Admissions Recruiter

Alcorn State University • Lorman, MS

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About The Position

The Admissions Recruiter/Admissions Counselor is responsible for creating and executing individual and team recruitment plans to meet enrollment goals. This role involves extensive communication with prospective students, alumni, and other stakeholders to promote university programs, build networks, and ensure a smooth application and enrollment process. The position also requires serving as a counselor to prospective students and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of university offerings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Guidance and Counseling, or related field preferred.
• Three (3) years’ experience in advising or counseling in higher education.
• Recruitment, management, sales and/or knowledge of higher education.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal, and interpersonal.
• Well-developed presentation and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with team members, faculty, students, alumni, administrators, staff and families.
• Ability to connect with students.

Responsibilities

• Creates an individual recruitment plan (including recruitment activities, participation in events/conferences/fairs, communications with prospective students and networking opportunities) for each semester and participates in a team recruitment plan.
• Completes weekly activity reports to include documentation of recruitment/outreach activities and student appointments.
• Establishes and adheres to registration deadlines and strives toward institution-wide enrollment goals.
• Utilizes phone, email and mail to communicate with prospective students in a timely manner, providing superior student service.
• Works with prospective students to garner completed application files prior to enrollment and efforts to increase retention.
• Collaborates with alumni network(s) to develop new student/professional networks and garner student referrals.
• Serves as a counselor to prospective students.
• Promotes the university and its programs among prospective students, parents, teachers, counselors, alumni and other groups, individuals, agencies and organizations that might be interested and/or might be persuaded to have interest in the university by maintaining current knowledge of the same.
• Other related duties, as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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