Transfer Credit Specialist

State-of-South-Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

State-of-South-Carolina seeks a Transfer Credit Specialist to evaluate transfer transcripts and coordinate credit pathways for traditional undergraduates and CBE students. You will liaise with Undergraduate Admissions, Student Success, and Graduate/Continuing Education to ensure accurate credit transfer and clear communication.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree, strong customer service skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Outstanding customer service, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail when evaluating academic records.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students, colleagues and guests.
• Ability to learn and use university systems and technology platforms to perform duties.
• Two years of experience in admissions, advising, registrar operations or similar.
• Proficiency with student information systems/CRMs (Slate, Banner, DegreeWorks or similar).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate transcripts for transfer applicants and Winthrop Elevate (CBE) students, ensuring accurate credit transfer and course equivalencies.
• Communicate evaluation results to students and partners in a timely, student-centered manner.
• Resolve transfer credit and equivalency questions with academic departments and student services.
• Help maintain and grow academic pathways and articulation agreements with community colleges and partner institutions.
• Keep transfer/articulation data accurate in university systems and support related reporting.
• Identify ways to improve evaluation workflows and communication between enrollment partners.

Skills

Customer service

Organizational skills

Oral and written communication

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Tech literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Slate

Banner

DegreeWorks

Job description

The Transfer Credit Specialist reports to the Assistant Director for Transfer Enrollment and supports traditional undergraduate transfer, competency-based education (CBE) and other incoming students by evaluating academic transcripts and coordinating transfer pathways while serving as a liaison between Undergraduate Admissions, the Office for Student Success, and the School of Graduate, Continuing and Online Education.

• Evaluate transcripts for transfer applicants and Winthrop Elevate (CBE) students, ensuring accurate credit transfer and course equivalencies.
• Communicates evaluation results to students and partners in a timely, student-centered manner.
• Resolves transfer credit and equivalency questions with academic departments and student services.
• Helps maintain and grow academic pathways and articulation agreements with community colleges and partner institutions.
• Keeps transfer/articulation data accurate in university systems and supports related reporting.
• Identifies ways to improve evaluation workflows and communication between enrollment partners.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Exceptional customer service, organizational, and oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail in evaluating academic records.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students, co-workers, supervisors and university guests.
• Ability to learn and effectively use university systems and technology platforms required to perform position duties at a high level.

• Two years of experience in admissions, advising, registrar operations or similar.
• Proficiency with student information systems/CRM's (Slate, Banner, DegreeWorks or similar).

• Salary/Hiring Range: $21-$24 per hour; actual salary depends on qualifications.
• Normal Work Schedule: 37.5 hours per week; M-F, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Benefits-eligible position.