Lead Counselor


Executive Monroe Consulting Group is recruiting on behalf of an education consultancy firm specializing in international academic placement and athletic pathway development for students and student-athletes.

This role offers a remote work set-up and follows a day shift schedule (10:00 AM to 7:00 PM).

We are seeking an experienced Lead Counselor who can architect, lead, and execute the company's global content engine. This role blends strategic narrative-building, content architecture, performance-driven content creation, and cross-functional leadership. The candidate will shape how students, parents, partners, and global markets understand who we are and what we stand for..

Key Job Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with clients (student athletes & academic clients) and other consultants to provide support for client requirements and priorities. These include - College career planning for clients in collaboration with other consultants, Communication with US university/college admissions, coaches and other professionals.
  • Educating students and parents about colleges, the college admissions process, trends, procedures, and testing; advising and supporting clients and families as they go through the process; help students and families aspire realistically and choose wisely.
  • Advising students and families on curricular choices leading to college admissions for different educational systems, especially aspects unique to them.
  • Ideate, Execute, and course correct the client engagement strategy. Helping students, athletes, not only apply to college but clarify their grander vision. Understand their strengths, weaknesses, goals and development needs.
  • Brainstorm with clients and their families for student profile building.
  • Making informational presentations to parents and other audiences through webinars, discussion forums.
  • Being aware of issues and trends in college admission, higher education, testing, as well as keeping up-to-date about specific colleges and representing the company at relevant conferences and events.
  • Maintaining and disseminating information about standardized tests such as SAT, ACT, and TOEFL.
  • To coordinate with partners / vendors to ensure all dependencies to or from the company are being met.
  • Follow the Client Delivery Process at the company to ensure all communication is updated in the project management tool, in collaboration with the team in the company..

Key Job Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree from a reputed university (Preferably from the US, UK, Canada)
  • You should have the passion and the motivation to work. The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • A Passion for Sports and education and mentoring young athletes, young students.
  • Strong organizational ability and result-oriented mindset
  • Exceptional communication skills - writing, interviewing and research skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat
  • Almost a superhuman attention to detail
  • Ability to juggle multiple projects while meeting demanding deadlines, producing high quality work and projecting a positive attitude
  • Experience in college admissions or high school college counseling and understanding of admissions for educational systems around the world is a major plus
  • Knowledge of global universities, their academic programs, admission policies, and financial policies and procedures
  • Demonstrates the company's Values - Listen, Ideate, Strategize, Tenacity