Admissions Evaluator

Comcast; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition benefits

Retirement plan

Health plans

Paid holidays

Onsite fitness facilities

Job summary

Seattle University is seeking an Admissions Evaluator – Credential Evaluations to review transcripts, calculate GPAs, and determine transfer credit and course equivalencies. The role supports incoming freshmen and transfers, liaising with academic departments and responding to inquiries to help meet enrollment goals.

The position requires a bachelor's degree, strong data entry accuracy, and experience in a collegiate admissions or credential evaluation environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Commitment to diversity and the university's mission, vision, and values.
• One or more years in customer service and detailed data entry in an educational setting.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate transcripts for transferable credit and calculate cumulative GPAs.
• Confirm prerequisite courses and determine course equivalencies.
• Post equivalencies and class standing in Colleague and Slate.
• Serve as academic policy resource for transfer requirements for undergrads.
• Act as key contact for academic liaisons on policy matters.
• Respond to inquiries from prospective students and explain evaluations.
• Add course equivalencies to TES and assist in communicating policies.
• Maintain data and applicant records; edit, audit, and export data as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Data entry

Detail oriented

Team collaboration

Transfer evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ellucian Colleague

Slate

Transfer Evaluation System (TES)

Job description

Seattle University will be one of the most innovative and progressive Jesuit and Catholic universities in the world, educating with excellence at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels.

We embrace an intersectional framework for defining diversity in its broadest sense, including differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, generational history, culture, socioeconomic class, religion, sexual orientation, national origin and citizenship status, political perspectives, geographic origin, and physical ability. Seattle University strives to be a welcome, open and safe campus climate for all who learn, live and work at Seattle University.

FLSA Status: Nonexempt | Months Per Year: 12 | Employment Status: Full-Time | Work Model: Hybrid Eligible*

Position Description

The Admissions Evaluator – Credential Evaluations reports to the Senior Associate Director of Operations and is responsible for reviewing and evaluating transcripts for transferable credit, calculating cumulative and major GPAs, confirming prerequisite courses, determining course equivalencies, and posting equivalencies and class standing in the University’s ERP and CRM systems (Colleague and Slate). The evaluator serves as an academic policy resource for incoming freshmen and transfer students, acts as key contact for academic liaisons on policy matters, responds to prospective student inquiries, and assists in maintaining data and applicant record cleanliness.

Responsibilities

• Carefully reviews and evaluates transcripts for transferable credit and calculates cumulative GPAs for admitted students.
• Confirms prerequisite courses are fulfilled and/or in progress and calculates major GPAs.
• Determines course equivalencies and applies applicants’ previous coursework toward Seattle University’s degree requirements, posting appropriate equivalencies and current class standing in Colleague and Slate.
• Serves as an academic policy resource for incoming freshmen and transfer students regarding University Core and major transfer requirements for all undergraduate degrees.
• Key contact for academic liaisons throughout the University on academic policy matters related to the onboarding of undergraduate students with transferable credit.
• Responds to inquiries from prospective students, explaining completed evaluations and providing information on university transfer policies to help meet annual undergraduate enrollment goals.
• Adds course equivalencies to the online TES database system and assists in developing tools/resources for best practices in communicating transfer course equivalencies to prospective transfers.
• Assists in maintaining data and applicant/record cleanliness—editing records, auditing, scanning and assigning documents, and exporting data for mass corrections—in collaboration with the Admissions Operations team and Research and Analytics.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and the university's mission, vision, and values.
• One or more years of experience in customer service and detailed data entry—preferably in an educational environment involving credential evaluation, academic advising, or transfer evaluation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Resilient and innovative problem solver with excellent organizational skills, acute attention to detail, and strong interpersonal skills for building positive relationships with campus partners and providing personalized attention to prospective students.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment to make informed decisions based on experience, reason, and policy while considering equity, fairness, and historical precedent.
• Skilled at managing and prioritizing multiple tasks.
• Familiarity with Ellucian Colleague and CRM experience—specifically Slate.
• Familiarity with Transfer Evaluation System (TES).

Compensation

Salary Range: $45,000 - $48,000.

Seattle University has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, and not based on a candidate’s gender or any other protected status.

Benefits

• Consistent with its fundamental Jesuit values, Seattle University offers a wide range of benefits designed to care for the whole person.
• Choose from three different medical plans, a dental plan, and vision insurance programs.
• Protect your income with life, short‑and‑long‑term disability coverage.
• Plan for your future with up to a 10% employer contribution for retirement benefits, comprised of a 5% nonelective employer contribution and a dollar‑for‑dollar match of your voluntary contributions up to a maximum of 5%.
• 100% paid tuition benefits for the employee and dependents.
• Subsidized transportation benefit.
• Wellness program with free access to an onsite fitness facility and a wide variety of campus events.
• Generous holiday schedule, including a paid holiday break closure in December, vacation and paid sick leave, and paid community service leave.
• For more information explore the Benefits website at: https://www.seattleu.edu/hr/benefits/.

EEO Statement

Seattle University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified individuals are considered for all employment opportunities and are accommodated to the extent that the accommodation does not result in undue hardship.