Admissions and Brand Associate at Nova Academies Kenya

As Admissions & Brand Associate, you will take the lead on providing a ‘wow’ experience for our key customer segments.

Reports to: Director of Marketing

Function: School

Your role is currently based at our Nova Ondiri Campus, Kikuyu Township, Kiambu County

Responsibilities:

Living the Nova Culture

• Fully embrace Nova’s values and beliefs and promote them to students, staff, other faculty, parents and members of the outside community 
• Live the culture principles inside and outside of the school
• Work cohesively in a team, being respectful of each person’s contributions and style. 
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families, and colleagues
• Attend daily team, weekly staff and other meetings that arise throughout the school year

Work Responsibilities

Content Creation / Engagement: You will be responsible for building an ecosystem of compelling content that engages current parents and prospective families, drives brand awareness and catapults Nova into the stratosphere of game-changing educational organizations.  

Customer Engagement / Events: As the Admissions & Brand Associate, you will be expected to organize and execute events (liaising with external companies and individuals where necessary or applicable) that both creatively encourages increased engagement with current parents, and which drives admissions with prospective families.   

Admissions: You will be responsible for tracking each applicant through the admissions funnel, from application to admissions decision in an organized and timely manner that reflects the Nova brand – as well as monitoring the data to regularly provide updates to your manager and the team on the progress.

Communications: You will take the lead on any written, verbal (phone, in person), and electronic (email, SMS) communications to parents of Nova students, this includes copy-editing, proofreading, and revising communications across a variety of channels, and escalating it up the chain where necessary or prudent.

Procurement: You will be responsible for liaising with suppliers (and within a budget set by your manager) to order and refill marketing materials including (but not limited to) promotional materials, decorative materials, admissions materials, Nova swag, etc.

The above statements are not a complete list of all responsibilities and duties performed by employees in this job.

Core Skills / Qualifications:

• You are a great culture fit with a strong growth mindset and a "can-do" attitude humble and willing to go the extra mile to get stuff done
• You are a top performer with a bachelors degree and 2-3 years marketing / communications experience, ideally in a startup or in a company that gave you significant autonomy and responsibility.
• You have knowledge and technical expertise with leading social media platforms, proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, knowledge of Adobe suite and/or video editing software a plus
• You are detail-oriented and able to manage projects independently
• You are creative, precise, and engaging in written communication, especially within the restrictions of social media platforms, while strictly adhering to guidelines for tone and voice.
• You easily adapt to a fast-moving, challenging environment and to learn rapidly.

All superstar candidates should submit their online applications by August 31st, 2016. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the right candidates interviewed until we reach a hiring decision.

Only qualified candidates will be invited for interviews.