Undergraduate Student Recruitment Advisor

Emeris; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LinkedIn Learning access

Staff and family discounts on programs

Incentive bonus structure

Birthday vouchers

Competitive annual leave

Job summary

Emeris is recruiting for a Student Advisor (Undergraduate) at the Pretoria Campus to engage prospective students and families through school presentations, events, and outreach activities.

You will drive interviews, applications, and registrations, while maintaining strong relationships with schools and parents. The role requires a 3-year diploma or bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of sales experience, with own car and driver's license preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively engage with students, parents and stakeholders.
• The ability to deliver a compelling presentation at schools is crucial.
• Friendly, tenacious, and target-driven mindset with exceptional organisational abilities.
• Excellent time management skills to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging presentations at targeted schools, showcasing the benefits of our institution.
• Distribute marketing materials and interact with students to generate interest and enquiries.
• Represent our brand at career expos and other stakeholder events.
• Achieve monthly presentation targets as per school priorities.
• Meet monthly targets for collecting school databases to expand our reach.
• Make proactive calls to prospective students, scheduling interviews to meet daily and weekly targets.
• Follow up on online applications, ensuring proof of payments and scheduling appointments.
• Provide prompt responses to online and telephonic enquiries.
• Conduct interviews following an established script, building rapport with students and parents.
• Achieve individual targets for weekly, monthly and annual interviews.
• Assist students with the online application process during interviews, securing applications on the spot.
• Follow up with unpaid online applications and ensuring payment is completed.
• Conduct regular calling campaigns to convert interviews into applications.
• Drive application acceptance and pre-registration fee payment.
• Achieve individual targets for weekly, monthly and annual applications.
• Support the campus by converting applications to registrations to achieve the annual campus registration target.
• Maintain accurate daily reports, including call reports and interview booking trackers and the CRM system.
• Ensure interview forms are completed correctly and applications have valid supporting documentation.
• Update relevant systems and reports as required by the Head: Student Recruitment.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Time management

Target driven

Education

Diploma or Bachelors in Business/Marketing/PR/Communication

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Emeris is recruiting for a Student Advisor (Undergraduate) at the Pretoria Campus to engage prospective students and families through school presentations, events, and outreach activities.

You will drive interviews, applications, and registrations, while maintaining strong relationships with schools and parents. The role requires a 3-year diploma or bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of sales experience, with own car and driver's license preferred.