International Education Advisor

Renaissance® is a global leader in education technology. We help schools and school groups in the UK and around the world with educational assessments, practice and intervention solutions, and data analytics. Renaissance now incorporates GL Assessment (known internationally as GL Education), too – a leading provider of educational assessments. 

Together, our assessments offer the ideal starting point to help teachers understand their students’ strengths and pinpoint areas of need. Our teaching and learning tools then provide effective next steps, with online literacy and maths solutions that meet students exactly where we are. 

Worldwide, we support over 18 million students, operating in over 100 countries. 

About this role:

Renaissance Global are recruiting for an International Education Advisor for our China and North Asia business to join our growing team.  

The International Education Advisor will lead contact with key individuals within centrally purchasing International School Groups, as well as SLT, assessment, and data leads at individual schools and head offices where applicable. Through these relationships we provide wide-ranging and in-depth support to teaching and learning in their schools.  

Our aim is to add value to the way in which the schools use the data from our assessments and instructional practices tools, ultimately providing teachers with meaningful insights with which they can enhance pupil progress. You will work with educators in various roles by showing how our products can support improvements in teaching and learning throughout their schools and how these plans can be implemented. The role is home based with some domestic and international travel where and when required. 

International Education Advisor Job Responsibilities: 

• When looking at the responsibilities can be broken down into the following areas:Manage the relationship with the International Schools Groups lead and assessment leads in their schools. Agree what they are looking to achieve by using our products and work closely with them to ensure that their expectations are met. 
• Help new customers to use the Renaissance Global platforms, assessments, and practice products to ensure they have a positive experience from the start of their partnership with Renaissance Global. 
• Ensure customers understand the value of the data and reports they receive from the products to increase the chance of renewal. 
• Achievement of agreed sales targets and Key Performance Indicators 
• Leverage your existing relationships with key contacts to promote and offer our range of products. 
• Arrange training sessions both via our training team and personally to ensure customers understand fully the Renaissance Global solution. 
• Analyse and aggregate school group level data when required and make recommendations based on the findings; lead SLT meetings and presentations to communicate this.  
• Represent and present Renaissance Global's assessments and instructional tools with contextual educational knowledge to all customers. 
• Work closely with the field sales team and marketing team to help support pre and post sales to facilitate quota achievement. Work collaboratively with them and colleagues in our other offices, to ensure customers receive outstanding support. 
• Record ongoing contact with schools and other relevant information on internal systems. 
• Develop positive work relationships with the marketing team to deliver insightful Renaissance Global content through social media channels, online webinars, and case studies. 
• Build a strong, in-depth knowledge of products to enable you to provide confident support to customers where required and up-sell where appropriate. 
• Be a flexible team player, ready to support your colleagues if workload requires a change in your priorities. 
• Liaise with internal colleagues to generate reports and retrieve relevant information to support customers. 
• Share your existing educational experience with regard to school organisational structures, pedagogy, teaching and learning best practice, how our products can help, and the power of data insights. 
• Develop sales referrals from existing customers. 
• Attend school visits, workshops, exhibitions and conferences and present Renaissance Global’s solutions as and when required. 

Skills and experience required: 

To be considered for the role of International Education Advisor for China and North Asia, we are looking for an experienced teacher looking to move into the EdTech Space, who has experience using Renaissance and GL Education products.  

You will also have: 

• Experience teaching in an education setting with in China or North Asia 
• Preferred - Primary or Secondary QTS with 2-5 years teaching experience 
• Excellent communication skills, via phone, written and verbal skills   
• Fluent in Mandarin and English is a strong advantage (written and verbal).  
• Deep understanding of the international/bilingual school landscape in China and North Asia.  
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.  
• Self-starter with a high level of cultural intelligence and sensitivity, who looks for creative solutions to build connections and generate active leads.  
• Target driven  

As our International Education Advisor for China and North Asia, we are looking for someone who aligns with Renaissance's mission to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide, we are looking for someone who is/ has: 

• Excellent organisational, planning, time management and project management skills  
• Ability to communicate effectively, present and negotiate to a high level.  
• Focused and disciplined approach, logical and has meticulous attention to detail  
• Ability to instil a high level of credibility and build strong internal working relationships  
• Flexible approach; ability to adapt to different situations and requirements  
• A positive outlook with desire to learn and embrace new concepts and ways of working  
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.  
• Able to quickly assimilate extensive product and market knowledge  

Additional information:  

This is role is a Hybrid role based out of our Beijing, China office (Renaissance China, Room 1526, 15th Floor, Block A, Parkview Green, No. 9 Dongdaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing) with the expectation with some travel to other offices as required for team meetings.  

Please note the closing dates for applications will be Friday 9th May 2025, with all candidates moving to the next stage being contacted by Wednesday 14th May 2025. 

We offer a competitive salary of between CNY 144800 -  CNY 199100 dependant on experience, plus excellent commission, Plus lots of amazing benefits. 

Benefits: 

Health Insurance & Risk / Life Insurance – All employees are entitled to Health insurance provided by CIGNA, with Single cover paid for by the Company. Life and risk insurance provided by Taiping - our risk insurance policy covers employees for accidents caused outside work and our life insurance covers employees for illnesses. We hope you don’t need this, but it’s there if you do!  

Holiday and Bookable Leave - 10 Days bookable annual leave per annum, we also offer a day off for your birthday so you can celebrate in style, to be used in the month of your birthday. We also offer every China based employee up to 2 paid volunteering days per year with a cause of your choice.  

Growth and development – extensive training opportunities for career progression across  Renaissance Learning with Great Leaders looking to grow your career and allow you to flourish in your chosen career.     

Renaissance China Office benefits – you will have full access and Free subscription to the Virgin Pulse and CALM app, to help with your health and mental well-being.

We have an ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and have taken strides to become a more welcoming and inclusive workplace, including the introduction of our DEI Matters Network which is owned and driven by our staff. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within our organisation. 

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. Please note that we can only consider applicants who already hold a full work permit. 

This role is subject to DBS and background checks.