College Admissions Representative (On-site in Dallas)
About the role
This is a fantastic chance to become part of an organization that values growth, innovation, and helping students succeed. If you're passionate about guiding prospective students and making an impact on their educational journey, we’d love to hear from you!!
Responsibilities
- Communicate with prospective students, parents, and community through appointment, telephone, email, and other materials
- Welcome prospective students by processing paperwork; interviewing applicants; arranging and conducting campus tours; conducting follow-up activities such as letter writing and phone-calling campaigns
- Maintains recruiting operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes
- Adheres to all compliance and regulatory standards
- Maintain and develop professional interaction with a wide range of individuals and VIPs both internal and external
- Advise students and families regarding educational opportunities and options, admission and other requirements, policies and procedures as appropriate
- Affords each lead and/or inquiry to our college in an honest, caring, and thorough manner
- Conducts effective phone presentations and interviews with each candidate
- Increase percentage of enrollments and starts from leads through training, experience, and diligence of prospective student follow-up with the prospect through correspondence and routine phone conversations to provide assistance in the completion of the enrollment process
- Works cooperatively to provide appropriate data for purposes of reporting, institutional research, and institutional effectiveness
- Works to maintain the integrity of the student database (admissions to permanent records) in order to ensure complete accuracy for local records, as well as state, and federal reporting
Requirements
High School Diploma or equivalent (Associates Degree from an accredited college or university preferred).
1 to 3 years’ experience in admissions, retail sales, consumer marketing or recruitment.
High degree of professionalism and discretion dealing with confidential information.
Must be organized, professional, and warm to our potential and current students.
Exceptional ability to organize, prioritize and multi-task in an extremely dynamic environment.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals in a diverse community.
Organizing and coordinating skills.
Knowledge of college admissions procedures and of student recruitment and retention issues.
Skill in the use of computerized systems and databases.
Ability to develop, plan, and implement short- and long-range goals.