Admissions Counselor

State of South Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Spartanburg Community College seeks an Admissions Counselor to guide applicants and newly accepted students through the admissions process, helping them select programs aligned with career and personal goals.

The role covers conducting new student admissions, participation in events like Enrollment Nights, Accepted Student Day, and Orientation, and acting as a liaison between advisors and students to facilitate program entry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with student services experience.
• Master's degree in related field with 3 years of experience in student services programs.

Responsibilities

• Assist applicants and newly accepted students with admissions process.
• Participate in admissions events: Enrollment Nights, Accepted Student Day, Open Houses, and New Student Orientation.
• Serve as liaison between program advisors and students; assist with entry into programs.
• Provide career, academic, personal, and professional development counseling.
• Utilize Datatel screens to obtain information for proper registration.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Counseling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Recruit CRM

Qless

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Admissions Counselor assists applicants and newly accepted students with all aspects of the admissions process with an emphasis on ensuring new students are selecting a program that meets their career and personal development goals. Manages the admission process by conducting new student admissions and follow-up activities, participate in admissions events: Enrollment Nights, Accepted Student Day, Open Houses, and New Student Orientation. The Admissions Counselor manages the admissions process, to include program exploration, ensuring documents for acceptance are received, registration and other follow up activities as assigned throughout the admissions process. The Admissions Counselor works as a liaison between program academic advisors and students and assists students with preparing for entry into desired programs and counsel students in need of program changes.

Provide admissions counseling to all applicants & newly accepted students, particularly to transitional and first-time Spartanburg Community College students. Assists applicants with career, academic, personal, and professional development. Connect applicants with needed academic/financial and/or other support resources while providing formal referrals and follow-up services for applicants needing additional career planning, counseling, etc.

Provides admission services, academic and career information to prospective and current students to assist in defining academic goals. Administer and interpret career and entrance assessments and complete admissions processing required to convert applicant to student. Utilize various Datatel screens to obtain information needed to properly register newly accepted students.

Utilizes multiple technology systems together to effectively enroll applicants: Recruit CRM, Qless, Microsoft Office Suite.

Monitors progress of applicants in territories with communications, and phone and email contacts, scheduled meetings, proactive outreach, and communication, responding to applicant and newly accepted student questions, concerns and needs.

Participates in the gathering of statistical data and assessment information to ensure the needs of applicants and newly accepted students, and an excellent overall rating in quality of services are being met.

Bachelor's degree with student services experience.

Master's degree in a related field with 3 years of experience in student services programs.

Spartanburg Community College is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, including the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, national origin, age, religion, or disability.