International Student Recruitment Manager

The ideal candidate will lead initiatives to generate and engage with business partners to build new business for the company. This candidate will be focused and have strong communication skills. They should be able to think critically when making plans and have a demonstrated ability to execute a particular strategy.

Responsibilities

• Operations thereby achieving increased sales growth across region
• Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
• Keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world.
• Seek ways of improving the way the business operates
• Draw up client contracts - depending on the size of the company, this task may be completed by someone else or agreements may not be as formal
• Meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone
• Ensure staff are on board throughout the organization, and understand the need for change and what is required of them
• Networking with Agents & Higher Educational institutions.
• Generate leads and cold call prospective customers
• Research and identify new business opportunities (Universities/Colleges)- including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services - or new ways of reaching existing markets
• Train members of your team, arranging external training where appropriate
• Work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes
• Liaise with the finance team, warehousing, and logistics departments as appropriate
• Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
• Formulating long term / short term strategic plans, conduction negotiations & marketing
• Foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
• Have a good understanding of the businesses products or services and be able to advise others about them
• Seek out the appropriate contact in Universities/Colleges.
• Steering operations with a view to achieve organizational objectives and ensure profitability
• Attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate
• Think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business

Qualifications:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of overseas education management including recruitment of students to various universities/colleges across the world.
• Focused and goal-oriented.
• Proven knowledge and execution of successful development strategies
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 3 - 4 years' prior Business Development/ Relationship Management experience Education industry.