Recruiter

Enterprise State Community College; Opelika (AL); On-site; USD 41,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Union State Community College seeks a recruitment coordinator to promote the college and increase enrollment across its service area. The role involves outreach to high schools, counselors, and area principals, coordinating tours, and supporting admissions during registration and throughout the year.

The position requires an associate degree and recruiting experience, plus strong public speaking, interpersonal, and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree from an accredited university/college is required.
• Experience in recruiting or sales is required.
• Excellent public speaking, interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and be willing to travel for recruitment purposes.

Responsibilities

• Promote the college to increase enrollment.
• Make contact with area principals, counselors, and teachers.
• Attend or help ensure career programs are attended in our area.
• Accommodate tour groups on campus.
• Assist in coordinating collateral recruiting responsibilities on other campuses.
• Visit all schools in the service area.
• Ensure prospective students receive college publications on request.
• Call/write to prospective students and those who do not return.
• Attend scholarship committee meetings to assist with scholarships.
• Assist with advising and career development services during enrollment periods.
• Develop promotional brochures, posters, folders, calendars, and other recruitment materials.

Skills

Public speaking

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Flexible hours

Willing to travel

Education

Associate’s degree

Job description

Promote the college in order to increase student enrollment; coordinate recruitment activities with area high schools; provide informational materials and services to prospective students, counselors, and the community at large. Provide advisement during registration, enrollment periods, and throughout the year. Must adhere to a flexible work schedule and perform other job-related duties as directed by the President, Dean of Student Affairs, and Student Affairs Program Director

Salary: Appropriate placement on the Alabama Community College System Salary Schedule E3: (Salary range: $41,349 - $66,218)

Benefits: Full-time employees are entitled to the College’s benefit package to include: PEEHIP, retirement, leave (annual, sick, and personal), etc.

• Promote the college to increase enrollment.
• Make contact with area principals, counselors, and teachers.
• Attend or help to make sure career programs are attended in our area.
• Accommodate tour groups on campus.
• Assist the the Dean of Student Affairs and the Student Affairs Program Director in coordinating collateral recruiting responsibilities on other campuses.
• Visit all schools in the service area.
• Assure prospective students receive college publications when requested.
• Responsible for calling/writing to prospective students and students who do not return, retention-based activities.
• Attend scholarship committee meetings to assist with the awarding of scholarships.
• Assist with advising and career development services to new students, particularly during the enrollment and registration periods.
• Develop and/or assist the Dean of Student Affairs and the Student Affairs Program Director with creating and approving promotional brochures, posters, folders, calendars, and other recruitment materials.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate’s degree from an accredited university/college is required.
• Experience in recruiting or sales is required.
• Excellent public speaking, interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and be willing to travel for recruitment purposes

In accordance with the Alabama Community College System policy and guidelines, the applicant chosen for employment will be required to sign a consent form for a criminal background check. Employment will be contingent upon the receipt of a clearance notification from the criminal background check. Southern Union also participates in E-Verify.

It is the policy of the Alabama Community College System, including all postsecondary community and technical colleges under the control of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees, that no employee or applicant for employment or promotion, on the basis of any impermissible criterion or characteristic including, without limitation, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, sex, age, or any other protected class as defined by federal or state law, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment.

Southern Union State Community College is an equal opportunity employer. Southern Union State Community College will make reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled applicants or employees. The College reserves the right to withdraw this job announcement at any time before the awarding.

More than one position in the same job classification may be filled from the applicants for this position should another vacancy occur during the search process.

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