The primary accountability in this role is to engage students via telephone, email, live chat and social media channels to assist in their decision-making process to choose a partner university and ultimately, via targeted and personal communications, enrol. You will need to be super-confident on the phone as you will be speaking to prospective students (and sometimes their parents!) from around the globe. You will often be the first point of contact for people making a very big decision in where they want to study, so it is imperative you approach each communication with enthusiasm and passion, as this is what will stay with the student when deciding between their options. We will give you in-depth system and university specific training, but it will be your personality that makes the difference.
We value intelligent effort. To be an effective team member, you’re amazing at:
communication – all kinds and all directions
solving problems
working independently to a high quality
prioritizing intelligently
Key accountabilities:
Make targeted outbound calls to prospective students to maximize applications, confirmations and ultimately enrolments
Respond to student enquiries and assisting students primarily via telephone, email and Instant Messaging
Adhere to pre-agreed service level commitments
Maintain data integrity protocols, ensuring it is consistently and accurately recorded
Undertake such other duties as may from time to time be required, as commensurate with the role and the needs of the business
Essential skills:
Confident and professional telephone manner
Superb communication skills including an excellent standard of spoken and written English
A positive, can-do attitude and high level of initiative
Ability to perform well under pressure and multi-task
Experience of working in a proactive, rather than reactive manner
Experience of using Excel and Word
Excellent time management and ability to meet established deadlines