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Assistant Recruitment Manager

Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
Description

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 Middle East and North Africa that targets international students seeking U.S. university degrees. The role includes account management of Shorelight’s regional network of sponsors, agents, schools, and universities, along with building and managing marketing campaigns that drive enrollments to Shorelight’s university partners.  The Assistant Recruitment Manager will report to the Country Manager in 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
  • Maintain a data-driven approach to recruitment, monitoring enrollment trends and reporting on all phases of recruitment process to the Country 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. 


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing, communications, business, international relations, or related area
  • 2+ years of experience in the international education/recruitment industry in Vietnam
  • 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
  • Proficient with technology and reporting programs/systems
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Exemplary customer service skills and ability to foster a customer service
  • Willingness to travel
  • Bilingual, Vietnamese and English


Preferred Qualifications

  • Existing network within the education industry in their region
  • strong working knowledge of key international markets, programs, and products
  • Experience with U.S. higher education

Application Process

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

Background Check Required–Education, Criminal, Identity

Shorelight is an Equal Opportunity Employer