About the Role
Navitas is seeking an International Student Recruitment Manager to support student recruitment growth and achieve regional targets. This role involves coordinating with in-college teams and offshore Student Recruitment Managers to drive long-term growth for specific products in the market.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute marketing and communication plans for assigned regions, considering student recruitment cycles.
- Collaborate with Directors of Marketing and Recruitment to localize college value propositions.
- Support offshore recruiters to increase conversion rates across the student journey.
- Provide product training to internal and external stakeholders, including agents.
- Organize masterclasses with academic staff and virtual campus tours.
- Conduct live Q&A sessions with students in their native language when necessary.
- Follow up with students via WhatsApp, WeChat, phone calls, or emails.
- Provide information to potential students and parents through digital channels.
- Support the development of copy for email and digital campaigns.
- Proofread translated marketing collateral.
- Develop social media content to promote colleges/products in specific regions.
- Support the creation of student testimonials and region-specific marketing collateral.
- Evaluate academic backgrounds and English levels of student applicants.
- Potentially travel internationally for marketing and recruitment events.
- Support projects that promote college/product brands in markets.
- Assist in drafting and localizing communications from colleges to markets.
- Support the Arrival team with student follow-up, pre-departure sessions, arrival guides, and communication channels.
- Attend periodic meetings with divisional and college teams.
- Assist offshore recruitment teams in routing students to other colleges when necessary.
- Provide regular pipeline updates.
- Support offshore recruitment teams in resolving student cases related to assessments, admissions, and payments.
- Collaborate with Directors of Marketing and Recruitment on special cases to provide solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing.
- Experience in marketing and student recruitment.
- Full proficiency in both English and Mandarin.
- Proven track record of strong sales performance.
- High-level numeric literacy and critical thinking.
- Demonstrated high-level interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Business-level proficiency in written and spoken English and Mandarin.
- Proven ability as a team player.
- Ability to demonstrate innovative thinking.
- Ability to take responsibility for decisions and outcomes.
- Flexible attitude to work, including willingness to work weekends and evenings.
- Hold a valid passport and be able and willing to travel internationally.
- Legal right to work in Canada.
Skills
- English
- Mandarin
- Sales performance
- Numeric literacy
- Critical thinking
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Team player
- Innovative thinking
- Responsibility
- Flexibility
- International travel
- Recruiting for graduate programs
- Higher Education sector experience
- Activity monitoring and evaluation
- Working with education agents
- Working within a matrix structure
- Salesforce or similar CRM systems
Location
- London, Ontario
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Manager
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
About the Company
- Navitas has been a respected leader in global higher education since 1994.
- Pioneers in the university pathway sector with trusted partnerships with over 30 universities worldwide.
- Provides partners with resources and expertise to drive large-scale initiatives benefiting students, faculty, staff, and local communities.
Equal Opportunity
- Navitas is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and supported.
- Dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our students and communities.
- Offers accommodation during the recruitment process to meet candidate needs.
- Successful applicants will be subject to relevant pre-employment checks, including Criminal Background and professional reference checks.
