Premium Education Admissions Executive

Cognita; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognita is expanding its Dubai Sales Hub and seeks a Sales Executive to guide families from first enquiry to enrolment for Cognita's Asia schools. You will be the trusted first contact, providing a premium, personalised experience and coordinating with Admissions, Parent Experience, Marketing, and Leadership teams.

This role is focused on high-volume, consultative sales with targets and a global client base, requiring early UAE starts to cover Singapore and wider Asia operating hours.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in sales, admissions, account management or relationship management.
• Strong track record of achieving commercial targets.
• Significant customer-service experience in a premium, high-touch environment.
• Experience managing a sales pipeline in a CRM such as HubSpot, Salesforce or similar.
• Confidence on the phone with a high volume of calls and follow-ups.
• Strong written communication across email and digital channels.

Responsibilities

• Own the journey for prospective families from enquiry to application and enrolment.
• Manage a high-volume pipeline across phone, email, WhatsApp and other channels.
• Qualify families by relocation plans, needs, start dates and decision criteria.
• Hold consultative sales conversations that communicate each school's value.
• Spot buying signals, handle objections and move opportunities forward with follow-up cadence.
• Prioritise high-intent enquiries and support outbound campaigns.

Skills

Sales experience

Admissions experience

CRM proficiency

Phone sales

Multi-channel outreach

Tools

HubSpot

Salesforce

Job description

Cognita is expanding its Dubai Sales Hub and seeks a Sales Executive to guide families from first enquiry to enrolment for Cognita's Asia schools. You will be the trusted first contact, providing a premium, personalised experience and coordinating with Admissions, Parent Experience, Marketing, and Leadership teams.

This role is focused on high-volume, consultative sales with targets and a global client base, requiring early UAE starts to cover Singapore and wider Asia operating hours.