Student Advisor

**Join Our Team at IIE Rosebank College**

The Independent Institute of Education, Rosebank College, is part of the ADvTECH Group, Africa's leading private education provider. From our humble beginning in 1909, Rosebank College has grown to a student population of more than 28,000 students nationwide.

As we continue to expand and innovate, we invite passionate professionals to become part of our dynamic team. If you are driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference in students' lives and wish to contribute to an institution that values academic excellence, connection, and student success, we would love to hear from you.

Join us on our journey of shaping futures

**Job Purpose**:
Responsible for organizing, coordinating, motivating, calculating, and carrying out tasks that keep the student recruitment teams focused on serving the students and advancing toward their goals.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Represent Rosebank College to targeted constituencies; visit high schools, speak to groups and individual students; and meet with school counsellors, administrators, and/or other constituent groups to promote outreach activities.
- Develops, coordinates, and delivers outreach programs and marketing strategies, including community workshops, retreats, and related recruitment efforts; arranges visits and tours for prospective students and parents.
- Serves independently as the point person for internal coordination of college student recruitment and enrolment management goals utilizing specific knowledge gained of admissions, registration criteria, and financial aid and/or scholarship information and deadlines.
- Provides career and academic counselling, planning, and advising to potential students utilizing specific knowledge gained of the colleges, educational programs, and degrees.
- Independently develops and maintains partnerships between the college, local school systems, alumni networks, faculty, community partners, and other identified groups throughout the assigned territory/population.
- Coordinates college participation of staff and alumni for national and local college recruitment fairs, conferences, and related outreach events; coordinates event-specific organizational aspects, promotional materials, and information from the college, educational programs, and degrees.
- Participates in and/or organizes and implements all aspects of large, multi-departmental special events utilizing presentation and promotional materials, maintaining budgetary and operational controls, coordination skills with multiple entities and representing the college at local events.
- Prepares reports and proposals regarding recruitment and outreach activities and responds to inquiries from students and minority agencies.
- Creates, packages, monitors and distributes resource materials for student
- Ability to work effectively with diverse populations

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Qualifications**
- National Diploma in Marketing or relevant educational field

**Experience**
- 2 years' experience in a sales and target-driven environment.
- 1 - 2 years of proven experience in customer service experience in the Higher Education sector would be an advantage.
- Technology: Proven computer literacy: Excel intermediate, MS Office.
- Sales: Critical knowledge of Sales techniques.
- Corporate sales: Experience in marketing products to businesses and corporates.
- Communication: Formal
- Organisational: Manage and organise sales operations to achieve company and team goals

**Special Requirement**

Driver’s licence and own car

**Key Competencies**
- Ability to understand student recruitment targets and devise plans to achieve them effectively
- Ability to conduct Business-to-Business presentations to drive sales and create brand awareness in the allocated zone.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Excellent interpersonal, customer service, and communication skills
- Experience using systems to manage the student recruitment process
- Good analytical skills to identify trends and sales patterns
- Ability to implement a successful student recruitment strategy
- Team: Working as part of a team to achieve set goals and targets
- Planning, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Advanced time management skills
- Ability to work effectively with diverse populations.
- Knowledge of student recruitment and retention issues.

**Salary**

Market-related

**Enquiries**:
For enquiries, please feel free to contact Durban Campus HRO at 031- 3015212.

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