Higher Education Consultant

Eduvos is looking to employ the services of a Higher Education Consultant at our Midrand campus.

Meaning of Eduvos
The word Eduvos comes from the concept of your education. The Edu part of Eduvos talks about education and taking custodianship and responsibility. The Vos part of Eduvos talks about you, yourself, and your best self. The combination of Edu and Vos talks about taking responsibility for your education and making the best choice for yourself. Your education is your future.

Scope and scale
Eduvos is one of South Africas largest independent private higher education institutions with 12 campuses across the country and many international students. Eduvos offers 27 degrees in humanities, arts, business, science and law. We offer Bachelors Degrees, Honours Degrees, Higher Certificates and Pre-degree programmes that enable access to education.

Eduvos educational philosophy
Our educators believe in building skills for the future and enabling students to take up careers in a volatile, uncertain, chaotic, and ambiguous world. Our education is designed to create a deep understanding of an area, supporting skills development through practical application, and challenging thinking to allow for adaptation to new possibilities.

Type of position:
Permanent

Locations:
Midrand

Description:
We are looking to recruit Higher Education Consultants to convert sales leads to enrollment through educational consulting and providing an exceptional customer experience. The role will report to the Sales Manager.

Minimum qualification:
Relevant undergraduate degree such as commerce, education, social sciences or marketing

Experience:

• At least two years sales experience with a proven track record
• Higher education experience will be advantageous
• 2-year teaching exposure will be advantageous
• At least 2 years account management/ customer relationship experience

Other requirements:

• Must be able to travel locally.
• Valid drivers license and own transport is essential.

Functional and technical competencies:

• Product knowledge (to be acquired after appointment)
• Well-developed MS office skills (Excel essential)
• Proven experience to manage and track daily, monthly and annual targets

Accountabilities:
As an HEC, you will be accountable for:

• Qualifying transfer calls on school leads
• Volumes
• Quality
• Duration
• Outcome (% conversion to next phase)
• Conversion rate
• Number of applications
• Enrollment headcount and revenue
• Cross mode / campus / qualification sale volumes
• Level of product knowledge
• Accuracy
• Completeness
• Timeous
• Contacting digital leads
• Performing sales activities (e.g., calls, interviews, events, applications)
• Application to enrolment conversion (student nurturing) (interventions)
• Systems utilization

Behavioural competencies:

• Initiative and responsibility -- Acts on own initiative, makes things happen and accepts responsibility for the results.
• Relations and networking - Builds a useful network of contacts and relationships and utilise it to achieve objectives.
• Effective communication - Communicates in a clear, precise and structured way; speaks with authority and conviction; presents effectively.
• Analysis and Judgment - Quickly understands and analyses complex issues and problems; comes up with sound and rational judgments.
• Systematic approach (planning and organising) - Uses a methodical and systematic approach; plans ahead, defines clear priorities and allocates resources effectively.
• Execution - Adheres to company rules and procedures; executes plans with commitment and determination; achieves high quality results.
• Steadiness -Creates a stable and reassuring work atmosphere; supports and encourages team in difficult times; is firm and reliable.
• Business development and Bottom-line focus - Identifies and seizes commercial opportunities; has a strong positive impact on business growth and profitability; Focuses on bottom-line results, identifies potential risks and monitors the financial impact of own activities.

Working conditions:

• Mostly office based on a campus
• Must be able to travel locally
• Valid drivers license and own transport is essential
• Able to work some weekends and some evenings

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not hear back from us in two weeks after the closing date.

Closing date: 4 September 2023

The Applicant is advised that any Personal Information requested throughout the recruitment process will only be used by Eduvos (Pty) Ltd (Eduvos) for the purposes of recruiting and assessing the Applicant for the position applied for at Eduvos. For more information, please refer to Eduvoss privacy policy (https://www.eduvos.com/privacy-policy/).
By Providing Eduvos (Pty) Ltd (Eduvos) with the Personal Information requested throughout this recruitment process, the Applicant will be deemed to have provided his/her consent and authorisation (required by the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013) to Eduvos for the purposes of recruitment (as more fully set out above).