🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Remote Recruitment is open to applicants from South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Salary: R28 000 – R35 000 per month

Remote Recruitment is hiring a Sales Development Representative - HR Technology for a UK-based employer, fully remote from South Africa.

Applaud HR is an award-winning UK HR technology platform helping global enterprises transform employee experience through AI. They are at the forefront of agentic AI in HR, won the HR Tech Award in 2025, and are growing their sales function to match.

You will work directly with Applaud's sales team, based remotely from South Africa, generating and qualifying pipeline for the UK and European markets. You are the first impression for enterprise prospects and the engine that keeps the sales team moving.

This is a full-time, fully remote role. Working hours are UK time, 09:00 to 17:30 GMT.

What you will be doing

• Run high-volume outbound prospecting by email, phone and LinkedIn to enterprise HR buyers

• Qualify inbound and outbound leads and hand them off to Account Executives

• Research target accounts and personalise outreach at scale

• Book discovery calls and demos for the sales team

• Maintain accurate CRM records and activity tracking

• Work closely with sales and marketing to sharpen the messaging

Requirements

Essential

• Two or more years in a B2B SDR or outbound sales role, ideally in SaaS or technology

• Confident communicator with excellent written and spoken English

• Experience using CRM tools such as HubSpot or Salesforce

• Self-starter who can work independently across UK time zones

• Comfortable with high outreach volumes and with rejection

• Reliable fibre or LTE internet, a working laptop and a quiet, dedicated workspace

Desirable

• Experience using AI tools for sales outreach or personalisation

• Experience selling into HR or people leadership buyers

• Experience selling into UK or European enterprise markets

Tips for South African Applicants

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Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Remote Recruitment

Remote Recruitment is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 87 open positions on Hirezar. View all Remote Recruitment jobs →