Student Recruitment Manager (West Africa) at Navitas

Navitas is a leading global education provider that has helped generations of learners transform their lives through education. We create life-changing opportunities to learn by delivering an extensive range of educational services to over 70,000 aspirational students across our global network each year.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Student Recruitment Manager (West Africa)

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full time

Job Description

• The Student Recruitment Manager (West Africa) plays a significant role in driving sales growth for West Africa and achieving UPA student recruitment targets at Navitas’ Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and UAE campuses.
• A key responsibility of the SRM is to provide services to agents on behalf of the regional businesses within the region.
• This role will play an important role in driving leads/inquiry & conversion activities through agencies & other channels and delivering support services in conjunction with the business teams to support conversion from inquiry to enrolment.
• The Student Recruitment Manager (West Africa) reports to the Senior Student Recruitment Manager (EMEA & RCIS).
• To be successful in this role we need someone intelligent, fun, and a team player.  Being organized and driven with close attention to detail and process is also key to success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Student Recruitment Manager in preparation of student recruitment plans, and initiatives in the relevant country/territory to achieve student recruitment targets.
• Provide regular reports to the Senior Student Recruitment Manager including market updates and competitor tracking.
• Collaborate with college-based and in-market teams.
• Develop relationships with schools in the region to increase Australasia colleges' brand awareness.
• Attend events on behalf of your division/college (and as relevant, of your University Partner)
• Participate in all recruitment activities including, but not limited to, training, events, student conversion, information sessions, and managing inquiries/agent requests.
• Deliver sales growth through team leadership and achieve student recruitment targets.
• Deliver exemplary regional-specific sales collateral for the agent and partner networks.
• Deliver market intelligence and accurate sales forecasts via regular and detailed reports.
• Handle student inquiries and manage leads. Recruitment forecasts through regular and detailed reports to the SSRM, Director of Marketing and Admissions, and Regional Manager.
• Ensure complete and accurate reporting of all activities on the CRM.
• Coordinate student contact to confirm the outcome of the visa interview.
• Assist in Coordinating student GTE interviews (where required).
• Execute the pre-departure process with channel partners and students.

Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Strong written and oral communication skills in English and other languages relevant to the region.
• Tertiary qualifications in Marketing, Business, or a related discipline.
• Salesforce experience and Power BI are desirable.
• Social Media Marketing experience, ability to lead Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat channels.
• An understanding of the international education industry and visa process.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Experience in building and managing internal and external relationships.
• Proven ability to work in a multi-cultural matrixed environment.
• Emotional intelligence – ability to build relationships.
• Relationship management skills in a commercial, fast-paced environment

Desirables:

• Success in a recruitment role within the higher education sector.
• Proven ability to monitor and evaluate the success of activities and report appropriately.
• Proven ability to work successfully with education agents.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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