Overseas Education Counsellor

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Overseas Education Counselor**

**Company Overview**

M.B. Patil Education is a leader in providing tailored higher education solutions for a well-planned career move within and outside India. With a history of serving more than 10,000 students over last 18 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of education industry in India. Our hand-picked team of career counsellors provide personalized mentoring to students to take a soulful dive to find their true passions, and thereafter fearlessly devise a strategic roadmap of college admissions. We endeavour to fulfil every dream but at the same time, to ensure long-term success we develop well-researched options to suit every student’s and his/ her family’s aspirations and needs.

To build towards this vision, we are looking for people with the ambition and hustle to help people get closer to their dream opportunities by getting admissions in the universities across the globe.

**General Objective**

We are looking for a passionate overseas education counsellor for our Pune branch with a knack of mentoring students for study abroad options. She/he is expected to assist students throughout their study abroad journey, from shortlisting the right-fit courses and universities to ensuring their successful admission and enrolment.

The counsellor serves as the primary contact for the student and is responsible for student satisfaction and overall student happiness. She/he is expected to consistently provide excellent service to students and represent student needs and goals within the organization.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Take complete ownership of students - including onboarding, detailed counselling, regular follow-ups and overall responsibility of the account.
- Develop a trusted relationship with students as their Counselor for any guidance regarding university admissions.
- Assist students with university and course selection, guidance on scholarships, RA, TA, etc., profile building, financing options, & determine the interest, aptitude, and abilities and help guide them on the Visa processes for key countries
- Building cross-discipline relationships in the organization while providing feedback and insights.
- Setting new benchmarks in student experiences and services.
- Manage internal support teams to ensure the overall student experience is off the highest quality and all timelines are me.
- Participating in events and webinars conducted by universities
- Organising webinars for students on study abroad topics

**Skills and Responsibilities**
- Passion for mentorship and counselling.
- Exemplary consultative sales skills while having a student-first approach.
- Ability to present, persuade and communicate effectively - oral and written.
- Being a good listener.
- Comfortable juggling multiple projects and working on tight deadlines.
- Have prior overseas education experience.
- Well versed with counselling and processes for admissions for USA, Canada, Australia, UK,

Europe etc.
- Willingness to learn and be humble.

**Opportunities to Grow**
- Pride of being part of a leading education group with massive expansion plans
- Unparalleled opportunity to be a leader
- Excellent professional growth opportunities for the ones who can walk and extra mile
- Unmatched work-life balance
- Great work environment of happiness and belongingness

**Salary**: ₹35,000.00 - ₹50,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Cell phone reimbursement

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Pune - 411005, Maharashtra: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- total work: 3 years (required)