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Bristol
Full Time/Part time
Start date: Immediate
Position: Host Family Recruiter
The Person
Do you enjoy the challenge of selling, meeting targets and finding outstanding quality? Would you love to work as part of a local and global team? Are you proud of our beautiful city and can help us showcase Bristol to international students? Are you enthusiastic and organized?
You may be the perfect person to help us recruit the best Host Families in Bristol!
The Role
We are looking for passionate sales driven person, who can build rapport quickly and help is to recruit good quality families for our international students. This could be a fixed term role, full or part time and can be combined with studying or working elsewhere.
Responsibilities
- The provision of homestay and residential accommodation
- Recruit (Call, Bookings and Visits) suitable families for the homestay program ensuring compliance with the International Code of care and any accreditation regulations.
- Work with other Host Family team members to ensure all leads are followed up and visits are completed, with in a timely manner.
- Meet agreed, Call, Visit, and Bed Targets.
- Ensure all interviews, inspections and documentation are completed and maintained for each family.
- Maintain accurate records for each family and ensure all families have been provided with the necessary handbook information.
- Match notes on families as best as possible and process the placements on the database as soon as possible to stop any cancellation.
- Be conscious of cultural and linguistic difficulties and organize language interpretation where necessary.
- Supply the School Director and Accommodation Manager with weekly Host family Recruitment updates.
Requirements
- Right to work in the UK
- Driving licence essential, access to car desirable (fuel reimbursed)
- Highly motivated, energetic, positive
- Excellent telephone skills
- Target-driven with sales experience
- A flexible approach to work & hours of work undertaken is essential
- Friendly & approachable manner, not afraid to speak to strangers and cold-call
- Able to remain calm under pressure & to diffuse potentially difficult situations
- Sensitive to needs of international students living away from home
- Excellent communicator with external clients such as host families, students and colleagues
- Attention to detail, organised & thorough
If this sounds like you, please apply!
Why you will love working with EF
- Continuous professional development
- Work in a truly international environment
- Regular social events
- Ambition is nurtured and fast-tracked career enhancement opportunities are provided
- Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas and bring them to fruition
- Employee Assistance Program
- Access to EF Hello language learning
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Career Progression at EF
EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be followed up and will ask specifically whether there is any reason that the applicant should not be engaged in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18. Upon interview all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and proof of identity and, where applicable, qualifications will be required. Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.
EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, parental status, experience, and everything else that makes you unique.
