Student Advisor

We are looking to recruit a Student Advisor to manage, maintain and grow key accounts (schools), to generate leads and subsequently, enrolments through student recruitment initiatives.

The role includes both a fixed monthly basic salary as well as commission earnings. The role reports to the Regional Sales Manager.

Experience:

· At least 2 years sales experience with a proven track record is required

· Customer relationship and/or Higher education exposure and experience will be advantageous.

Other requirements:

· Valid drivers license and own transport is essential.

- Fluent in English and Afrikaans

· Able to work weekends and evenings as and when required

· Must be able to travel locally - essential

· Relevant qualification (higher Certificate, Diploma, Degree etc.) will be advantageous

· Confident in public speaking (presentations to learners and parents will be required)

· Professional competence and use of English (Essential) and a 2ndlanguage (Preferred)

Functional and technical competencies:

· MS office skills (Excel essential)

· Proven experience to manage and track daily, monthly and annual targets

· Knowledge of Lead squared or Salesforce (or other CRM systems) will be advantageous

Key Responsibilities:

· Build and nurture relationships with top feeder schools through school visits

· Build relationships with other schools based on defined segmentation strategy

· Build and nurture relationships with prospective students, parents and sponsors

· Initiate and facilitate lead generation activities which includes, but is not limited to: School presentations (class and grade), events and exhibitions

· Initiate early school interventions focusing on long term business development.

· Continually review the strategy and identify new segments and markets.

· Engage prospects and match qualification to the potential students interest

· Data entry and maintenance of database and pipelines

· Follow up on leads with the aim to drive applications and enrolments

· Timeous engagement with students on various platforms: Phone, email, WhatsApp etc.

· Maintain records of telephonic interactions, log activities and update sales stats

Achieving sales target, minimum registrations and various KPIs

· Setting appointments and engaging in consultations, campus tours and similar

Accountabilities Include:

· Volumes - Calls, appointments and school bookings

· School, exhibition and career fair attendances and presentations

· Conversion rate - applications and enrolments

· Timeous, quality, accuracy and completeness of information

· Duration and outcomes (of various interactions across various platforms)

· Enrolment headcount and revenue generated

· Cross mode / qualification / campus / sales and activity volumes

· Level of product knowledge

· Performing sales activities (e.g. calls, interviews, events, applications)

· Systems adoption and utilisation

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person

Information :

• Company : Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology
• Position : Student Advisor
• Location : Bryanston, Gauteng
• Country : ZA