Education Partnership Associate

Are you interested in working with a leading education technology player, the global leader in the assessment and certification of professional skills industry with presence in more than 200 countries worldwide? If so, this is the chance to apply now! 📥

PeopleCert is seeking a dynamic Education Partnership Associate to join our Language Portfolio team! In this key leadership role, you will support the delivery of LanguageCert’s Global Recognition Strategy and help build new relationships in key global markets. This key role will contribute to the recognition and acceptance of the LanguageCert range of English language proficiency exams for international student admissions, progression or exit testing.

As an Education Partnership Associate , your tasks will include the following:

• To identify decision makers in education institutions responsible for approving new language tests.
• To promote the LanguageCert range of products and gain recognition from education institutions for LanguageCert exams
• To manage and develop customer relationships with institutions and have these partners list (on websites/materials) promote or advocate our exams
• To identify any pain points or challenges for our institutional partners and provide market guidance to the relevant internal teams to ensure exceptional customer service.
• To collaborate with other team members in developing country strategies and engagement activities/campaigns to further promote and gain recognition for our range of language exams.
• To maintain an updated and accurate record in the PeopleCert CRM of all prospective and current leads, opportunities and contacts.
• To undertake any other duties commensurate with the status or the role, as deemed necessary by the Head or Deputy Director of Educational Partnerships

What we look for:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of experience working in account/client management, ideally within the international education sector and/or within a global business.
• Experience in effective negotiation and engagement with key decision makers
• Experience of delivering targets to agreed timeframes, ability to work to tight deadlines to achieve goals
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Well organized, self-driven, flexible and able to work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Experience of working with CRM systems and proficiency in using data for decision-making.

What we offer:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Work in an international, dynamic and fun atmosphere 💯
• Two free vouchers for all certifications from PeopleCert's Portfolio per year for all employees 🎓
• Huge learning experience in using best practices and global environment 📈
• Constant personal and professional development 🥇

If you want to become a member of our international, dynamic and agile team that creates world leading software products, then we should certainly like to hear from you!

About PeopleCert

PeopleCert is a global leader in assessment and certification of professional skills, partnering with multi-national organizations and government bodies for the development & delivery of standardized exams. Delivering exams across 200 countries and in 25 languages over its state-of-the-art assessment technology, PeopleCert enables professionals to boost their careers and realize their life ambitions.

Quality, Innovation, Passion, Integrity are the core values which guide everything we do.

Our offices in UK, Greece, and Cyprus boast a culture of diversity, where everyone is different, yet everyone fits in. All of us at PeopleCert are committed to the reflection of the diversity and inclusion of our customers and the communities in which we do business.

Working on Home Office (HO) Secure English Language Tests (SELTs)

Any person who is engaged by PeopleCert to work on the SELT service must undergo a Background Check (the results of which must be acceptable to PeopleCert and the HO) prior to commencing their SELT duties. All SELT personnel will be required to complete a declaration (provided by PeopleCert) where the existence of any criminal record and/or bankruptcy must be declared.

If working on the SELT service in the UK, background checks will include:

• A basic or enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check

• Right to Work in the UK check (including nationality, identity and place of residence)

• HO security check (Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) or Counter Terrorist Check (CTC)

• Financial background check

• Employment reference check.

• If working on the SELT service anywhere in the world (outside of the UK) personnel will undergo background checks that are equivalent to those stated for the UK.

In addition, if personnel are required to speak to SELT candidates they must be appropriately skilled in English language and, where SELT services are provided anywhere in the world (outside of the UK), the official language of the relevant country.

All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.