Assistant Recruitment Manager – Vietnam

About Us

Shorelight is reinventing the international education experience for students worldwide. Based in Boston, the company works directly with top-ranked, nonprofit American universities to build innovative programs and high-touch, technology-driven services that help talented students thrive and become global citizens.

Job Overview

The Assistant Recruitment Manager assists in executing a student recruitment strategy across Vietnam that targets international students seeking U.S. university degrees. The role includes managing a regional network of recruiters, schools, and universities that drives enrollments to Shorelight’s university partners. This position reports to the Recruitment Manager, Vietnam.

Essential Functions

• Execute Shorelight’s university partners’ student recruitment strategies, partnering with the Recruitment Manager and Shorelight’s global marketing team for all marketing and advertising strategies
• Help manage key channel accounts and partnerships to achieve enrollment targets for all university partnerships
• Follow a data-driven approach to recruitment, monitoring enrollment trends and reporting on all phases of recruitment process to the Recruitment Manager
• Maintain maximum levels of competitor awareness, product knowledge, and market intelligence
• Travel extensively to attend recruitment and outreach activities, seminars, conferences, meetings, and training events to build strong and lasting relationships with current and prospective students, families, faculty, staff, agents, partners, and other external institutions and vendors
• Execute efficient and streamlined processes for all stages of the recruitment process with a strong focus on conversion of inquiries to applications
• Work with the university liaisons to ensure smooth entry of our students into the school or program
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing, communications, business, international relations, or related area
• 2+ years of experience in the international education/recruitment industry
• Strong sales and account management skills
• Proven track record of working collaboratively in a matrix governance model
• Strategic-minded and sales-driven, with strong drive for results
• Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced environment while remaining pressure-resilient
• Proficient with technology and reporting programs/systems
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Exemplary customer service skills and ability to foster a customer service ethic within the work team
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively in the assigned region
• Eligibility to work in the hiring location without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Beneficial to have existing network and relationships within the education industry in the US, strong working knowledge of key international markets, programs and products, and US higher education

Application Process

To apply for this position, please visit the Shorelight Careers page to apply with a resume and cover letter.

Shorelight Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer.