Regional Student Recruiter

Regional Student Recruiter - Portuguese Speaker.

VanWest College is looking for a Full-time Regional Student Recruiter for Brazilian Students.
Duties:

• Communicate regularly with Directors to receive assignments, updates on priorities, and to report on and review current projects and issues.
• Prepare the annual marketing budget and marketing strategy in consultation with the Marketing Director.
• Organize and attend international education fairs and agent fairs to recruit new students and agents within assigned markets.
• Liaise with local and international student recruitment agencies and industry associations.
• Plan, attend, and follow up on agent visits for assigned markets.
• Provide outstanding customer service to prospective and current customers by ensuring timely responses—within 24 hours—via email, phone, Zoom, Teams, and social media platforms.
• Respond to inquiries from Portuguese-speaking applicants and provide information on college programs, services, application procedures, and admission requirements.
• Manage the full cycle of student enrollment and follow-ups.
• Review program pricing and gross margin goals annually and establish pricing for new programs.
• Develop promotional materials, including brochure content, website content, newsletters, agent manuals, special promotions, and gifts for assigned markets.
• Develop, organize, and support summer, winter, and customized programs requested by agents, in consultation with the Marketing Director.
• Research (or delegate research) and analyze current industry trends and competitor activities.
• Stay up to date with industry developments through education fairs, newsletters, trade journals, surveys, networking, association meetings, and news, and apply this knowledge to marketing strategies.
• Maintain and update the marketing database, agent contracts, and agent information, ensuring agents receive up-to-date promotional materials.
• Provide assistance to other departments as needed and communicate relevant issues to appropriate staff.
• Ensure VanWest College maintains a high level of student and agent satisfaction.
• Provide information and orientation to students, walk-ins, agents, and visitors as required.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with agents, students, partners, and colleagues on a regular basis.
• Provide Portuguese-to-English translation for student surveys and student or agent inquiries when required.
• Act as a liaison between Admissions, Administrative staff, Student Advisors, teachers, and Marketing regarding admissions-related matters.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Director to meet annual recruitment targets through multiple recruitment channels.
• Schedule and follow up on trial lessons by meeting prospective students and providing feedback to referring agents.
• Address student concerns in consultation with the Marketing, Academic, and Operations Directors.
• Maintain confidential records of meetings.
• Attend staff meetings and provide updates on marketing activities.
• Maintain company confidentiality and professionalism at all times.

Qualification:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in sales or marketing.
• Experience working in language schools preferred.
• Experience working with student recruitment agencies preferred.
• Degree or diploma in Business, Marketing, or a related field preferred.
• Proficient in spoken and written Portuguese and English.
• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to prepare, organize, and deliver presentations effectively.
• Knowledge of other cultures and languages is an asset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About VanWest College:

VanWest College is a privately owned Canadian college with campuses located in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia. The College is certified by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) branch of the BC government Ministry of Advanced Education. Certification by PTIB assures clients that VanWest College delivers education and training programs that meet and exceed high quality educational standards and student protection. Highly interactive program courses, taught by industry leaders, are designed to improve students' communication skills, increase business knowledge and refine job-search and employability skills. Students will acquire the essential real-life skills necessary to be successful in a workplace environment and students in co-op programs will spend approximately 50% of their program time in paid, authentic Canadian job placements. For real learning, real experience and real results, VanWest College is the premiere choice.

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