Business Development Manager – International Student Recruitment

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Manage all activities related to student recruitment, business development, account management, and marketing events for B2B channels within the designated country or region.

• Work in collaboration with Global Directors to enhance B2B channel development.

• Execute marketing and sales strategies aimed at fostering international student recruitment for GUS.

• Act as a representative for one of GUS’s universities or colleges situated in Europe, North America, or Asia.

• Create and provide training for education agents on effectively promoting the represented brand.

• Identify and recruit agents through various methods such as fairs, business trips, inquiries, referrals, and general searches.

• Generate new revenue from current streams and accounts while pinpointing new opportunities.

• Identify and assist potential business partners while nurturing existing client relationships.

• Conduct client research and engage with key players in the industry.

• Deliver workshops, presentations, conferences, and participate in on-camera engagements.

• Report to the Global Director and represent the university/college brand directly.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in recruiting students from Turkey and/or CIS regions to Canada.

• Proficiency in Turkish and/or Russian is required.

• Established and pertinent agency network.

• Strong relationships with key agency stakeholders.

• Comprehensive understanding of industry trends for effective strategic planning and forecasting.

• Experience in developing and training education agents.

• Proven ability in sourcing agents through fairs, business trips, inquiries, referrals, and general searches.

• Demonstrated success in generating new revenue from existing streams and accounts while identifying new opportunities.

• Proven track record of identifying and supporting potential business partners and expanding existing client relationships.

• Experience in conducting client research and engaging with key industry figures.

• Highly motivated and oriented towards success.

• Confident in delivering workshops, presentations, and conferences, as well as appearing on camera.

• Experience with Salesforce or database management is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work from home or fully remote.

• Coverage for travel expenses.