Transfer Admissions Counselor

Job Details

Description

• Cultivates and builds relationships with prospective students within assignment areas. 

  • Tracks how students are moving through the admissions cycle from initial contact to enrollment. Works to improve efficiencies of this cycle and the experience of prospective students. Actively recruits students by phone, electronic communication, student appointment, and by advocacy throughout the admission and scholarship process to reach transfer enrollment goals each semester. 

  • Travels to assigned areas visiting community colleges, college fairs, and individual students and families. Identifies groups of students who will best fit for mission and admissions requirements. 
   
  • Reviews and makes recommendations on transfer applications on a rolling basis. Evaluates applications and transcripts with special attention to types of classes taken, credits accomplished, major interest, and fit to the university. 
   
  • Develops and foster relationships with community college counselors and administration, Phi Theta Kappa members, alumni, and others who may assist in the recruiting of transfer students. 
   
  • Ability to develop relationships with students and community leaders in hopes of growing partnerships and relationships to positively impact recruitment efforts. 
   
  • Ability to accurately review college transcripts to identify credit requirements and to determine accurate transfer credits. 
   
  • Ability to develop strong working relationships with university advising, registrar, financial aid, and business office personnel. Also, an understanding of how these offices work, processes in place to help students, etc.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Preferred

Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause

Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Motivations

Preferred

Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business

Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks