Senior Manager of the Department of Student Recruitment

The Senior Manager performs the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Engages in the development and coordination of activities to attract applicants to Foundation Undergraduate Master and PhD programs (hereinafter academic programs). The above includes participation in educational exhibitions and conferences organization of guest lectures by University lecturers and staff and information sessions both within the Republic of Kazakhstan and abroad. He/ she also coordinates NU Day format events and cooperates with external partners for joint recruitment events;

   2) Establishes and maintains working relations with the University divisions and schools as well as with external partners educational institutions government agencies and international organizations to implement recruitment activities organizes negotiations on joint implementation of activities and monitors the fulfillment of partner obligations;

   3) Provides personalized consultations to applicants their parents and representatives of educational organizations and conducts and coordinates the work of the Applicant Support Centre;

   4) Responsible for the formation coordination and control of the Divisions budget execution. Also includes the preparation of financial reports submission of proposals for optimizing budget expenditure items and analysis of the efficiency of budget fund usage;

   5) Analyses the effectiveness of recruitment activities organized by the Division and prepares final reports. Additionally develops recommendations for improving recruitment processes and implements measures to achieve the Universitys goals;  

   6) Provides suggestions ideas and feedback for developing the Divisions plans and developing the recruiting plan;

   7) Makes proposals to improve the efficiency of applicants recruitment processes and optimize the Universitys business processes as a whole;

   8) Engages and coordinates the work of the universitys ambassadors and interacts with external agents to promote the universitys academic programs both locally and internationally;

   9) Organizes and conducts tours of the Universitys campus laboratories and schools for target audiences including applicants their parents educational representatives and international visitors;

   10) Provides support to the responsible structural division in processing applicants applications.

Qualifications :

Education 

• Higher education preferably in education management international relations or other related field;

• A Masters degree in a relevant field (education management or other related field or equivalent) is preferably;

• A diploma from a higher education institution where English is a language of instruction is preferred.

Work experience

• Minimum five (5) years of relevant work experience including experience working in educational institutions and universities in organizing and coordinating events and students and experience working with external partners and educational agents including international cooperation in the field of education preferably aimed at attracting applicants;

• Minimum of three (3) years with a Masters degree in student recruitment recruiting or project management.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of education;

• Knowledge of and proficiency in English Kazakh and Russian;

• High level of knowledge of Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint.

Skills

• Project management: experience in managing multitasking projects including planning monitoring risk management and reporting;

• Analytical: the ability to use information from multiple sources and make recommendations for policy or rule changes as well as preparing analytical memos reports and proposals to optimize processes within the Division;

• Problemsolving: application of professional judgment in solving complex and nonroutine problems related to recruitment and event management;

• Policy and regulatory analysis: the ability to analyze policies rules and procedures in the relevant area of activity and develop proposals to optimize them;

• Intercultural interaction: the ability to work with representatives of different cultures nationalities and professional spheres to achieve joint goals;

• Communications: welldeveloped communication skills to interact with applicants their parents educational organizations and external partners;

• Presentations: ability to make presentations in Russian Kazakh and English including online and offline formats.

Other requirements

Leadership skills 

Building effective relations

Critical thinking

Sense of responsibility

Additional Information :

Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection at Nazarbayev University include the following process: preliminary selection based on experience and qualifications assessments (e.g. technical skills/capabilities aptitude personality work samples inbasket exercises and informal interviews) and motivation.

Formal interviews form the final stage of the selection process.
They are typically based on organizational values and behaviors and conducted in English.
You are encouraged to share your views and values  to identify how they fit into  Nazarbayev University core values

Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection at Nazarbayev University include the following process: preliminary selection based on experience and qualifications assessments (e.g. technical skills/capabilities aptitude personality work samples inbasket exercises and informal interviews) and motivation.

Formal interviews form the final stage of the selection process.
They are typically based on organizational values and behaviors and conducted in English.
You are encouraged to share your views and values  to identify how they fit into  Nazarbayev University core values

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime