Admissions Counselor

Coppin State University; Baltimore (MD); Presencial; USD 51.000 - 69.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Coppin State University is seeking an Admissions Counselor to lead recruitment and yield efforts for undergraduate enrollment. This role requires building relationships with high school counselors, community partners, and campus offices to advance enrollment goals.

The position involves extensive travel, both in-state and out-of-state, including evenings and weekends during peak periods. Strong communication and data skills with Slate and PeopleSoft are essential for success.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1–3 years of professional admissions or related experience preferred.
• Ability to engage prospective students and families with professional, student-centered service.
• Strong oral and written communication, and organizational skills.
• Willingness to travel extensively for recruitment, including evenings and weekends.

Responsabilidades

• Manages an assigned recruitment territory and supports undergraduate enrollment goals through travel, outreach, application review, and yield activities.
• Represents the university through extensive professional recruitment travel, including high school visits, college fairs, and events; overnight travel is expected.
• Plans and conducts in-person and virtual recruitment programs and yield events for prospective students, families, counselors, and partners.
• Reviews applications, evaluates credentials, and makes admissions recommendations in line with policies.
• Provides responsive, student-centered service to prospects, applicants, and admitted students.
• Builds relationships with counselors, community organizations, and campus partners to support enrollment.
• Collaborates with academic departments and campus offices to create a coordinated recruitment experience.
• Leads targeted recruitment activities and special projects to advance enrollment goals.
• Uses Slate, PeopleSoft, and scheduling platforms to manage records and track applicants.
• Maintains recruitment data, prepares reports, and uses data to identify outreach opportunities.

Conocimientos

Student recruitment

Public speaking

Relationship building

Communication

Data-driven outreach

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

Slate

PeopleSoft

Descripción del empleo

Job Posting:

JR102061 Admissions Counselor (Open)

Department:

Admissions, PM

Position Type:

Regular

Open Date:

10-23-2026

Close Date:

11-13-2026

$60,000.00 Annually

Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated admissionsprofessional who enjoys connecting with students, buildingrelationships, and helping future Eagles find their place at theuniversity. The Admissions Counselor leads recruitment, applicationreview, and yield efforts for assigned territory, using creativity,data, travel, and strong student engagement to supportundergraduate enrollment goals. Reports to the Associate Directorof First-Year Admissions.

Responsibilities:

• Manages an assigned recruitment territory and supportsundergraduate enrollment goals through, travel, outreach,application review, and yield activities.
• Represents the university through extensive professionalrecruitment travel, including high school visits, community collegevisits, college fairs, community events, regional programs;extensive overnight, and out-of-state travel is expected.
• Plans and conducts in-person and virtual recruitment programs,presentations, appointments, webinars, and yield events forprospective students, families, school counselors, and communitypartners.
• Reviews applications, evaluates credentials, and makesadmissions recommendations or decisions in accordance withuniversity policies and admissions standards.
• Provides responsive, student-centered service to prospectivestudents, applicants, admitted students, families, and campuspartners.
• Build and maintain relationships with school counselors,community-based organizations, community colleges, campus partners,and other stakeholders that support undergraduate enrollment.
• Collaborates with academic departments, Financial Aid,Registrar, Orientation, Student Affairs, Marketing andCommunications, and other campus offices to create a coordinatedrecruitment and enrollment experience.
• Leads targeted recruitment activities and special projects thatadvance enrollment goals, including outreach to underrepresentedstudent populations and priority markets.
• Uses Slate, PeopleSoft, high school visit scheduling platforms,and related admissions technology to manage records, documentcommunications, support outreach campaigns, and track applicantsthrough the enrollment funnel.
• Maintains accurate recruitment and admissions data, preparesreports, assesses territory performance, and uses data to identifyoutreach opportunities and support enrollment decisions. Performsother duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree required.

EXPERIENCE

• One to three years of professional admissions, recruitment,student services, sales, school counseling, or related experiencepreferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrated ability to engage prospective students, families,school counselors, and community partners in a professional andstudent-centered manner.
• Strong oral, written, interpersonal, presentation, andorganizational skills.
• Ability to manage recruitment goals, competing priorities, anda high-volume workload with attention to detail.
• Experience using data, reports, CRM systems, databases, andcommunication platforms to support outreach, recruitment, andenrollment goals preferred.
• Ability to learn and use admissions systems, including Slate,PeopleSoft, high school visit scheduling platforms, and relatedtechnology.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with internaland external partners.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively for recruitment,including overnight and out-of-state travel, with evening andweekend work required during peak periods.
• Ability to perform the duties of the position with or withoutreasonable accommodation.
• Must successfully complete a background check satisfactory tothe university.

Conditions of Employment:

• Extensive recruitment travel is required, including eveningsand weekends during peak periods from August through November andMarch through May. State per diem and approved travel expenses areprovided in accordance with university and state travelpolicies.

Additional Job Information:

BENEFIT SUMMARY

Coppin State University offers a competitive benefits package to include health insurance options (medical, dental, vision), life and disability insurance, retirement plan contributions, as well as paid leave and federal holidays for all regular employees. Please see the link below to view the benefits that Coppin State University has to offer. https://www.coppin.edu/benefits

E-VERIFY STATEMENT

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification ofcitizenship and employment authorization.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Coppin State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Actionemployer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability status or veteran status. View the EEOC Know Your Rights poster for moreinformation regarding your rights under the law.

Reasonable Accommodation

If you experience difficulties utilizing the online applicationsystem or you require reasonable accommodations during any part ofthe pre-employment process, please contact Human Resources [e-mail]. Please note that only inquiries regarding arequest for reasonable accommodation or system issues will beresponded to when contacting this e-mail account. Reasonableaccommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.