Student Recruitment Specialist / IM London

Istituto Marangoni; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Student Recruitment Specialist to manage applications and leads, ensuring a smooth admissions process for prospective students. This role involves daily communication with applicants, supporting marketing activities, and collaborating with various departments to enhance recruitment performance. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree, have at least two years of experience in higher education, and demonstrate excellent communication and organizational skills. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about student recruitment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in similar roles within higher education.
• Excellent written and spoken knowledge of English; Italian or Mandarin is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage applications and leads from direct channels to achieve sales targets.
• Support recruitment activities like open days, fairs, and presentations to schools.

Skills

Database Management

Salesforce

Report Creation

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Organizational Skills

Flexibility to Travel

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Mac System

Job description

The role’s primary duty is to manage the applications and leads from all the direct channels with the aim of achieving sales targets.

The Student Recruitment Specialist will also manage on a daily basis orientation and admission processes of prospective and enrolled students coming from the direct channels and when requested support the retail applicants too. The job holder will handle requests from online and offline channels, applying the required procedures, in order to optimise the effectiveness of the information and orientation process, up to enrolment. Accordingly, they will be supporting the end-to-end Admissions and administration process for all UCAS and direct applications.

The incumbent will also support marketing activities, mainly in London, such as presentations to schools, open days, recruitment fairs, together with supporting any company events. Finally, they will be in regular contact with the finance office with the aim of verifying the payment status of enrolled students and will cooperate with the other departments as needed.

Key purpose of the role

• Handling direct applications and leads;
• Managing the direct inbox;
• Communicating with prospective students on a daily basis;
• Submitting weekly reports on applications and enrolment conversion aiming at monitoring the recruitment performance;
• To be the first point of contact for direct applicants’ orientation activities;
• To advise applicants to prepare relevant visa/UKVI supporting documentation in line with HEP institutional requirements and policy;
• To review, issue and monitor visas for suitable & eligible applicants in a timely manner and in line with the latest UKVI CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies) policy;
• To support the Student Recruitment Manager with direct recruitment related tasks and weekly reports preparation;
• To manage the orientation requests, via email, video call or in person;
• To support in managing the Admissions inbox;
• To support recruitment activities such as open days, fairs and presentations to Schools;
• To be available to travel occasionally to attend UK fairs;
• To collaborate closely with Programme Leaders during the admission process;
• Keeping all the platforms used updated;
• To achieve target and objectives set;
• To support agents and strategic partners with applications.

Education and desirable skills

• Bachelor Degree
• Minimum 2 years of experience in similar roles within the higher education industry
• Experienced in creating reports and database management
• Knowledge of Salesforce, Microsoft package and Mac system
• Excellent written and spoken knowledge of the English language. Knowledge of Italian or Mandarin is a plus
• Personal skills: ability to work under pressure, flexibility to travel, teamwork skills, commercial approach, organisation and attention to details
• Experience in working with targets and objectives