Operations · Full-time · Vietnam
Grok Global Services is looking for a talented, dedicated professional to be a Ho Chi Minh City- or Hanoi-based Student Recruitment Manager supporting Stony Brook University (SBU) via Grok’s Program Office service. The successful candidate will primarily focus on executing undergraduate and graduate student recruitment activities across Southeast Asia. Duties will include training and supporting study abroad agencies, college/university staff, and high school guidance counselors, liaising and building relationships with prospective students and their families, helping to follow up with offer holders, and execute conversion strategies across Vietnam, and other in-market activities as required.
The successful candidate’s duties will include the provision of:
leadership on the execution of student recruitment initiatives and provision of feedback on strategic planning
dissemination of information about SBU, including undergraduate and graduate-level programs offered to various stakeholders;
localized regional promotion and brand-building activities;
build and nurture relationships with study abroad agencies and counsellors;
build and nurture relationships with high school guidance counsellors;
build and nurture relationships with other colleges/universities abroad;
identify and share any potential Transnational Education partnership programs with other colleges/universities;
follow up with prospective SBU students throughout the recruitment cycle for conversion and yield generation, from initial enquiry to academic offer holders to SBU I-20 holders;
collaboration with the admissions office for training/meetings;
plan and deliver market activities that support SBU’s brand and reputation; and
identify and share higher education trends, particularly those impacting student mobility and overseas education, with a particular focus on trends that may impact the USA as a study destination.
The position involves significant cross-cultural stakeholder engagement activities. This may include participating in both in-person and online/tech-enabled information sessions, meetings, and student education fairs. Significant domestic and regional travel is anticipated (30-40%).
About Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University, a SUNY flagship, is one of America’s most dynamic public universities, a center of academic excellence, and an internationally recognized research institution that is changing the world. With 66 years of history and an R1 research classification, the university is proudly ranked the 58th best university in the United States and 26th among US public institutions.
Stony Brook University offers a world of possibilities, with more than 200 academic programs, exciting undergraduate research opportunities, and an ideal location for learning on Long Island's North Shore — just 60 miles from New York City.
The Most Suitable Background
The Most Important Traits to Succeed
Strong communication skills with an ability to guide and influence others
Strong strategic skills – evaluate issues and make tactical recommendations
Good judgment / internal moral compass
Able to manage a dynamic agenda across multiple time zones
Strong customer sensitivity
Attention to detail
Creative problem-solving skills
Emotional maturity and confidence
Ambitious and results-orientated
Displays initiative and is resourceful
Hardworking and persistent.
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