Deputy Head - Student Recruitment (Midrand)
Join our dynamic team! We have an exciting opportunity for a highly driven and aspirational individual to make a positive impact on the lives of prospective students and the student recruitment team. As a Deputy Head: Student Recruitment, you will play a crucial role in student recruitment and engagement. You will be responsible for driving the school presentation strategy of the College to targeted schools, managing the student recruitment admissions process and providing focused support to the line manager. In addition, the Deputy Head: Student Recruitment will be required to achieve a registration target by supporting prospective students through the application and admissions process.
Duties And Responsibilities - Funnel Management
- With the support of the Head: Student Recruitment, oversee the funnel management process. Ensure applicants are appropriately admitted through the funnel, issuing offer letters timely, expiring offerings, resolving escalations, and tracking pre-registration payments.
- Support the Head: Student Recruitment with management of fixed-term staff appointed to support the funnel during Interview and Application Targets.
- Achieve individual targets for weekly, monthly, and annual interviews by securing targeted appointments.
- Assist students with the online application process during consultations, securing applications on the spot.
- Drive application acceptance and pre-registration fee payment.
- Achieve individual targets for weekly, monthly, and annual applications.
- Registration Target
- Meet individual target for new student registrations.
- Management of Admissions (Sales).
- Manage the Admissions Officers (Sales) and take responsibility for the admissions funnel with support from the Head: Student Recruitment & Sales Operations Manager (Admissions & Distance).
- Ensure the sales team drives the admissions process with applicants and drives the correct activity throughout the cycle.
- Oversee admissions approvals and ensure all admitted students comply with relevant admission requirements and legislation (entrance criteria, international student requirements, etc.).
- Track and monitor conditional admissions, SLP, and NQP registrations.
- Training
- In conjunction with Head: Student Recruitment, conduct training of new sales staff and admissions officers on consultation script, product knowledge, SIS, and all sales processes to ensure they are ready for national sign-off.
- Ongoing training and development of the student recruitment team as identified and required.
- Support to Head: Student Recruitment
- Accurate compilation of weekly reports for submission to Head: Student Recruitment to meet national report deadlines.
- Work in conjunction with Marketing Assistants to ensure data integrity targets are achieved.
- Utilize weekly reports to guide and support the student recruitment team in achieving their weekly targets.
- Support Head: Student Recruitment in day-to-day team management as required.
- In the absence of the Head: Student Recruitment, provide necessary support to the team and assume responsibility for all reporting and tasks as required by Campus Head and National.
- Maintain professional relationships with schools and timely attendance at presentations.
- Ensure interaction with internal customers (direct team members, campus staff, Campus Senior Management Team) is positive and collaborative.
- Manage relationships in accordance with policies, procedures, and legal requirements.
- Ensure and enable clear and open communication between the stakeholders and the brand.
- Conduct regular meetings with stakeholders.
- Competencies
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively engage with all stakeholders.
- Excellent time management skills to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure.
- Friendly, tenacious, and target-driven mindset with exceptional organizational abilities.
- Strong affinity for coaching and mentoring.
- This position requires individuals who can thrive under pressure, as it may involve extended working hours at peak times during the year.
- If you are driven by results, motivated by incentives, and ready to go above and beyond to achieve success, this is the perfect opportunity for you to showcase your skills.
Desired Skills - Deputy Head
- Student Recruitment (Midrand)
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