Admissions Counselor, Transfers and Graduate

IndySHRM; Gary (IN); On-site; USD 43,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of Admissions at IU Northwest is seeking an Admissions Counselor to guide prospective students through the admissions cycle. This role includes recruiting diverse students in Northern Indiana and Chicagoland, and requires a bachelor's degree along with 2 years of experience in admissions or related fields. The Admissions Counselor will engage potential students through events, assess applications, and develop strategies for outreach and recruitment.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

Health savings account with generous contributions

Tuition subsidy for employees and family members

Generous paid time off plans

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Qualifications

• 2 years in admissions, higher education, marketing, or related field required.
• Experience in university enrollment or advising preferred.
• Education beyond minimum may substitute for experience.

Responsibilities

• Represent IU Northwest at recruiting events and presentations.
• Responsible for outreach events and student engagement strategies.
• Evaluate prospective student applications and make admissions decisions.

Skills

Proficient communication skills

Time management

Professionalism

Flexibility

Presentation skills

Customer relations

Judgment and diplomacy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

PeopleSoft

Microsoft Suites

Job description

The Office of Admissions at IU Northwest seeks an Admissions Counselor to serve as the primary contact for prospective Transfer and Graduate students and their families during all phases of the admissions cycle as well as represent the university at recruitment events for both traditional and non-traditional students. This person should be excited to recruit a diverse range of students within Northern Indiana and Chicagoland areas.

Job Summary

Department - Specific Responsibilities

• Represents IU Northwest at recruiting events; delivers in-depth presentations about the university's graduate and transfers programs, admissions requirements, and deadlines, to prospective students, families, teachers, and counselors, in groups or individually.
• Responsible for specific projects and outreach events for prospective students, admitted students, and other populations of interest to the university.
• Works on yielding admitted students through personal contact, follow-up programming, and identifying students needs.
• Helps develop outreach strategies and initiatives to engage prospective and admitted students, including but not limited to print materials, social media, and web content.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets prospective student data for recruitment and admissions decision-making, analysis, and performance monitoring.
• Evaluates prospective student applications and makes admissions decisions.

General Responsibilities

• Maintains, implements and oversees a holistic recruitment yield tactical plan for recruitment.
• Develops, implements, and administers plans, programs, and events for general and targeted student recruitment in support of organizational goals.
• Integrates a diverse and strategic communications strategy in collaboration with other departments, geared toward specific student declared academic major, career interests, and geographic factors.
• Identifies and develops partnerships for outreach to prospective students and influencers.
• Interprets academic policies and exercises authority and independent judgment.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates programs and processes and determines the effectiveness of markets and strategies. Exercises independent judgment and uses census data and modeling tools to identify effective marketing plans and strategies to address specific populations.
• Serves in a collaborative role with internal and external stakeholders to identify targets of opportunity to attract and enroll under-represented populations. Participates in the assessment and evaluation of various models.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION
Required

• Bachelor's degree

Preferred

• Master's degree

WORK EXPERIENCE
Required

• 2 years in admissions, higher education, marketing, or related field

Preferred

• 3 years of working experience within a higher education, admissions, university enrollment or advising setting

SKILLS
Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Possesses excellent presentation skills
• Demonstrates excellent judgment, tact, and diplomacy
• Highly developed customer relations skills
• Commitment to working with people of diverse backgrounds
• Ability to interpret federal, state, and institutional rules and regulations and required procedures associated with compliance required

Preferred

• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Demonstrates organization skills
• Ability to work independently
• Knowledge of various technology and software (Peoplesoft, Prezi, Microsoft Suites, etc.)

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Gary, Indiana

Advertised Salary

Salary Range: $43,888.00 - $47,380.00 per year

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure .

Job Classification

Career Level: Core
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Student Services
Job Family: Admissions & Recruitment
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