Business Development Regional Officer at Corporate Staffing

Job Description

Our client is a progressive London based university with diverse community of students, academics and partner organizations around the world.

They seek to hire a business development regional officer who will be tasked with supporting the international recruitment process and implementing marketing plans.

Industry: Education
Location: Nairobi
Salary: 60k-70k

Job Responsibilities

• Supporting the international recruitment & marketing plans that will drive growth in international student recruitment to our London campus from the Southern Africa region
• Provide support and drive recruitment to the other 3 international campuses.
• Achieve set targets for student recruitment through a mixture of effective marketing, sales and conversion activity
• Build and manage relationships and act as the main point of contact for our various partners in the region.
• Implement the marketing strategy as provided by the Regional Manager for Africa.
• Feedback on appropriate business development opportunities which can support the growth of the business. i.e. looking at new academic partnerships and feeder institutions.
• Work effectively within a team based in Nairobi to support growth of student numbers to all Campuses.
• To manage relationships with our various existing partners in Southern Africa. Such partners include agents, schools and feeder colleges.
• To provide interested students with exceptional support and customer service to assist them in applying to the University.
• Travel to various events across Southern Africa representing the university to the highest standards.
• Manage activities for marketing research, planning and communications efforts directed at increasing sales of company products and services to key target industries
• Organize and coordinate marketing events and promotional activities.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or related fields
• A Master’s Degree is an added advantage
• Experience in a target driven sales environment
• Experience in implementing marketing campaigns focused around lead generation, engagement and conversion,
• Good organizational skills,
• Strong communication skills in an international environment,
• Basic understanding of digital marketing channels and social media
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to work on multiple initiatives at the same time,
• Account manager experience
• Entrepreneurial and business development