Career and University Strategist

Want to revolutionize the future of education and do meaningful work that transforms future generations’ lives?
EdTech company Crimson Education was founded in 2013 from the idea that through personalised education, we can transform students into the world leaders of tomorrow. Since then, we have rapidly grown a mission-driven team that is dedicated to building the education system for the 22nd century. Our network includes 2,400 tutors and consultants worldwide who work with over 20,000 students.
Our tech platform connects tutors and mentors to high school students aiming to achieve admission and scholarships to top universities in the US, Canada, UK, and beyond.
This is a full-time position, based in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Career and University Consultants are exemplars of Crimson Education’s philosophy dedicated to making a difference in students’ lives, helping bridge gaps between present and future goals by personalising blueprints that will become the basis of all academic, extracurricular and personal development.
This role empowers students and parents from an early stage to ensure that considerations are being made around potential career and university pathways, both nationally and internationally.
What success looks like:
+Making students more aware of atypical international and national study and career opportunities related to their academic interests.
+ Initiating, organising and executing regular workshops for students and parents to attend to teach more about undergraduate local and international opportunities.
+ Ensuring students have regular expert support from the Crimson network.
+ Building relationships with parents to understand parental expectations for university and career strategy.
+ Writing high quality recommendations for students applying to universities, residential halls, scholarships and specialised local programmes.
+ Tracking student tertiary successes and using quantitative data analysis to establish trends in student achievement.
+ Establish programs, trip, and coordinate activities that contribute towards greater understanding of global opportunities post high school.
+ Building relationships with national and international stakeholders to optimize student results.
+ Leveraging the Crimson network to provide high quality resources to students at the partner school.
What skills and experience you’ll need:
- Graduated from a Top US University, Ivy League strongly preferred
- Passion for coaching young adults and appreciation of global perspectives
- Superior planning and organisational skills; experience in project management, event coordination, and product management a plus
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Resilience when working independently under pressure
- Experience in education, coaching, tutoring, and admissions consulting preferred
Why work for Crimson?
- Flexible working environment, you will be empowered to structure how you work
- Limitless development and exposure- our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year.
- $1,000 training budget per year- we love to level up!
- Psychologist on staff
- Impressive fireside chats and workshops to help the team continuously level up
- Radical Candour is a feedback approach we live by
- We’re a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe!
If you're passionate about education and people and looking for a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and want to work with cutting-edge technology then we'd love to hear from you!
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- Department
- Service Delivery
- Role
- Strategy Consultant
- Locations
- Christchurch

About Crimson Education
Crimson Education takes college admissions consulting to a new level of personalisation and success, increasing students chances of admission to the Ivy League, Oxbridge and other top universities by up to 700%. Services include in-depth US and UK university admissions support, Australia and New Zealand medical school admissions support, educational tours to the US and Europe, local curriculum tutoring and extracurricular mentoring.
Career and University Strategist
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