Student Recruitment Advisor

1 Month ago • All levels • Education

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Student Recruitment Advisor at Coursera, you'll be responsible for guiding prospective degree students through the enrollment process. This involves communicating via phone, email, and chat to address concerns, provide guidance, and assist with enrollment decisions. You will be the primary contact for prospective students interested in Coursera's online degree programs. Responsibilities include providing excellent consultative service, following up with prospects, developing program playbooks and scripts, participating in communication strategy experiments, and maintaining knowledge of higher education trends. The role requires strong communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and the ability to build rapport with students. You will directly impact the growth of Coursera's degree programs and contribute to the future of higher education.
Must have:
  • Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)
  • Ability to build rapport with students
  • Expertise in problem-solving
  • Enrollment process guidance
  • Multi-tasking and time management
Good to have:
  • Salesforce experience
  • EMEA higher education market knowledge
  • Student recruitment/admissions experience
Perks:
  • Remote work
  • Flexibility
  • Impactful work

Job Details

Launched in 2012 by two Stanford professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, Coursera is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 168 million registered learners. Our mission is to provide universal access to world-class learning. We partner with over 350 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations and Professional Certificates degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

At Coursera, we are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration. 

Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.

Job Overview:

The Marketing & Communications team is responsible for connecting the world to lifelong transformative learning. They also work to shape public conversations on the future of education and work. The team is segmented into four areas of focus: Consumer Marketing, Enterprise Marketing, Brand & Creative, and Communications. The team is currently focused on expanding the reach of Coursera’s brand and bringing new learners to the site, connecting students to degree programs, attracting new enterprise customers — including businesses, governments, and campuses — and creating a marketing system that nurtures learners throughout their professional lives. 

As an Student Recruitment Advisor, you will be part of the Enrollment Team, enabling us to achieve successful recruitment cycles and achieve cohort goals for university degrees that are hosted on the Coursera platform. This position is primarily responsible for communicating with English-speaking prospective degree students in local and international markets via phone, email, chat and other tools to move them through the enrollment process on to enrollment. As an Student Recruitment Advisor, you will be the main point of contact for assigned prospective students who demonstrate interest in any of our hosted online degree programs. We are looking for someone who can maintain a high level of professionalism, implement our call road map and outreach strategy, and be excited about helping students reach their professional and academic goals.

You will have a direct impact on the growth and success of degree programs hosted on the Coursera platform and will help shape the future of higher education. The right candidate will feel comfortable working in a lean, performance-driven environment while maintaining a strong sense of team and collaboration. This is a full-time, remote role. Position requires flexibility to work across multiple time zones and will primarily work with English-speaking prospective students. 

Responsibilities:

  • Provide excellent consultative service to a high volume prospective student pool through phone, email, chat, and other tools throughout the full enrollment process
  • Follow up with prospects and applicants by phone and written correspondence, ensuring they are moving through the process in a timely manner
  • Use existing information and guidance from university partners to develop program playbooks, chat and calling scripts for individual degree programs
  • Participate in experiments to develop scaled communication strategy and demonstrate impact of nurture efforts
  • Maintain a high level of knowledge and understanding of current higher education trends, practices, and policies in the local market

Basic Qualifications:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to establish rapport and build relationships with potential students while providing guidance with the application process, addressing concerns, and assisting with enrollment decisions
  • Expertise in utilizing creative problem-solving skills to overcome any obstacles while guiding potential students through the university recruitment process prior to university admission decisions
  • Ability to work across multiple time zones

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Salesforce experience preferred
  • Working knowledge of EMEA  higher education market, trends, and practices
  • Prior experience in student recruitment or admissions 

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Coursera is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.
 
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at accommodations@coursera.org.
 
For California Candidates, please review our CCPA Applicant Notice here.
For our Global Candidates, please review our GDPR Recruitment Notice here.
 
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Coursera Inc. is an American global massive open online course provider. It was founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, certifications, and degrees in a variety of subjects.

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