9.9 Group - Associate Consultant - Marketing/Admissions & Outreach (4-6 yrs)

About the job:

Job Title: Associate Consultant (Marketing, Admissions & Outreach)

Location: Delhi, India

Job Type: Full-Time

About 9.9 Education:

9.9 Education is the Education, Consulting, and Transformation arm of 9.9 Group. Founded in 2007 by Dr Pramath Raj Sinha, 9.9 Education works with leading and emerging higher education institutes, including - New institutions being created from the ground up Established institutions seeking to scale or transform Foreign institutions exploring entry into India

9.9 Education operates with a distinctive 'Advisory + Execution' approach, combining strategy and implementation to set up and transform ambitious higher education institutions. Leveraging its Design, Build, Operate, Transfer (DBOT) model, it partners with institutions poised to make a significant impact, supporting them at every stage - from concept to execution - with tailored solutions across:

- Academics Partnerships Marketing (Branding, Outreach, Admissions, and Placements)

- Student Life Fund-raising & Governance

9. 9 Education firmly believes in the power of education to transform the future of the country and follows institutional and student success as its north star.

About the Role:

- An Associate Consultant role at 9.9 Education places you at the forefront of building and transforming higher education institutions.

- In this role, you will work on multiple higher education projects, working across marketing, admissions, and overall institutional strategy.

- You will take ownership of critical project areas -

- Act as the link between client leadership and project teams

- Manage diverse stakeholder priorities

- Resolve bottlenecks to fulfill deliverables on time

- The role also requires you to represent client institutions in external engagements while driving measurable outcomes across multiple workstreams.

Typical Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning:

- Develop strategies for marketing, admissions, and outreach that align with client objectives

- Design financial and operational plans to meet institutional goals within available resources

- Prepare institution-wide strategies for new institutions, addressing governance, academics, partnerships, etc.

- Stakeholder and Team Management

- Manage an internal team, client teams, and agency partner teams to fulfill project deliverables

- Coordinate with client leadership and external partners to align on priorities and deliverables

- Represent client institutions in engagements with agencies and vendors to ensure project milestones are achieved

- Execution and Problem-Solving

- Oversee the delivery of marketing campaigns, admissions processes, outreach initiatives, and allied workstreams across multiple clients

- Prepare and deliver major client deliverables, including high-quality presentations and detailed project reports

- Contribute to business development by developing proposals for prospective clients

- Travel to client sites may be required

The Ideal Candidate:

You are a good fit for the role if you:

- Have 4-6 years of experience in consulting, marketing, and/or admissions, with a proven ability to manage multiple higher education projects simultaneously

- Have a demonstrated ability to build relationships across levels within client organizations

- Have excellent verbal and written business communication skills

- Have the ability to create well-formatted documents and presentations that are engaging and easy to read

- Can translate data into actionable insights and develop strategies that deliver measurable outcomes

- Have strong Excel skills, are comfortable with educational software, and have an understanding of marketing tools

- Can conduct basic quantitative analysis and understand a P&L statement

- Are agile, detail-oriented, highly organized, and thrive in fast-paced environments

Compensation:

- Competitive and commensurate to qualifications and per the standard industry trends