Student Advisor

1 week ago

Sandton, South Africa IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College Full time

**Direct Reporting Line**:
Head: Student Recruitment

**Varsity College** is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE)
**The IIE's Varsity College, Sandton campus has a vacancy for a Student Advisor.**
**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Creating Brand Awareness**
- Distributes marketing material
- Markets the brand in targeted areas and educates opinion leaders
- Facilitates presentations at schools and hands out interest cards
- Cold calls to parents and students to market the brands
- Represent the brand at career expos
- Facilitates stakeholder events
**Recruitment of Students**
- Conduct follow up calls to prospective students and schedule appointments
- Schedules appointments by ensuring enough calls are made to database daily and weekly to deliver sufficient arrival of appointments to meet targets
- Respond to on-line and telephonic enquiries
- Presents The IIE's Varsity College philosophy
- Advises students on the course of interest and explains The IIE's Varsity College entrance criteria
**Stakeholder (Schools) Relationship Management**
- If and when required: Manage relations with all stakeholders to generate school presentation time slots
**Sales Target Achievement**
- Achieve all set targets on a daily, weekly, monthly, annual basis, including targeted conversion ratios
**Competencies**:

- Interpersonal and communications skills
- Best suited to a friendly, tenacious, target driven, organised person who works accurately and can handle pressure
- Time management skills
- An organised individual who is target driven and proactive
- Must have initiative and be able to formulate and implement plans
- Prepared and able to work inconvenient hours during busy periods
- Computer Literate
**Minimum Education Requirements**:

- Minimum of a National Diploma (three year) or Bachelor's degree in PR/Business/Marketing/Communications

**Minimum Work Experience Requirements**:

- Minimum of 2 years sales experience

**Working Conditions**:

- Valid SA driver's License and own transport essential

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