Senior Admission Counselor

Otterbein University; Toledo (OH); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading university is seeking a Senior Admission Counselor to manage recruitment for specified territories. The role includes developing strategies to attract students, assisting them through admission, and leveraging data to improve enrollment. The ideal candidate will have a background in sales or marketing and experience in student recruitment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Sales, Marketing, or related field.
• Minimum of two years recruiting or relevant admission-related experience required.
• Proven success in growing enrollment in a given territory.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a territory/population manager for recruitment.
• Research and facilitate strategies to attract potential students.
• Build relationships with influencers including parents, counselors, and community partners.

Skills

Personal integrity

Adaptability

Oral communication

Foster diversity

Computer skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

MS Office

SIS (Banner)

CRM (Slate)

Job description

The Senior Admission Counselor (Recruitment Officer 3) contributes to the fulfillment of the University’s mission and vision by serving as a territory/population manager for a specified recruitment region/focus. The Senior Admission Counselor will research assigned territories/populations in order to plan and facilitate strategies to attract potential students to apply to the University. The Senior Admission Counselor will offer assistance to individual students with regard to the admission process; use data-driven methods to determine within the assigned territory/population, which high schools, community colleges, cities and fairs in which to recruit; and identify prospective students who meet The University of Toledo student profile while building relationships with major influencers including parents, high school counselors, community members, community college partners, influential alumni, etc.

Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. For best consideration, applications should be submitted by June 6, 2025.

Posted Salary: Starting at $20.84

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Personal integrity: Demonstrate dependability, honesty, and credibility.
• Adaptability: Adjust, modify own behavior, and remain flexible and tolerant in response to changing situations, environments and audiences.
• Oral communication: Express ideas and facts clearly and accurately.
• Foster diversity: Understand, respect, and embrace differences.
• Computer skills: Proficient in MS Office, SIS (Banner), and CRM (Slate)

Additional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in the area of Sales, Marketing, Communication, or related field
• Minimum of two years recruiting or relevant admission-related experience required
• Valid driver’s license
• Demonstrated networking abilities
• Proven success in growing enrollment in a given territory
• Demonstrated excellence in customer service with internal and external partners
• Demonstrated leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree preferred

• Sales, marketing, and public speaking experience preferred