School Placement Executive needed at Plumptre Advisory
Job title : School Placement Executive
Job Location : Lagos
Deadline : June 09, 2024
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Position Summary
- The role involves establishing and overseeing activities aimed at attracting and recruiting students to join our partner institutions.
- A large proportion of time will be spent liaising with parents, guardians and school officials and you will act as a liaison between these primary stakeholders and admissions teams in destination schools.
- You will also develop strategies to drive enrolment and maintain relationships with educational institutions.
- This includes developing marketing materials, conducting school visits, holding exhibitions and delivering presentations to various groups and individuals.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Create and enhance recruitment and retention plans, including strategies and written materials.
- Conduct outreach activities by visiting schools, attending fairs and engaging with parents, students and collaborating with school officers and counsellors.
- Provide career and academic counselling to potential students, offering guidance on testing strategies, writing skills and application completion.
- Deliver presentations to prospective students and their families on a range of topics such as student finance, student life, applications and personal statements.
- Foster partnerships between the partner schools and local schools.
- Prepare reports, proposals, and address enquiries from students and parents.
- Set operational goals and objectives, implementing methods and procedures to improve operations.
- Maintain and develop destination country information by utilising information gained from in country briefings or agencies such as the British Council, EducationUSA |etc.
- Report on and evaluate existing market activity and keep abreast of changes within the study abroad sector in order to continually improve recruitment processes.
- Take an active role in developing social media content strategy for student recruitment purposes as required.
- Positively representing the organisation’s brand and values in all interactions and engagements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
- A minimum of 5 years hands-on experience working in international education and student recruitment.
- Demonstrable and up to date knowledge of ethics, current trends and best practices in student recruitment.
- Previous experience of working in a front-line customer service environment and the confidence to relate well to our primary target audience.
- Experience of organising recruitment fairs/events and exhibitions.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Outstanding technology skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
- Previous experience with working towards sales targets.
- Good understanding of the use of CRM tools will be a distinct advantage
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