Regional Director-Africa at Global University Systems (GUS)

Position:

• Regional Director will be a high-performing, commercial thinking Executive, who will assist the company in its ambitious international expansion and revenue growth objectives within the African region. The Regional Director will be closely working with the Heads of sales to devise and implement regional brand specific strategy, which achieves and exceeds brand specific targets.
• The Regional Director can be based in Africa, UK or Canada and must have experience representing a Canadian or UK Institute. They must have team handling experience and must have experience looking after recruitment strategies for the African continent.
• The successful candidate will develop and deliver a firm strategic approach to strengthening, expanding and growing international student recruitment numbers in the region through marketing plans, acquisition & conversion strategies, engagement with students and strategies involving relevant stakeholders.
• Regional Directors are additionally responsible for identifying new business opportunities in existing and new markets. As such, they are responsible for finding ways to explore new markets and bring in revenue, and/or develop new revenue streams.
• Regional Directors primarily engage in sales and marketing activities and should have a solid understanding of industry trends, to inform upon strategic planning and forecasting. They must be able to prioritize the opportunities that are the most likely to generate a profit.

Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent, is required
• A minimum of 8-10 years experience within International Student Recruitment
• Can be based in the UK, Canada or Africa
• Must have team handling experience
• Considerable experience of working in education sector; specifically Colleges and Universities
• Should have experience of preparing strategies to acquire business in new regions and to develop business in existing regions in Africa.
• Experience working with B2B Education Agent partnerships.