Sales Executive Apprenticeship - Level 4

The Met Office

UK (EX1 3PB)

Closes in 22 days (Sunday 8 March 2026)

Posted on 13 February 2026

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Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office as a Sales Executive Apprentice commencing at the start of September 2026. You will develop skills and workplace experience which may lead to a permanent position on successful completion of your apprenticeship or the knowledge to gain employment within the wider industry.

Wage

£24,310 a year

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Starting salary is £24,310 with opportunity to progress to £25,740. The total reward package is potentially up to £34,675 annually, which includes basic salary, potential corporate bonus and employer pension contributions.

Training course
Sales executive (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

37 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Your key duties:

  • Support Account and Business Managers in the development of profitable long-term relationships with existing and new customers by developing an understanding of customer needs and aligning this to Met Office strategy
  • Support Account and Business Managers in the development of account plans and engagement strategies to identify and promote activity on areas of greatest potential, aligned to emerging Met Office capabilities
  • Carry out market and customer insight activities to support Business Lead and Products Managers to manage product lifecycles, and develop knowledge of Met Office product or service offerings
  • Support Account and Business Managers in effective delivery of customer projects and activities, by undertaking delegated tasks as appropriate, including working with colleagues across different disciplines including science, technology and marketing
  • Support Account and Business Managers in the management of contracts, including developing knowledge and experience of renegotiating deliverables, contract variations, timely invoicing and customer reporting
  • Provide support to the Business Managers and Sector Heads for a range of cross team tasks, such as managing new leads, monitoring inboxes, weekly snap shots, and facilitating knowledge sharing

Champion the best practice use of the Met Offices Customer Relationship Management Tool, ensuring our records are ISO9001 and GDPR compliant.

Where you'll work

Fitzroy Road
Exeter
Devon
UK
EX1 3PB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

Training course

Sales executive (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Sales planning and preparation: Set effective targets using sales forecasts. Prioritise customers and activities to grow account value and maximise return-on-investment in line with your organisation’s strategy. Formulate or refine customer plans and objectives. Create efficient territory plans where appropriate.
  • Customer engagement: Effectively communicate and interpret customer information exchanged through written, verbal and non-verbal communication. Develop a customer engagement style that effectively opens sales conversations, builds rapport, enhances customer relationships, and adapts to different customer’s social preferences.
  • Customer needs analysis: Be highly skilled at effective questioning and active listening techniques to understand the customer’s needs, guide the sales conversation appropriately, create mutual understanding, and build trust and affinity with customers.
  • Propose and present solutions: Develop sales proposals and deliver them using a presentation style and technique appropriate for your customer. Present relevant products and/or services, explain features and their advantages, and clearly articulate the value and benefit of the solution for the specific customer. Use and adapt a range of techniques to draw-out and overcome common sales objections.
  • Negotiate: Research the customer’s likely desired outcomes and negotiating stance. Develop responses to likely objections. Identify your own organisation’s needs, such as minimum price and acceptable terms. Negotiate or trade variables effectively.
  • Closing Sales: Be attuned to verbal and non-verbal buying-signals andmove to close at an appropriate point in sales conversations. Develop ethical techniques to close sales and confirm customers’ purchase agreement.
  • Gathering Intelligence: Collect, analyse and interpret market intelligence and share it appropriately and effectively within your organisation.
  • Time Management: Use and adapt appropriate tools and techniques to prioritise and manage your time effectively.
  • Collaboration and team work: Contribute effectively within a team environment. Work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders. Manage communications with the cross-functional team in relation to the effective delivery of your sales, such as finance and service delivery. Support continual business improvement by sharing best practice with sales team colleagues and assist the marketing team to develop new marketing collateral.
  • Customer experience management: Deliver a positive customer experience. Manage customer enquiries and issues effectively. Take proactive action to prevent and minimise customer concerns and complaints. Handle all customer interactions professionally to the customer’s satisfaction.
  • Digital skills: Effectively use digital tools to conduct research and target customers in line with the overall sales strategy. Able to deliver presentations and meetings using digital communication. Complete accurate records and process sales in accordance with your organisation’s policies, procedures and digital CRM systems.

Training schedule

This is a work-based apprenticeship, delivered at your place of employment

More training information

  • You will receive on-the-job training and in-house development opportunities throughout your apprenticeship
  • One day per week will be dedicated to your off-the-job training with the training provider, The Apprenticeship Centre
  • The off-the-job training will be delivered online, with dedicated tutor(s) leading structured learning sessions

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

Ability to analyse and understand often complex information with the ability to identify and report on trends to decision makers.
Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Ability to present complex management information in a clear and concise manner, using different tools, such as the O365 suite

About this employer

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact. We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better. We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making. We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater. We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

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Company benefits

  • Civil Service pension - average employer contribution 28.97%
  • Annual leave at 27.5 days plus Bank Holidays, rising to 32.5 after 5 years, with option to buy/sell up to 5 days each year
  • Access to discounted retail, leisure lifestyle brands

After this apprenticeship

  • This apprenticeship can offer you the support, training and industry recognised qualifications to get you on the path to a career in Account Management / Sales
  • May lead to a permanent position on successful completion of your apprenticeship or the knowledge to gain employment within the wider industry

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015623.

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Closes in 22 days (Sunday 8 March 2026)

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