Admission Counselor/Assistant Director/Associate Director of Admission
Full-Time / Posted September 06, 2024
Admission Counselor/Assistant Director/Associate Director of Admission
Title contingent upon previous experience and responsibilities.
Summary
Ursuline College has an opportunity to join the Office of Undergraduate Admission. The Admission staff contributes greatly to maintaining and enhancing Ursuline’s reputation, including playing a vital role in continuing the efforts to present Ursuline College to prospective students. This position is responsible for recruiting students into undergraduate programs in order to meet the college’s enrollment and revenue goals. Reports to the Executive Director of Admission.
If qualified, the ideal candidate with the right experience would be offered an Associate Director level position.
Responsibilities would include:
- Recruit, qualify and counsel new students. Develops and implements a recruitment plan for an assigned territory.
- Travel throughout their assigned territory for approximately 4-6 weeks in the fall, and 2 weeks in the spring. All travel would be accessible by car within 4 hours of Cleveland.
- Focus on building relationships with students interested in Ursuline College. This would include completing assigned outreach via various communication methods such as email, text messaging, phone calls, in person meetings, group presentations, etc.
- Implements and represents the programs through various events such as information sessions, high school visits, meetings with school counselors, college fairs, networking with alumnae and other on/off campus events.
- Analyze recruitment strategies and report progress towards goals during bi-weekly meetings with supervisor.
- Develop and adopt evolving admission procedures for recruitment through innovative best practices to meet the needs of first-year students.
- Maintain knowledge of financial aid process and policies, Ursuline College academic programs and curriculum, transfer equivalencies, NCAA compliance topics, NACAC’s ethics guide, student life, etc.
- Participate in daily Counselor-on-Call rotation, serving as the front-line customer service representative and Office of Undergraduate Admission point-person (COC) or daily interviewer (BCOC) on assigned days; responsible for timely and thorough handling of all undergraduate prospective student needs (first-year, transfer, adult, non-degree, etc.) on days assigned.
- Support evening/weekend events throughout the year by attending/hosting approximately 2 Saturday visits and attending 2-4 events in the fall/spring semesters.
- Develop relationships with various college constituents including faculty, staff, and students.
- Serve as academic liaison to select majors, developing and maintaining innovative recruitment plan for each program of oversight, meeting annually with program director to review and refresh departmental initiatives.
- Meets with inquiries/prospective students, conducts unofficial transcript evaluations, and assists in the application process.
- Counsel prospective students and/or families in one-on-one meetings on campus.
- Review applications and make recommendations on admission.
- Serve on departmental and campus-wide committees.
The ideal candidate: Associate Director of First-Year Recruitment Strategies
- Has previous admission experience and is looking to advance their career to a mid-level position.
- If qualified, the ideal candidate with the right experience would be offered an Associate Director level position.
- An Associate Director would have the same responsibilities as above, plus the following:
- Directly support the Executive Director with strategic planning and marketing/communications.
- Coordinates territory assignments and travel planning.
- Develop and maintain reports and data related to first-year recruitment
- Liaise with Advising and Orientation on delivery of programming and promotion of Summer Orientations and Fall Orientation.
- This position will also include direct supervision of Admission Counselors.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree. Master’s preferred. Previous experience in college admission/higher education or related setting. Must be highly motivated and energetic, detail oriented, and possess excellent interpersonal, written communication and presentation skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with Techolutions’ Slate CRM is plus; experience using online communication services; web site administration skills and knowledge. Valid driver’s license and ability to travel. Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends. Demonstrated experience working in an inclusive community.
How to Apply
Qualified candidates should use form below or email emily.haggerty@ursuline.edu. Applications will be reviewed as received until the positions are filled. Please submit the following:
- letter of interest,
- resume, and
- salary requirements
Ursuline College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and seeking applications from underrepresented groups. Nearly one third of the students at Ursuline are members of historically underrepresented groups, and we seek the richness of diversity among our faculty and staff as well.
