Senior Admissions Counselor

Job Title:

Senior Admissions Counselor

Kent Campus Kent OH

Salary:

$43000 $45000

Basic Function:

Responsible for representing Kent State University to prospective students their families and school/community contacts. Develops and implements recruiting initiatives that support application and enrollment goals as well as conducts holistic review of firstyear student applications. Responsible for planning and implementing recruitment activities including high school visits area receptions and individual meetings. Reports to Senior Assistant Director of Admissions or designated administrator.

Additional Basic Function if applicable:

Examples of Duties:

Duties/essential functions may include but not be limited to the following:

Work directly with students/families high school and independent counselors community colleges and communitybased organizations to expand and build Kent States national outreach.

Manage recruitment territory by creating and executing a territory strategic plan that includes recruitment strategies tactics resource requests external messaging events/programs that will help to achieve overall enrollment goals.

Provide individual and group presentations to prospective students parents high school guidance counselors and community college partners on the admissions processes policies financial aid/scholarship options campus housing academic and cocurricular experiences.

Develop and implement recruiting initiatives and followup to meet application and enrollment goals as well as conduct holistic review of firstyear student applications.

Serve as a primary point of contact for financial aid processes support and understanding for prospective students and families.

Perform work on various special projects and assignments including but not limited to admission publications customer relationship management (CRM) software communications reporting functions of application processing and admission file review.

Develop and maintain professional relationships with high school counselors and community college counselors in the region.

Coordinate and partner with Kent State Alumni on strategies for recruitment and outreach to prospective students and families.

May supervise students and provide functional guidance to Admissions Counselors support staff and other employees who work on a project or assignment on a temporary or intermittent basis.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Additional Examples of Duties if applicable:

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors degree and two years of related experience.

OR

Masters degree

License/Certification:

None.

Knowledge Of:

Standard university recruiting and admissions practices
Sales and/or territory management techniques
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Skill In:

Verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills *
Personal computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite

Ability To:

Work in a collaborative and effective manner with students alumni diverse families administrators and faculty
Work and communicate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Manage a complicated daily weekly and monthly schedule with recurring important professional commitments on and offcampus
Exercise independent judgment and autonomy regarding work planning
Travel regionally and/or nationally *
Work nontraditional hours including evenings and weekends *

Preferred Qualifications if applicable:

Assessments:

Asterisk (*) indicates knowledge skills abilities which may require assessments. Assessments could take the form of interview questions a request to provide work samples or a written or practical test to assess job related competencies.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

Working Schedule:

Monday Friday 8am 5pm ability to work nontraditional hours including evenings and weekends.

Additional Information:

Disclaimer:

The intent of this description is to illustrate the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and should not be interpreted to describe all the specific duties and responsibilities that may be required in any particular position. Directly related experience/education beyond the minimum stated may be substituted where appropriate at the discretion of the Appointing Authority. Kent State University reserves the right to revise or change job duties job hours and responsibilities.