Admissions Counselor I
| Company | University of Louisville |
|---|---|
| Location | Louisville, KY, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad, Junior |
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Responsibilities
- Requires regular travel, which may include international travel.
- Engage in activities relating to recruitment and admissions of undergraduate and graduate students interested in degree programs.
- Work with a federal work study student who works with student engagement.
- Build relationships with collaborative prospects, which may assist in the development of ‘feeder’ programs.
- Acquire knowledge about the college’s portfolio of programs and services, including student advising and financial aid, and communicate the value of college to prospective students and their families.
- Work with other members of the recruitment/marketing team, faculty and others to design and deliver high-touch, face to face experiences for prospective students.
- Participate in high-touch events and opportunities to engage with current students, faculty and alumni.
- Monitor progress of programmatic enrollment goals.
- Represent the college and its degree programs to external audiences of high school personnel, community college personnel, higher education personnel, prospective students and others.
- Respond to queries from potential students and organize on-campus visits. Advise perspective undergraduate and graduate students on admissions requirements related to degree programs.
- Implement a recruitment plan developed by the Coordinator of Admissions that assists SPHIS in meeting student enrollment goals.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Project management – organized, task oriented, ability to delegate and follow-up.
- Proactive – anticipates and plans for problems before they arise.
- Analytical – evaluating data and other information with the ability to choose the best solution and make recommendations.
- Flexible – ability to change directions as needed for the good of the department or organization.
- Service excellence – responsive, informs constituents of process, pleasant to work with, educates and provides timely, accurate information.
- Organized – manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized.
- Critical thinking – ability to think through issues and identify appropriate options.
- Work ethic – motivated, diligent, industrious and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a pace to ensure optimal efficiency.
- Interpersonal – can build effective, strong working relationship with employees, colleagues, management and vendors through trust, communication and credibility.
- Teamwork – ability to work with others, serve others, held others, lead others, mentor others, take directions from others, in the interest of moving processes and programs forward to desired outcome.