The Opportunity
You will have the opportunity to create and lead our national education program.
You will be responsible for:
• Being our local face and voice to the market.
• Developing a business and marketing strategy that is capable of facilitating thousands of students, within several years, to attend universities and colleges in multiple overseas countries, especially Australia, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, China, Singapore and Malaysia.
• Initially, we need you to own or supervise all elements of our business, which includes student recruitment, parent engagement, establishing effective local partnerships, representing us at national exhibitions and events and dealing with relevant Vietnamese government officials.
• As the business grows, we will expect you to recruit a team that will scale our team nationally.
Your Experience
To be successful, you will need to have:
• Deep knowledge of the Vietnamese education market gained as either a well-regarded educator or as a manager of an existing education body in Vietnam responsible for recruiting and placing Vietnamese students at overseas universities.
• Great urgency, personal accountability and ownership, and a reputation for executing plans and achieving measurable outcomes.
• Entrepreneurial and the ability to be build a business from scratch
• 7 years or more of experience, managing people and education programs
• Tenacity, passion and the ability to win the confidence of clients and stakeholders.
• The credibility gained from personal experience in overseas education markets gained as either an educator or as a student in the United States, Canada, Australia or Britain. You must be very knowledgeable about the challenges and opportunities that Vietnamese students will encounter in overseas education markets.
• Knowledge of the various national admission standards in the major education markets
• First class communication skills to engage and persuade multiple stakeholders in the education community and within our organization.
• Fluent in English and native Vietnamese speaking and writing skills
• A master’s degree in business or marketing would be well regarded.