Future Student Advisor - BMIHS
Torrens University Australia
Future Student Advisor – Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School
Sydney-based | Field sales and student recruitment | $70K–$75K + super + performance commission
Are you a confident relationship builder who enjoys sales, travel, presentations and helping students make career-changing decisions?
Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School is looking for a Future Student Advisor to support domestic student recruitment across Sydney and New South Wales, with a focus on school engagement, lead generation and enrolment conversion for our undergraduate and postgraduate hospitality courses.
This is a sales-driven role with purpose. You will represent one of Australia’s leading hotel management schools, building relationships with schools, careers advisers, students, parents and key influencers to help future students explore pathways into hospitality, hotel management and global careers.
About the role
As Future Student Advisor – Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, you will be responsible for generating quality student leads, nurturing prospective students and supporting them from first interest through to application and enrolment.
You will be based in Sydney and will regularly travel to schools, events and the Blue Mountains campus, as well as attend activity at our Sydney campus. This role combines field-based school engagement, relationship management, student recruitment and consultative sales.
You will work closely with the Student Recruitment team to grow awareness of Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, strengthen school relationships and convert opportunities into enrolment outcomes.
What you’ll be doing
In this role, you will:
Represent Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School across schools, expos, events and student recruitment activities.
Build and strengthen relationships with careers advisers, teachers, principals, students, parents and key school contacts.
Visit schools across Sydney and New South Wales to promote BMIHMS courses and study pathways.
Travel to the Blue Mountains campus and Sydney campus as required for events, visits and student engagement.
Deliver engaging presentations and information sessions about hospitality, hotel management and career pathways.
Generate quality leads from prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Support school leavers through TAC preference, application and offer processes where relevant.
Nurture prospective students through phone, email, digital engagement and face-to-face follow-up.
Convert student interest into applications and enrolments.
Manage your pipeline and maintain accurate school, lead and student records in Salesforce.
Contribute to monthly sales reporting and progress against recruitment targets.
Support Open Days, campus tours, information sessions and school-based activities.
Identify new opportunities to grow awareness and engagement with the Blue Mountains student cohort.
What success looks like
You will be successful in this role if you are proactive, confident and commercially focused.
You will know how to build trust with schools, create strong student interest and follow up consistently to move prospective students from enquiry to application and enrolment.
This role suits someone who enjoys being out in the market, presenting to groups, managing relationships and working toward clear sales and enrolment targets.
The strongest performers will be disciplined, resilient and organised. They will manage their territory, build their pipeline, understand student motivations and convert opportunities into outcomes.
High performers in this role can achieve strong total earnings, with potential around $160K per year, depending on performance, targets, eligibility and commission plan terms.
What’s in it for you
$70K–$75K base salary + super
Performance commission linked to recruitment and enrolment outcomes
Strong earning potential for high performers
Sydney-based role with travel across schools, events and campuses
Opportunity to represent a highly regarded hospitality and hotel management school
Variety across school visits, expos, presentations, campus events and sales conversion activity
Flexibility of working hours depending on visits, events and business needs
Mileage allowance and approved travel expenses covered
Opportunity to work with undergraduate and postgraduate prospective students
Free study opportunities related to your career
Access to LinkedIn Learning, Torrens University short courses and development support
A purpose-led role helping students explore career pathways in hospitality and hotel management
About you
You may come from student recruitment, education sales, field sales, business development, account management, school engagement, events, hospitality, recruitment, customer acquisition or another relationship-led sales environment.
You will bring:
Experience in sales, business development, student recruitment or a target-driven role.
Confidence building relationships with schools, students and professional stakeholders.
Strong presentation and communication skills.
Ability to engage students, parents and careers advisers in meaningful conversations.
Strong follow-up discipline and confidence converting interest into action.
Comfort working toward lead generation, application and enrolment targets.
Strong organisation and territory management skills.
CRM experience, ideally Salesforce.
Ability to work autonomously and manage a varied calendar.
Interest in hospitality, hotel management, education or career pathways.
Flexibility to work some outside-hours activities depending on school visits, expos and events.
Essential requirements
To be successful in this role, you will need:
To be based in Sydney.
A current driver licence.
Access to your own reliable vehicle.
Willingness to travel regularly for school visits, events and campus activity.
Ability to obtain or hold relevant Working with Children clearance, where required.
Flexibility to attend occasional after-hours events, expos or school activities.
Why join us?
At Torrens University Australia and Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, education is about creating real career pathways.
In this role, you will help students understand where hospitality and hotel management can take them — from school to study, and from study to industry.
You will be part of a purpose-led, performance-driven team where strong relationships, student impact and enrolment outcomes all matter.
If you are a driven relationship builder who enjoys sales, schools, travel and meaningful student conversations, we would love to hear from you.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected]
As the country’s newest and fastest-
growing university, Torrens
University Australia brings a fresh
approach to higher education.
Working with us is all about working alongside over 2000 professionals passionate about career and purpose. Our staff across our campuses and head office are united by our central ethos to Be Good – by committing to a better way of doing business.
We embrace diversity and inclusion of our staff and are committed to the attraction, retention and development of all people and support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation and gender identification.
