UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR

About the Role

Edgewood University is seeking a full-time Undergraduate Admissions Counselor to join our team of admissions professionals dedicated to recruiting, admitting, and enrolling the next generation of Edgewood University undergraduates. The Admissions Counselor will guide students and families through the admissions process from start to finish, predominantly serving new entering first-year undergraduate students and their families.

The counselor will develop, manage, and implement a recruitment plan for students, including school/site visits, college/career fairs, stakeholder contacts, campus visits, and all follow-up through enrollment. The role requires reporting progress toward recruitment goals, assisting in planning and implementing special events, and communicating with prospective students outside of normal office hours.

Responsibilities

• Promote Edgewood University and illustrate our strategic advantage in the marketplace.
• Counsel prospective students and their families on the admissions process and financial aid by phone, email, and in person.
• Represent the Admissions Office at on-campus and off-campus events and programming for prospective students, including travel to high schools and college fairs.
• Research national, regional, state, and institutional trends and execute a recruitment plan for attracting, recruiting, and enrolling new entering first-year students.
• Evaluate recruitment strategies and manage student outreach and communication for an assigned territory or special student population.
• Review admission applications and evaluate credentials to make admissions decisions.
• Complete routine reports related to recruitment goals and enrollment projections.
• Assist in designing and creating partnerships with pre-college programs such as AVID/TOPS and Early College Credit Programming.
• Create a Fall and Spring travel schedule to top feeder high schools and fairs to increase applications and interest of prospective students.
• Establish working relationships with high school guidance counselors about upcoming visit opportunities and evening fairs.
• Attend between 8-10 recruitment fairs throughout the recruiting cycle within a personal recruitment territory.
• Assist in the coordination and development of on-campus events for prospective students, including events during non-traditional working hours such as nights and weekends.
• Assist in designing new programs that attract prospective students.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience in Admissions, Sales, Advising, Education, Student Affairs, Business Development, Customer Service, or experience through coursework in Business, Communications, or Marketing.
• Ability to work independently and contribute as a member of the admissions team.
• Self-directed in developing and completing projects and recruitment plans.
• Ability to work fluctuating and irregular hours, including nights and weekends.
• Willingness to travel 80% of the time during peak travel seasons.
• Possess a valid Wisconsin driver’s license and be able to drive a University-owned vehicle for high school visits and college fairs; must successfully complete a Motor Vehicle Check.
• Multicultural competence—the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways.
• Active support of the mission of Edgewood University by working with faculty, staff, and students to share in our core values—truth, compassion, justice, partnership, and community.

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to speak in public to large and small groups.
• Knowledge and experience with a student information database and/or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Preference for experience with Slate CRM.
• Preference for a bilingual candidate with the ability to write and speak in Spanish proficiently.