Education Counsellor

Pt Idp Consulting Indonesia; Tangerang; On-site; IDR 100,440,000 - 167,400,000; Full time

Job summary

IDP Education Indonesia is seeking an Education Counsellor to guide international students toward suitable study options in Australia, New Zealand, and other destinations. You will assist with applications, provide information on admissions, visas, and programs, and support students and families throughout the journey.

Based in Tangerang, you will collaborate with universities, test providers, and partner institutions to deliver unbiased advice, facilitate enrollments, and promote IDP products

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer service or sales-driven environment.
• Good understanding of the education sector and student placement.
• Fluency in English (verbal and written).
• Experience with education admissions processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive engagement with students and education providers across stages of the journey.
• Provide accurate information about admissions, programs, and visa options.
• Support with applications, enrolments, and documentation for international study.
• Promote IDP products and services and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across partners.
• Ensure high-quality student counselling and timely follow-ups.

Skills

Fluent English

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree / Postgraduate Degree

Job description

IDP is a global leader in international education services that helps people study abroad.

As a key voice in the industry, IDP partners with educational institutions to help them attract the right students and co-owns IELTS, a leading English proficiency test.

Established in 1969 in Australia, IDP has teams based in more than 60 countries. Despite its evolution, IDP’s purpose has remained constant: to help people transform their lives through international education. For more information, visit www.idp.com.

About Student Placement
At IDP, it’s our goal to help every student fulfil their global potential by streamlining the pathway to studying abroad.

To do this, it takes scale. Each year, almost 100,000 IDP students are studying at more than 800 universities around the world, supported by our local teams who know each country’s education landscape inside and out.

Our unbiased guidance helps students build personalised pathways to success. IDP’s 2,200 counsellors reinforce their own expertise with data-driven insights to give advice that’s reliable and valuable.

For universities, governments and sector bodies, our quality insights and tailored solutions make it easier to reach ambitious international students that will shape the future of campuses worldwide.

About IELTS

IDP is a proud co-owner of IELTS, the world’s best and most trusted English language test for study, work and migration. For more than 35 years, IELTS has been a pioneering force in the industry, and we continue to lead the sector today.

We believe in using technology to enhance human connection, rather than replace it. We want to empower our test takers to achieve their best score. We offer a choice of paper, computer or online testing, and the opportunity to retake just one skill if a test taker did not achieve their desired score, setting us apart from other high‑stakes tests.

With an IELTS score, test takers can showcase their language proficiency and abilities and access more than 12,500 organisations worldwide – from education institutions and employers to government and professional bodies.

IDP ensures widespread accessibility by providing IELTS in more than 2,000 test locations in more than 60 countries.

The Education Counsellor will provide excellent counselling services to guide international students to find the institution that best meets their learning and career aspirations, including providing students with the right information and advice on Australia/New Zealand studies opportunities and local education system, culture and geographic region, assisting with application documentation, facilitating enrolments, and promoting IDP products and services.

Key accountabilities

Drive achievement of your pipeline goals, customer satisfaction, and advocacy targets through each stage of the student journey, including promoting student essential products and services, managing and maintaining leads and successful applications, seeking referral opportunities, encouraging and participating in event and lead generating activity, database maintenance.

Provide outstanding customer service to students, their families and education providers throughout the process, including participating in planning activities to build student engagement, providing students with the right information about admissions, processes and qualification options in a way they can understand easily, and proactively engaging with students and education providers regularly.

Required experience

Experience in a sales or customer service driven environment, including achieving individual and team based targets.

Good understanding of the education sector and placement of students into VET and universities, including immigration requirements and processes.

A Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree / Post Graduate Degree, any field, Australia/New Zealand Graduate and/or prior experience working as an Education Counsellor or similar role is preferred.

Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills, including fluency in English, both verbal and written.

Willing to work from our Tangerang Office (Gading Serpong).

An ASX100 business part that is owned by Australian universities, IDP is a pioneer in international education services. Our core business lines include student placement to Australia, US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand institutions, English-language testing and training.

We are on a mission to build the world's leading platform and connected community to guide students along their journey to achieve their lifelong learning and career aspirations.

As a co-owner of IELTS, we deliver the English test that is trusted by more governments, universities, and organisations than any other. We also operate English language teaching schools in South East Asia.

An ASX100 business part that is owned by Australian universities, IDP is a pioneer in international education services. Our core business lines include student placement to Australia, US, UK, and Canada, and New Zealand institutions, English-language testing and training.

We are on a mission to build the world's leading platform and connected community to guide students along their journey to achieve their lifelong learning and career aspirations.

As a co-owner of IELTS, we deliver the English test that is trusted by more governments, universities, and organisations than any other. We also operate English language teaching schools in South East Asia.

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