Admissions Representative

Dorsey College • Madison Heights, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Admissions representatives recruit, interview students about their educational goals and qualifications, review their paperwork and documentation, and conduct an evaluation of each applicant, enroll prospective students within the community into the college programs. Their primary job is to bring more students to the institution and act as a sales representative to talk about the institution and explain the courses to the students who seek for admission and how these courses will help them to achieve goals.

Requirements

• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience
• Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, or Business .
• Minimum of one to two years sales/recruitment experience (admissions experience preferred).
• Excellent organizational, communication, listening and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, database, and software applications.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in education, admissions, customer service or sales is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Help the students who seek for admission in the enrollment process giving them necessary application form to fill up and get applied for the course or join the college or school.
• Admission representative must also play a role in selecting the students, which one is worthy and do recruitment process.
• Help students in filling up the form, provide assistance on selecting the course.
• Communicate about the fees structure, other prices to the students when you have selected them.
• Contact the prospective students and interview them and select according to the performance.
• Create connections with leading company and arrange for a campus interview (this is applicable only when you are admission representative in the college)
• Act as a liaison between institution and students.
• Talk with the students and find out whether they are having any problems with the facilities. If not, solve it immediately by reporting it to the management.
• Assist in planning, organizing, and conducting open houses, orientations, and other new student events.
• Other admissions- and recruiting-related tasks as assigned and deemed necessary.

Benefits

• Tuition discounts for Dorsey programs (employee, spouse, and dependent).
• Tuition discount opportunities for select on-line Lindenwood University degrees for employees that qualify.
• Comprehensive benefits plan: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, employee assistance program, and 403b retirement plan.
• Eleven Paid holidays: MLK Jr. day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving break (Thursday – Friday), Christmas Eve and Christmas Days (as observed), and New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day (as observed).

What This Job Offers

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