Business Development Manager Job at ApplyBoard

ApplyBoard is an online platform that empowers students around the world to access the best education by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and academic institutions. We simplify the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process. Not only do we help students with their study abroad journey, but we also help academic institutions to find the best students globally. Our goal is to help enable better, more diverse, schools that are enriched with cultures from all over the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Business Development Manager

Job ID: JR100286
Job Location: Kaduna
Employment Type: Full - Time

The Opportunity

• We are looking for an experienced, well connected, organized International Recruitment Manager in Lagos, Nigeria to join our growing Sales team and take our company and platform to the next level!

Responsibilities

• Represent the ApplyBoard brand to promote ApplyBoard services to agents, international educators, and prospective students
• Increase international student enrolment at ApplyBoard by recruiting international students through education agencies from diverse regions
• Negotiate terms of engagement, provide training to recruitment partners and their staff, and keep the recruitment partner contacts engaged with ApplyBoard through regular communication
• Undergo presentations in the local marketplace to further promote ApplyBoard
• Train and guide recruitment partners to improve the quality and volume of international applicants, ensuring top quality
• Disseminate communications and activities online using CRM and social media platforms including delivering key messages and encouraging engagement from potential and current students
• Implement marketing and recruitment strategies through research and market analysis to maximize international student outreach
• Proactively undergo recruitment partners outreach

Requirements

• Post Secondary Education or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 2 years international student recruitment experience for secondary and/or post-secondary institutions
• Exceptional communication verbal and written skills
• Autonomous self-starter, with the ability to work independently within a team-based environment
• Aptitude for prioritizing tasks with an attention to detail to ensure information accuracy
• Exceptional problem-solving skills under ambiguous circumstances to ensure you provide the best outcome for our students while maintaining integrity with our partner relationships
• Experience working with educational consultants and or postsecondary institutions directly; considered a bonus
• Experience working with a CRM (Salesforce); considered an asset.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to have an impact on a product that is positively affecting change to thousands of students lives every day
• Working alongside a brilliant and globally diverse team based in Waterloo and Toronto
• Great compensation and benefits package to keep you healthy and happy!

Note: Only those applicants that have been selected for an interview will be contacted.