Admissions Associate

GRACE CHURCH OF MINNESOTA INC; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Grace Beginnings Academy in Eden Prairie, MN is seeking an Admissions Associate to guide the journey from first inquiry to the child’s first day of attendance. You will schedule tours, prepare materials, enroll families, and maintain student records.

You will also develop data systems to track inquiries, tours, and enrollments, and support branding and website updates to ensure a smooth transition from inquiry to enrollment.

Qualifications

• Educational requirements: a degree in education or communication.
• Must meet director standards per MN licensing.
• Experience required: 2+ years in management and admissions/engagement roles or customer service.
• Strong computer and technology skills, attention to details, multitasking, and organization.
• Articulate and welcoming both in verbal and written communication.
• Has a commitment to prayer, as evidenced in both corporate and personal prayer.
• Exhibits a meaningful and growing personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior as evidenced by the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
• Exhibits a lifestyle appropriate to a person in public Christian ministry by conducting life with integrity in all situations.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and provide tours for prospective families.
• Process registration and enrollment paperwork.
• Update and maintain the student database with student/family information.
• Build a strong transition system from Admissions Associate to Directors.
• Track enrollment changes and inform teachers and admin staff on billing.
• Assist with orientation tours prior to a student’s first day in a new room.
• Develop systems for tracking inquiries, tours, enrollment, and student retention.
• Assist in managing the website for a smooth inquiry to enrollment process.

Skills

Management experience

Customer service

Communication

Technology skills

Education

Education degree

Communication degree

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Eden Prairie Campus - EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: $50,000.00 - $60,000.00 Salary/year, Job Category: Education, KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Grace Beginnings Academy Admissions Associate will oversee the process from first inquiry to the child's first day of attendance.

Prospective Families + Tours

• Schedule and provide tours for prospective families.
• Create materials and handouts for families to receive during tours.
• Plan events for prospective and new families; build systems to recruit new families through marketing and promotional events.
• Navigate difficult conversations with families with grace and understanding, while maintaining school procedures.
• Ensure confidentiality in prospective families enrolling and potential new infants.

Enrollment

• Help create a warm, welcoming culture at Grace Beginnings Academy.
• Process registration and enrollment paperwork.
• Update and maintain the student database with student/family information.
• Build a strong transition system from Admissions Associate to GBA Directors.
• Track enrollment changes and inform teachers and admin staff on billing.
• Communicate parent card access need to IT.
• Assist with orientation tours prior to a student’s first day in a new room.

Data, Analytics + Systems

• Develop systems for tracking prospective, toured, and enrolled students.
• Develop systems to manage and communicate open spots throughout the school.
• Assist in tracking accurate data on inquiries, tours, enrollment, and student retention.

Grace Beginnings Academy Brand

• Assist in managing the website for a smooth inquiry to enrollment process.
• Communicate both within Grace Beginnings Academy and across departments on church staff as needed.
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance year-round is an essential requirement of this position.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: PROFESSIONAL AND SPIRITUAL EXPECTATIONS

• Educational requirements: a degree in education or communication.
• Must meet director standards per MN licensing.
• Experience required: 2+ years in management and admissions/engagement roles or customer service.
• Strong computer and technology skills, attention to details, multitasking, and organization.
• Articulate and welcoming both in verbal and written communication.
• Has a commitment to prayer, as evidenced in both corporate and personal prayer.
• Exhibits a meaningful and growing personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior as evidenced by the manifestation of the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
• Exhibits a lifestyle appropriate to a person in public Christian ministry by conducting life with the utmost integrity in all situations.