• Address: Brooklyn, NY 11202 (map)
• Date Posted: 11/06/09
• Job Type: Full-time

Institution St. Francis College
Position Title Admissions Counselor
Job Location Brooklyn Heights, NY
Description Position: Admissions Counselor


Department: Admissions


Reports to: Director of Admissions


Job Summary: Responsible for the recruitment and evaluation of new and transfer students to St. Francis College.


Duties and Responsibilities:


-Assume major responsibility for the recruitment of qualified students to the College from High Schools and Community Colleges.

-Establish contacts and maintain relationships with key personnel at secondary schools and community colleges and make regular visits to their institutions.

-Conduct in-person interviews with potential students and their parents, both on and off campus.

-Secure, develop, manipulate and maintain information, through use of the College's student information system on the prospective student and applicant pools.

-Evaluate applications and attendant materials submitted by candidates for Admissions, both freshman and transfer.

-Assist new transfer students in the selection of an academic schedule and in the solution of other problems they confront in their initial semester.

-Plan, develop, implement and oversee marketing, direct mail and other recruiting projects and events.

-Communicate regularly via phone and email with assigned cohort of the applicant pool to improve its enrollment yield.

-Coordinate alumni involvement in the College's recruiting efforts.

-Assist in the planning and implementation of all on-campus recruitment events.

-Carry out other duties assigned by the Director of Admissions.

-Manage the admissions process which includes, entering and updating student information, processing all application materials (SATs, transcripts, GEDs), and running daily process to update the application status of students.

-Maintain student records, complete credit evaluations, send information packets, create weekly tracking reports, schedule appointments and answering incoming phone calls.


Qualifications:

-Bachelor's degree

-Valid driver's license

-Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required

-Willingness to travel regionally or locally; some overnight recruitment trips may be required

-Minimal levels of experience creating documents, spreadsheets, and using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

-Bilingual in English and another language preferred


Interested applicants should forward a resume and cover letter to

hr@stfranciscollege.edu