Can I put my student loans back into deferment if I do this?

I am in the process of looking for a new job. Need a big change of scenery/life/whatever etc… not important in this question… Anyways. The most recent job I’m going to be interviewing for is for an admissions position for about 10 online schools and a few in person/local schools. The job is completely outside of my field (chemistry), but the pay is almost identical to what I make now (with slightly better benefits). The big perk though, is that I would have free tuition to any of the schools the company handles. This would include nursing schools, masters of business degrees, criminal justice degrees (I’m trying to get into forensics so that would be nice), even a few doctorate degrees (though I didn’t inquire as to what areas those were in).

The question is really two fold I guess. First and most importantly; if I were to accept this job and use the free tuition to start taking classes, would I be able to put my student loans back into deferment? That has been my biggest hindrance to going back to school already and would be nice. Does anyone have experience with the details on this? (i’m sure I’d learn more about it on my new job, but for the moment I’m largely in the dark).

Second; would you take this job? Its totally out of my current field so it wouldn’t help my career in that aspect. It would definitely fulfill my desire for a big change in my life, and would help with the free tuition thing. The pay is almost a wash, I would make about a dollar less than I do now for the first 90 days, then about a dollar more after that. Maintain benefits (slightly better 401k even). Would you take the jump into a totally different field for the free tuitions sake?