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Job Description
The Admission Recruiter is a naturally persuasive
and creative problem solver who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with non-standard and varied working hours. This
self-motivated, enthusiastic, and goal-oriented professional possesses exceptional presentation, organizational, and interpersonal skills,
with a proven ability to follow direction, solve problems, manage multiple priorities, and achieve goals. This position is a sales-oriented
admissions and prospect management role, responsible for managing and expanding recruitment territory while meeting assigned enrollment and
net revenue goals. Daily responsibilities include engaging with a large number of prospective students and their families through extensive
phone outreach, personalized emails, texts, notes, individual appointments, and group presentations. The role requires strategic planning of
recruitment activities, extensive outreach, and frequent travel to connect with prospective students and achieve institutional
goals.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Employment duties include, but are not limited
to:
- Conduct daily outreach to prospective students through extensive phone calls, personal emails, texts, and written notes, as well
as one-on-one appointments and group presentations - Develop and execute recruitment strategies within an assigned territory,
involving frequent travel - Plan and participate in recruitment activities, including evening and weekend events, campus tours, and
group information sessions - Engage with parents and students to guide them through the application and financial planning
processes - Maintain comprehensive knowledge of the university’s academic programs, campus life, events, athletics, housing, financial
planning, billing processes, and key dates to serve as a reliable resource for prospective students - Collaborate with the Associate
Director of Recruitment and athletics coaches to manage NCAA Division I athletic recruitment processes, including pre-read applications and
coordinating tours and events tailored for student-athletes and their families - Cultivate, engage, and convert prospective students
through personalized communication while accurately documenting all interactions in the CRM (Technolutions SLATE) - Generate
actionable next steps, such as application submissions, FAFSA completion, enrollment deposits, and registration - Evaluate
applications, recommend admissions decisions to the committee, and review files for scholarship eligibility - Communicate decisions
and scholarship awards to students promptly - Make financial planning and packaging calls to assist students in navigating the
enrollment process - Research, plan, and execute recruitment travel in both fall and spring by assessing productivity from previous
years and coordinating visits with high schools, guidance counselors, and educational fairs - Must be able and willing to operate a
motor vehicle, reserve space and lodging in hotels, book and take flights, and perform other duties associated with in-state, and national,
travel for both short and extended periods; extensive travel by air and automobile is required - Perform other duties as assigned,
ensuring adaptability and collaboration with the Admissions team
Required Skills
- Naturally persuasive
- Creative problem solver
- Ability to work non-standard and varied working hours
- Self-motived, enthusiastic, and goal
oriented - Superior presentation, organizational ,and interpersonal skills
- Ability to cultivate relationships
- Ability to lead group information sessions, one-on-one meetings and give campus tours
- Support the University’s Mission and Values in their role
Required
Experience
- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university required
- Desire to join a distinct university
community committed to inclusive excellence, kindness, and collaboration, as it seeks to move Forward Together in making our community and
world a better place
Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record as determined by the
University’s auto insurance carrier.
Ideal Candidate Qualifications:
- Knowledge of higher education, and
the college admissions process - Experience in recruitment, sales, marketing, retail, and other business-like
environments - Fluency in Spanish language desired
Work Environment: The Enrollment Management division is
in an open-aired work environment with about 20-30 employees working at the same time. Noise levels can be high at times, during meetings,
and calls. Office space is inside, but Admissions events, and some travel require work to be done outside. This is an on-site position on
the DeLand campus, where being in the office to assist families and team members is required.
Salary Grade: 3
Stetson University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that affirms cultural diversity and inclusion as a core value of academic excellence at Stetson University. We are committed to achieving equal access in education, employment, and participation through the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds, and to meaningful academic and intellectual transformation in curriculum, research and service. We are dedicated to actions and policies that foster a community in which individuals with various identities, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints work together to create opportunities for engagement through rewarding and fulfilling careers and personal experiences in a culturally and racially diverse society and a globalized world. We strongly encourage members of historically under-represented and economically disadvantaged groups and women to apply for employment. Stetson University is an EEO, ADA, ADEA, and GINA employer.