Admissions Advisor

Key Responsibilities

• Represent OSU and OSU-Cascades at off-campus recruitment events for prospective students.
• Advises and counsels prospective students on the application process and policies.
• Maintains recruitment strategy plans for assigned territories.
• Hosts and supports yield programming for accepted students.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally accredited not-for-profit college or university in discipline of choice.
• Minimum of 1 year of full-time professional experience in college admissions or college counseling or minimum 2 years of regular and formal work experience as an admission, financial aid, housing, college outreach, or college ambassador position that involves regular, frequent, and direct work with prospective high school and/or transfer students and their families.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally in front of small and large groups and to provide workshops, training, and outreach programs.
• Candidate must have technological proficiency utilizing computers and working with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point (or similar platform such as Google).
• Must be able and willing to independently travel for extended periods and work during irregular hours extensively, including late nights, early mornings, evenings, and weekends, for a minimum of seventeen weeks per year.
• Demonstrable experience in creating and conducting presentations.
• Excellent verbal, oral, and written communications skills.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Must be able to drive and travel in all weather conditions.
• Must be able to fly on a commercial aircraft.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous and recent work experience at a regionally accredited two-year or four-year not-for-profit college or university within a role that encourages college enrollment and involves regular and frequent work with prospective students and families strongly preferred.
• Intermediate proficiency with spreadsheets and databases, use of Social Networking media i.e., TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, etc. in professional context.
• Intermediate proficiency with higher ed CRM systems, e.g., Slate.
• Intermediate HTML coding experience.
• Customer service and event planning experience with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to be flexible and operate in a fast-paced and continuously changing environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in a second language (Spanish preferred).
• Experience in cross-cultural communication with the ability to engage Spanish-speaking audiences through the utilization of bi-literate and bicultural skills.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills (English and Spanish) including effective use of electronic (traditional and web-based) and printed media with both English and Spanish.

Working Conditions/Schedule

• Frequent night and weekend work.
• Frequent travel via car and plane.
• Constant work in high schools, community colleges, and event locations.
• Flexibility and ability to be productive in various locations a must.

Salary Range

$46,600 - $51,000

Anticipated Start Date

2026-09-08

Anticipated End Date

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status. OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire. OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system. If this position has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team at employee.relations@oregonstate.edu.