BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

Vsconsultancy; Iskandar Puteri; On-site; MYR 268,000 - 804,000; Full time

Job summary

Vsconsultancy in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, seeks an education recruitment professional to generate and follow up with prospective students for universities, colleges, language centres, and education programmes.

The role involves sourcing and managing education agents and strategic partners, guiding students from enquiry to enrolment, and maintaining CRM data to achieve recruitment KPIs.

Qualifications

• Strong communication, presentation and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable with sales, cold outreach and meeting new clients.
• Self-motivated, organised, target-driven, and willing to learn.

Responsibilities

• Generate and follow up with prospective students for universities, colleges, language centres, and education programmes.
• Identify new business opportunities through calls, WhatsApp, social media, referrals, events, schools, and education agents.
• Source, approach, onboard, and manage relationships with education agents and strategic partners.
• Understand students' study goals, budget, programme preferences, and intake requirements.
• Recommend suitable study programmes and guide students from enquiry to application and enrolment.
• Conduct regular follow-ups to improve lead conversion and achieve recruitment targets.
• Conduct basic market and competitor research to identify new programmes, markets, and recruitment opportunities.
• Support education fairs, school visits, seminars, webinars, marketing campaigns, and recruitment activities.
• Maintain accurate student, lead, agent, application, and follow-up information in the CRM system.
• Achieve agreed lead generation, enrolment, partnership, and revenue KPIs.

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Sales

Cold outreach

Presentation skills

Organised

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Education/Communications

Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in related field

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

• Generate and follow up with prospective students for universities, colleges, language centres, and education programmes.
• Identify new business opportunities through calls, WhatsApp, social media, referrals, events, schools, and education agents.
• Source, approach, onboard, and manage relationships with education agents and strategic partners.
• Understand students' study goals, budget, programme preferences, and intake requirements.
• Recommend suitable study programmes and guide students from enquiry to application and enrolment.
• Conduct regular follow-ups to improve lead conversion and achieve recruitment targets.
• Conduct basic market and competitor research to identify new programmes, markets, and recruitment opportunities.
• Support education fairs, school visits, seminars, webinars, marketing campaigns, and recruitment activities.
• Maintain accurate student, lead, agent, application, and follow-up information in the CRM system.
• Achieve agreed lead generation, enrolment, partnership, and revenue KPIs.
• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Education, Communications, or related field.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable with sales, cold outreach, follow-ups, and meeting new clients or partners.
• Able to use WhatsApp, email, social media, Microsoft Office / Google Workspace, and CRM systems.
• Experience in education, student recruitment, sales, business development, or agency management is an advantage.
• Self-motivated, organised, target-driven, and willing to learn.