needs assessments to recommend the most suitable products.
• Product Expertise: Develop an in-depth understanding of Curriculum Associates’ products, educators’ classroom challenges, and current educational trends to provide informed guidance.
• Demonstration Mastery: Conduct web-based and on-site product demonstrations with confidence, tailoring presentations to meet the specific needs of educators.
• Communication Management: Monitor, screen, and manage internal and external communications, ensuring timely responses and proactive engagement.
• Educational Leadership: Stay up-to-date with State Standards (Grades K–8), content standards, practice standards, and contemporary pedagogical best practices. Act as an educational thought leader within the organization.

This Sales Support Specialist Level III role represents a higher level of expertise and responsibility within the organization, requiring an individual who can lead, influence, and excel in complex educational environments while providing advanced support to educators and the sales team.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Higher
• Five years of experience in customer service, sales, or teaching (or a combination)

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree plus teaching credential/Master’s degree
• Previous Experience as classroom teacher, Education Sales, Customer Support, Training

Travel: 5-10% overnight travel. Daily driving to support the territory 4-5 days per week.
Working Environment: Must be able to lift boxes of approx. 30lbs.
Benefits and Pay Range:
Pay Range – This role’s range is $40 - $50 per hour. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that Curriculum Associates considers in making compensation decisions based on our Compensation Philosophy. Actual base pay within that range will vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, prior experience and relevant skill sets. At Curriculum Associates, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances for each case. The Company recognizes that minimum wage varies by location and will ensure all compensation decisions comply with applicable state and local laws.
Benefits – Temporary and per-diem employees who average at least 30 hours of work per week within the Company’s look-back period are eligible to enroll in medical coverage after 90 days of employment. Temporary and per-diem employees working more than 20 hours per week are eligible for twelve paid holidays. All temporary and per-diem employees are eligible for accrued sick time.
Curriculum Associates, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Curriculum Associates will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race (including ancestry, national origin, ethnic characteristics, interracial marriage or association, and traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion and creed (including all aspects of religious observance, practice and belief), sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding, sex assigned at birth, difference of sex development and variations of sex characteristics), affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran or uniformed servicemember status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
If you need special assistance or an accommodation for a disability in order to apply for a posted position, please contact our People and Culture department at
people@cainc.com.
US-based Candidates:
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• Strategic Collaboration: Actively collaborate across functions, serving as a liaison between sales, customer support, and other departments to ensure seamless communication and support.
• Strategic Relationship Building: Proactively establish and nurture relationships with educators in strategic pilots and key accounts, playing a crucial role in driving successful implementations, with a focus on strategic planning and guidance.
• Prospecting Excellence: Lead efforts to identify and engage with new schools and school districts, introducing them to Curriculum Associates, and conducting in-depth needs assessments to recommend the most suitable products.
• Product Expertise: Develop an in-depth understanding of Curriculum Associates’ products, educators’ classroom challenges, and current educational trends to provide informed guidance.
• Demonstration Mastery: Conduct web-based and on-site product demonstrations with confidence, tailoring presentations to meet the specific needs of educators.
• Communication Management: Monitor, screen, and manage internal and external communications, ensuring timely responses and proactive engagement.
• Educational Leadership: Stay up-to-date with State Standards (Grades K–8), content standards, practice standards, and contemporary pedagogical best practices. Act as an educational thought leader within the organization