Partnership Officer - Hyderabad, India - Quacquarelli Symonds

Description

Why QS?

At QS, our culture fosters a flexible working environment that encourages our employees to own their career whilst personally and professionally thriving.

We collaborate, respect and support each other - and as a company, our values underpin these.

Our mission is to empower motivated people around the world to fulfil their potential through higher education, and to ensureeveryone has the same opportunity to achieve that potential.

We celebrate the diversity of our teams and believe through sharing our experiences we can learn from one another and become stronger together, which enables us to achieve our goal.

At QS, you'll be responsible for implementing real change in the international higher education landscape, full of exciting and interesting challenges where you can drive positive impact across the business.

As a Partnership Officer , this is what you'll be doing:
This role will report to the Senior Partnerships Manager, South India.


Role responsibilities:

• Working with qualified students and recruitment partners to provide expert guidance and counselling support
• Supporting QS online or offline events in the region
• Proactively source high quality education agency partners across South India to become QS higher education partners in the region
• Proactively source, onboard, and train high school, language schools, college counsellors, and other local education partners
• Identify select highly qualified and professional educational agencies to explore deeper partnership opportunities with QS
• Work across our global team to provide best practices, training and destination specific knowledge
• Deliver inperson and online presentations for students, parents, recruitment partners, and counsellors
• Ensure terms of contracts are clearly defined and adhered to
• Work across teams to respond to program and school inquiries as well as requests from our B2B and school partners

Maintain up-to-date records of program requirements, scholarships, and deadlines with the QS regional admission teams


Key skills and experience:

• Relevant experience in sales and customer service within the international higher education space
• Expertise in institutions, admissions requirements, and visa processes for USA as a study destination
• Experience working with an educational agency and/or international institutions as a recruitment staff is a plus
• Experience prospecting and qualifying student inquires using local knowledge
• Experience delivering high levels of customer service to B2B partners and families

Knowledge of the international education industry, local high school networks, local universities, and education agents in your territory

**Technical skills and qualifications

• Working knowledge of spreadsheets, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience working with a CRM (Hubspot, Salesforce, etc.)
• Ability to work across cultures and languages

Advanced English skills are a must
Behavioural competencies

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problemsolving skills with the ability to handle objections
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment
• Aptitude for prioritizing tasks with a high attention to detail to ensure information accuracy
• Strong organisation and project management skills

Ability to understand critical issues and bring appropriate resolution to complex issues


So, who are we and what do we do?

QS is the world's leading provider of services, analytics, insights, and intelligence to the global higher education sector - supporting university excellence across the world.

Our student recruitment and enrolment solutions enable universities and business schools to connect with talented individuals seeking to further their academic progress and career development.

Our portfolio of professional services includes consultancy, student mobility and academic partnerships management, and branding solutions.

We publish highly visible and influential rankings of international universities, including the QS World University Rankings which reaches a global audience of hundreds of millions of people.

Founded in 1990, our activities span across 50 countries, working with over 2000 of the world's leading higher education institutions and over 12,000 employers.

Headquartered in London, QS has over 750 employees globally with offices in Australia, Malaysia, India, Romania, Singapore, France, Germany, and the USA.

QS keeps growing organically, through acquisition and by recruiting top talent across key regions.


We take investing in our people very seriously.

As standard you will have:

• Competitive base salary
• Access to an annual bonus scheme (for qualifying roles only)
• 21 days annual leave increasing to 23 days after 5 years' service + 8 days casual leave
• 14 days holiday for the year 202 Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Access to P