Recruitment Specialist, Canada Location: Hybrid/Vancouver Type of contract: Permanent, Part-Time (15 hours/week) Salary: CAD $15,600 per annum Scheduled: hiring for 2 available schedules

Who we are: Oxford International Career Colleges (OICC), part of Oxford International Education Group, is a leading education provider committed to transforming lives through learning. OICC delivers career-focused training and student-centered support that prepares learners for success in high-demand industries such as healthcare, community care, and childcare. We are passionate about creating opportunities through education and helping students achieve their career and life goals.

Join our growing Canadian team and help make a meaningful impact on Canadian students’ lives as a valued team member on our Career Colleges direct-to-student recruitment teams! If you’re passionate about helping students succeed in achieving their career goals, you’re a results-driven and data-driven individual, we want to hear from you!

About the Recruitment Specialist role:

We are hiring for two specialists, on 2 different schedules. This role requires an individual who is a quick learner, very organized, self-motivated, and is available to work 15 hours per week (available schedules are listed at bottom of post). This role is hybrid, with minimum of 1 shift per week in the office, either on our Vancouver campus, or on our Halifax campus.

As a recruitment specialist, or “booker”, you will act as the first point of contact between a prospective student and the institution, building awareness, interest, and trust that ultimately feeds the admissions pipeline. You are a top-of-funnel, direct-to-consumer (DTC) Student Recruiter, primarily responsible for generating prospective student interest, engaging with students early in their decision-making journey.

Your focus is on lead qualification, nurturing early-stage prospects, booking appointments with admission advisors, and driving applications. Success is measured by metrics such as contact time, inquiry-to-appointment volume, inquiry-to-application conversion rates, and overall contribution to enrollment targets. This involves phone call, texting and email engagement with student leads, answering enquiries, and follow up with admission advisors to ensure that applications and enquiries lead to enrolments.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Contact prospective students rapidly (within 5 minutes of inquiry), warmly, enthusiastically, respectfully, and openly, through telephone, email and text. Collaborate closely with the Admissions Advisors based in Halifax and Vancouver to ensure a smooth customer journey from enquiry to application and enrolment. Create and implement top-of-funnel conversion plans in line with OICC Ensure delivery of conversion plans is timely and review often to optimize efforts Develop a good working knowledge of OICC programs, financial support, available scholarships and bursaries, application process, and program pricing. Contact, follow-up, and nurture leads who have expressed an interest in our programs through multiple channels such as phone calls, SMS texting, and some email. Listen attentively and answer questions about our programs confidently. Monitor and track lead status, applications, and sales to ensure that key performance indicators are being met. Keep stakeholders informed of lead status. Create and maintain lead status reports as required. Identify trends in lead enquiries, applications and sales to inform decision-making and contribute to future recruitment/conversion strategies. Perform any other duties commensurate with the role as reasonably required.

Person Specifications

Experience required

CRM (Hubspot, preferably), 1 year + Recruitment of Canadian students, and their unique needs and questions, 1 year+

Skills required

Organized & efficient Very comfortable with digital technology Self-starter Data-driven Great listener and communicator

Compensation & Schedule

This is a permanent part-time position (15 hours per week):

base salary of CAD $15,600 per year accrued vacation benefits paid sick days. 1% commission on tuition revenue generated from students you successfully recruit and enroll.

Based on enrollment performance, this commission structure provides a realistic opportunity to earn an additional CAD $5,000 annually, with commission payments issued quarterly. The position therefore offers an expected total annual compensation of approximately CAD $20,600, based on target performance.

15 hr Schedule A:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 5pm to 10:30pm Atlantic (1pm to 6:30pm Pacific) 5 hrs/day with 30 min break, 3 days/week.

15 hr Schedule B:

Thursday, Friday: 5pm to 8:45pm Atlantic (or 1pm PT to 4:45pm Pacific) Saturday & Sunday: 10:30am to 2:15pm Atlantic (or 7:30am to 10:45am Pacific) 3h45min /day, 4 days/week.

This job description is provided as a guide to the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive description of duties and responsibilities and may be subject to periodic revision.

As part of our recruitment process, we use AI-enabled technology to assist with tasks such as application screening and process administration. These tools are designed to support fairness and consistency, and human reviewers make all final decisions.

Oxford International is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Recruitment checks, including checks with past employees, are undertaken in accordance with our Recruitment and Selection policy.

Oxford International is an equal opportunity employer. Every applicant and employee has the same opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status

If you require accommodations at any point during the application or hiring process, please contact nahr@oxfordinternational.com

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as early as possible.