CheckatradeBusiness Development Specialist
Checkatrade is hiring a Business Development Specialist. Level rates it ; you can apply on Checkatrade.
Level's read on this job
- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this sales role: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions Salesforce, lead generation and cold calling among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a junior role.
- Checkatrade has 18 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Drive early-stage sales outreach and lead generation to connect tradespeople with home improvement platforms.
Powering Great Work
We started as the place to find a trusted trade. Now, as we shape the future of home improvement, we're building the tech to transform that landscape for everyone - better products, smarter data, AI where it actually helps - so trades can spend less time on admin and consumers can find someone they trust, first time. That's Powering Great Work, and it's why every team here exists:
🔧 Trades spend less time on admin and more on winning work and growing their business
🏠 Homeowners get a trusted trade, first time, every time
🚀 We get to build products that change homes and lives across the country
As our next Business Development Representative, you'll sit right at the top of our sales funnel. You'll start the conversations that turn cold prospects into real opportunities for our account management in our sales team, helping more tradespeople grow their business through Checkatrade. If you get a kick out of the chase of a prospect and want to turn that into a career in sales, this is a good place to start.
The job, unfiltered:
Hunt down and research potential non-member trades across multiple channels, then work out whether they're a genuine fit for Checkatrade.
Pick up the phone (and send emails) to start conversations that uncover what prospects actually need and where it hurts.
Make Checkatrade's value land clearly, qualify the sales opportunity and quickly, in a way that sparks real curiosity.
Warm leads up through the early stages of their journey, then hand them over cleanly to account executives to re-qualify and close.
Keep Salesforce spotless, with accurate, up-to-date records of every conversation and lead.
Team up with sales executives and other teams to swap insights, sharpen your outreach and convert more of the leads you find.
The fit:
0-2 years' experience in business development, lead generation, client outreach or another customer-facing role.
A results-driven streak, with the resilience to keep finding and qualifying new opportunities even when the first few calls don't land.
Communication that builds rapport fast and gets your point across clearly and concisely.
A proactive, organised approach to managing your pipeline.
Experience with Salesforce or a similar CRM is useful, but if you're keen to learn, we'll train you up.
(Don't self-select out because you don't tick every box. We'd rather meet you.)
What you get
💰 Competitive salary, annual bonus & equity scheme
🩺 Health, wellbeing and learning support
🚲 Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme, Cycle Scheme
🎂 Birthday/special day leave, buy & sell holiday scheme
❤️ 1 week's paid charity leave, and more
How this goes
Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
Second stage interview with our Head of Sales SMB and Sales Operations Manager
Third stage interview with our VP of Sales
Not this one? Stay close anyway. Join the Talent Community and we'll ping you the second something better fits.
About us
We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.
We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.
How we rate this
Business Development Specialist at Checkatrade rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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Pay
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- $142k
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- Tell me about a project where lead generation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cold calling was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where business development was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where sales was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where pipeline management was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Lead Generation, Cold Calling, Business Development, Sales, and Pipeline Management. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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