International Transfer Admissions Counselor

Seattle University; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Seattle University is seeking an International Transfer Admissions Counselor to join the undergraduate admissions team. This role focuses on transfer and international transfer students, providing advising and outreach by email, phone, and in-person events.

The position supports First-Year, Transfer, Arts, Pre-College, and Post-Baccalaureate prospective students, coordinating with the International Student and Scholar Center and contributing to inclusive admission practices.

Qualifications

• Provide information about the University's academic opportunities to prospective students, families, counselors, advisors, and other stakeholders.
• Plan, develop, and implement on- and off-campus recruitment travel and activities.
• Conduct outreach to international centers at community colleges and plan recruitment events for international students.
• Meet with prospective students, including adult learners and traditional aged students, through visits, fairs, campus appointments, information sessions, and workshops.
• Collaborate with campus stakeholders to meet undergraduate enrollment goals.
• Engage in inclusion efforts and participate in working groups to embed these efforts in responsibilities.
• Approximately 10 to 12 weeks of in-state and out-of-state travel, mostly in Puget Sound.

Responsibilities

• Provide information about the University's academic opportunities to prospective students, families, counselors, advisors, and other stakeholders.
• Plan, develop, and implement on- and off-campus recruitment travel and activities.
• Conduct outreach to international centers at community colleges and plan recruitment events for international students.
• Meet with prospective students through visits, fairs, campus appointments, information sessions, and workshops.
• Collaborate with campus stakeholders to meet undergraduate enrollment goals.
• Engage in efforts to make higher education more accessible, equitable, and inclusive; participate in working groups to embed these efforts in job responsibilities.
• Travel 10–12 weeks, mostly within the Puget Sound region.

Skills

Team collaboration

Emotional intelligence

Ethics and integrity

Flexibility and innovation

Mindful inclusion

Outcomes-driven

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, national origin, 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.

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

The International Transfer Admissions Counselor will join a dynamic undergraduate admissions team that represents Seattle University's Jesuit academic and co-curricular opportunities to prospective transfer students, their families and supporters, and the transfer advising community.

This position works primarily with transfer students with an additional strategic focus on international transfer students. In addition, the counseling team supports all prospective students, including First-Year, Transfer, Arts, Pre-College, and Post-Baccalaureate, by providing advising and support through email and phone communication, appointments, events on and off campus, and other outreach programs as needed.

Position Description

Recruitment Management - 40%

• Provide information about the University's academic opportunities to prospective students, families, counselors, advisors, and other stakeholders through presentations, emails, calls, and one on one conversation.
• Plan, develop, and implement on and off campus recruitment travel and activities.
• Conduct regular outreach to international centers at community colleges and plan recruitment events specifically for international students.
• Meet with prospective students, including adult learners and traditional aged college students, through various channels, including community college visits, community college fairs campus appointments, information sessions, and workshops.
• Collaborate with campus stakeholders to meet undergraduate enrollment goals.
• Engage in efforts to make higher education more accessible, equitable, and inclusive; participate in working groups to embed these efforts in job responsibilities.
• Approximately 10 to 12 weeks of in state and out of state travel. Most travel is in the greater Puget Sound Region.

Application Review and Recommendations - 25%

• Review, evaluate, and provide initial undergraduate admission recommendations based on university criteria and artistic standards (where applicable)

International Transfer Admissions - 15%

• Monitor submission of international students' submitted materials for I-20 issuance and provides regular outreach to students and updates to leadership team members.
• Serve as a Designated School Official (DSO), which involves issuing initial I-20s for incoming international students. Work in close partnership with the International Student and Scholar Center and participates in regular DSO trainings. Communicate with students on missing materials needed for I-20 issuance.
• Serves as a member of the undergraduate international admissions group which includes the Sr. Assistant Director for International Recruitment and the Admissions Evaluator-International Credential Evaluations. Participate in regular meetings with the group and supports international functions in close collaboration with the Sr. Assistant Director for International Recruitment.
• Assist with other duties related to international admissions as needed.

Event Attendance - 10%

• Support and actively participate in programs and events engaging prospective First Year, Transfer, Post Baccalaureate, and Pre College students, their families, community organizations, college counselors, and advisors.
• Attend major admission events such as preview days and admitted student days.
• Evening and weekend work requir