North America Recruitment Manager (South East Asia) [Vietnam]

 

Company overview:

EduCo is a globally connected team of international education professionals that helps connect international students with a network of universities worldwide. EduCo owns and operates private higher education institutions and works with public and not-for-profit universities in growing the student community in Australia (including operating our partner university’s branch campuses) and North America. We develop high-value global partnerships to provide our university partners and students with quality study outcomes, while being flexible enough to take an individual approach to each student’s educational experience. Based on our strong track record, our university partners can feel a high level of trust and confidence that their students will gain value from their chosen institution.

EduCo in the United States of America & Canada

EduCo USA and EduCo Canada currently partner with an elite portfolio of public and private universities to recruit international students for a wide array of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. Each partner campus offers prestigious, well-ranked academic programs with excellent career outcomes for the hundreds of international students who enroll with each campus every year.

Primary purpose:

The primary purpose of the Recruitment Manager (RM) is to increase the volume, quality and diversity of students enrolling at EduCo’s partner universities in the USA and Canada in accordance with targets for the assigned regions of responsibility. To achieve this, the successful candidate will be responsible for account management of the local agent network to increase agent productivity in terms of applications and enrolments to partner universities.

Primary Recruitment Territory: Students, families and study abroad agencies in Vietnam, especially Ho Chi Minh City.

Secondary Recruitment Territories: Students, families and study abroad agencies in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. Travel to visit agency partners in these countries may occur 1-2 times per year.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities:

Key Responsibilities of this role include:

1. Agent Relationship Management

· Maintain excellent relationships with current recruitment agents within region(s) of responsibility.

· Grow the number of active agents to exceed application and enrolment targets.

· Provide ongoing training, product information and relevant university promotion to agents, in line with agent tiering system, incentive programs and Key Account Management (KAM) plans.

2. Recruitment and Promotion

· Organise participation in agent, government, feeder events and specific university promotional events including seminars, interview sessions and exhibitions (where approved) in line with business needs.

· Attend and represent EduCo USA and Canada at industry networking functions.

· Manage involvement in social media campaigns in coordination with Directors of Recruitment and EduCo Marketing

3. Client Liaison

· Provide proactive and responsive communication with clients (agents, parents, feeders and students) regularly through the recruitment cycle to maximize conversion rates from enquiry, application, acceptance and commencement in line with overall Conversion process.

· Conduct conversion reporting on outstanding applications and contact students, feeders and agents via email, social media channels, and phone to progress the application to the next step in the enrollment process

4. Feeder Institution Relationship Management

· Initiate and maintain active relationships with feeder institutions (high schools/bachelor’s programs)

· Initiate recommendations and introductions for recruitment programs such as scholarship arrangements, articulation agreements and ongoing promotional activities with feeders

5. Research, Reporting, Administration and Compliance

· Gather feedback on market conditions including competitors, industry trends and opportunities for EduCo USA/Canada to inform marketing strategy and to increase recruitment numbers.

· Manage approved regional marketing budget provisions and accurately report expenditure.

· Ensure agents comply with all regulatory requirements and have access to appropriate information for them to maintain compliance.

Qualifications, experience & technical skills:

Qualifications, Technical skills and Experience required of this role include:

• Relevant Diploma/ Degree in Business or Marketing
• A proven track record of success achieving sales budgets through non-exclusive channel sales (essential)
• Demonstrated successful sales experience in education or similar service industry (essential)
• Existing networks of education recruitment agencies and feeder institutions (preferred)
• Ability to undertake frequent local and international travel
• Language abilities suitable for region(s) of responsibility

We welcome you to take this opportunity to build a successful career with support from experienced and highly respected colleagues in the EduCo team and work within a friendly and culturally diverse environment.

To apply for this position, click Apply Now (only shortlisted candidates will be contacted), or send your resume and cover letter to Tyson.Manering@educoglobal.com.

Job Type: Contract

Application Question(s):

• Where are you located?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• International Student Recruitment: 2 years (Preferred)

 

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