Host Family Recruiter

EF Education First Gruppe; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in education is seeking a passionate sales-driven individual to recruit Host Families in Bristol for international students. This role supports a vibrant international community while offering growth in a flexible environment.

Benefits

International work environment

Career enhancement opportunities

Encouragement for innovation

Qualifications

• Right to work in the UK
• Driving license essential; access to a car desirable
• Highly motivated, energetic, and positive
• Sensitive to the needs of international students

Responsibilities

• Recruit suitable families for the homestay program, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Ensure all documentation for each family is completed and maintained.
• Meet agreed call, visit, and bed targets.

Skills

Sales experience

Excellent telephone skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Organized and thorough

Friendly and approachable

Job description

Do you enjoy the challenge of selling, meeting targets, and finding outstanding quality? Would you love to work as part of a local and global team? Are you proud of our beautiful city and can help us showcase Bristol to international students? Are you enthusiastic and organized?

You may be the perfect person to help us recruit the best Host Families in Bristol!

The Role

We are looking for a passionate, sales-driven person who can build rapport quickly and help us recruit good quality families for our international students. This could be a fixed-term role, full or part-time, and can be combined with studying or working elsewhere.

Responsibilities

• The provision of homestay and residential accommodation
• Recruit (call, bookings, and visits) suitable families for the homestay program, ensuring compliance with the International Code of Care and any accreditation regulations.
• Work with other Host Family team members to ensure all leads are followed up and visits are completed in a timely manner.
• Meet agreed call, visit, and bed targets.
• Ensure all interviews, inspections, and documentation are completed and maintained for each family.
• Maintain accurate records for each family and ensure all families have been provided with the necessary handbook information.
• Match notes on families as accurately as possible and process placements on the database promptly to prevent cancellations.
• Be conscious of cultural and linguistic difficulties and organize language interpretation where necessary.
• Supply the School Director and Accommodation Manager with weekly host family recruitment updates.

Requirements

• Right to work in the UK
• Driving license essential; access to a car desirable (fuel reimbursed)
• Highly motivated, energetic, and positive
• Excellent telephone skills
• Target-driven with sales experience
• A flexible approach to work and hours
• Friendly and approachable manner, not afraid to speak to strangers and cold-call
• Able to remain calm under pressure and diffuse potentially difficult situations
• Sensitive to the needs of international students living away from home
• Excellent communicator with external clients such as host families, students, and colleagues
• Attention to detail, organized, and thorough

If this sounds like you, please apply!

Why you will love working with EF

• Work in a truly international environment
• Ambition is nurtured, and fast-tracked career enhancement opportunities are provided
• Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas, and bring them to fruition

EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be followed up, and applicants will be asked specifically about any reasons that should prevent their engagement in roles involving responsibility for or access to persons under 18. During the interview, all gaps in CVs must be satisfactorily explained, and proof of identity and qualifications will be required where applicable. Appropriate suitability checks will be conducted prior to appointment.

EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, parental status, and other aspects that make you unique.

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