Admissions Officer TERM

University of Toronto • Mississauga, ON

5d • CA$81,312 - CA$103,986

About The Position

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential. Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world. This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity, and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Performs core admissions and registrarial duties by advising prospective students, applicants, and stakeholders on admissions criteria and processes, and applying established standards to ensure consistent evaluation of applications. The role involves assessing domestic and international academic credentials, including complex equivalency determinations, and contributing to admissions planning through analysis of application data. The Admissions Officer applies institutional policies and procedures to support consistent and defensible decision-making, ensures adherence to transfer credit guidelines, and contributes to process improvements and audit readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum four (4) years of relevant experience in admissions, student records, or registrarial services.
• Experience in domestic and international credential assessment.
• Experience in transfer credit evaluation and processing.
• Experience applying and interpreting academic policies and procedures in decision-making.
• Experience working with student information systems (e.g. ROSI) and CRM platforms (e.g. Slate), including advanced functionality.
• Experience working with data sets, including identifying and resolving discrepancies.
• Experience developing content for and facilitating educational workshops and seminars.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong systems aptitude, including workflow-based processing and troubleshooting within enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of supporting data integrity and consistency across integrated systems.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a collegial manner with applicants, students, office colleagues, staff and faculty.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Demonstrated commitment to student-centered service, equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Excellent organizational, problem solving and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and solid analytical skills are required.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends during peak periods.

Nice To Haves

• Accountable
• Cooperative
• Diligent
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Team player

Responsibilities

• Advising potential applicants, students, parents, and/or guidance counsellors on admissions criteria and processes by probing and providing a range of options and possible consequences
• Providing detailed information regarding admission requirements to prospective students and applicants
• Applying established standards when administering a process for consistent evaluation of applications
• Analyzing statistical information to inform admissions projections and planning activities
• Analyzing domestic academic documents to assess credentials against University equivalencies
• Analyzing foreign academic documents to assess credentials against Canadian equivalencies. Analyzing documents to assess and verify their authenticity.
• Tracking departmental transfer assessment decisions
• Developing content for instructional workshops and facilitating educational workshops and seminars

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level