Admissions Evaluator

Seattle University; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Seattle University in Seattle, WA, seeks an Admissions Evaluator to review transcripts for transferable credit, calculate cumulative GPAs, and verify prerequisite courses. You will support the Admissions Operations team year‑round.

Responsibilities include applying transfer credit in ERP/CRM (Colleague, Workday, Slate), maintaining data cleanliness, and assisting with policy guidance for transfer students. A Bachelor's degree and strong organizational skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Credit evaluations and applying transfer coursework toward degree requirements.
• Data processing and maintaining data/applicant records for cleanliness.
• GPA recalculations for a high volume of first‑year applications.
• Other duties and projects to support Admissions Operations throughout the year.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Data entry

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

Slate CRM

TES database

Job description

Months Per Year: 12

Work Model: Hybrid Work Eligible

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, nationality, 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.

Seattle University's Core Competencies

• Effective Team Collaboration: Works harmoniously with others towards a common goal, leveraging individual strengths to achieve shared objectives.
• Emotionally Intelligent Communication: Engages in a skillful exchange of information, thoughts, and feelings, verbally and non-verbally.
• Ethics and Integrity: Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to honesty, professionalism, and alignment with our Jesuit mission in all actions and decisions.
• Flexibility and Innovation: Embraces change, approaching problems with curiosity adaptability, and is committed to making a positive impact.
• Mindful Inclusion: Fosters mindful inclusion by consciously creating a workplace that celebrates differences, embraces cultural humility, and empowers uniqueness.
• Outcomes-Driven Orientation: Sets clear objectives, pursues excellence, and delivers measurable outcomes while upholding Jesuit Catholic values.

Job Description Summary

Under the direction of the Senior Associate Director of Operations and Transfer Admission, the Admissions Evaluator carefully reviews and evaluates transcripts for transferable credit and calculates cumulative GPAs for admitted students. The Evaluator also confirms prerequisite courses are fulfilled and/or in progress and calculates major GPAs. As a key member of the Admissions Operations team, evaluators also maintain data and applicant/record cleanliness and provide support to general operation tasks throughout the year.

Position Description

• Credit Evaluations - 50 %: Determines course equivalencies and applies applicants' previous coursework towards Seattle University's degree requirements and posts appropriate equivalencies (transferred credit hours awarded) and current and current class standing in the University's ERP and CRM systems, specifically Colleague, Workday, 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 and is a key contact for academic liaisons throughout the University on academic policy matters related to the onboarding of undergraduate students with transferable credit. Adds course equivalencies to the online TES database system and assists in the development of effective tools/resources for best practices in communicating transfer course equivalencies to prospective transfers.
• Data Processing - 25 %: Assists in maintaining data and applicant/record cleanliness in various ways working closely with other individuals within the Admissions Operations team and Research and Analytics. These tasks may consist of editing small parts of multiple records, general audits, the scanning and assigning of documents, exporting of data for mass corrections, etc.
• GPA Recalculations - 15 %: Calculates grade point averages for a high volume of first year applications.
• Other Duties - 10 %: Manage and work on assigned projects throughout the year.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Must possess well-developed organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous work in an educational environment, particularly in the areas of credential evaluation or academic advising.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and federal and state privacy laws.
• Experience using an ERP and CRM, specifically Workday and Technolutions Slate CRM.

Compensation at a Glance

$48,000 - $49,000

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 candi