Student Services Specialist
Posted on: 3 Oct 2021
San Francisco, CA
Job Description
Primary Purpose of Position
To aid in the recruitment and decision process for new students. This position will travel extensively in the fall.
Minimum Education/Experience
Required Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
University Preferred Qualifications:
Graduation from a four-year college or university and two years of administrative or office management experience in the student services or related field; or equivalent.
All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Essential Job Duties
- Counsel and advise prospective freshman and transfer students on admissions requirements, policies, and procedures in-person, virtually, phone, and email.
- Render admissions decisions on freshman and transfer applications, applying appropriate criteria, and using discernment and good judgment.
- Conduct on and off-campus information sessions (virtual or in-person) for prospective students.
- Plan/coordinate travel to in-state and out-of-state markets for recruitment purposes.
- Develop relationships with on and off-campus partners.
- Heavy fall and spring travel for recruitment purposes is required.
Other Work Responsibilities
- Will assist with targeted recruitment activities.
- Assist with planning admissions events.
- May assist with the training of new staff members.
Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education
-Bachelor’s degree required
-Experience working with first-year and transfer students in an admissions office for a non-profit college or university
-Rendering admissions decisions and/or advising for competitive academic programs
-Experience with presenting to large groups both in person and in a virtual format
-Demonstrated ability to build relationships with on and off-campus partners for recruitment purposes
-Evidence of attention to detail and strong verbal/nonverbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
-Special consideration will be given to those with experience recruiting students to UNC Charlotte
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
At North Carolina’s urban research university, UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and students engage in research, service and scholarship that directly contribute to the economic health, social and cultural well-being of citizens in the state’s largest metropolitan region. With more than 26,500 students and more than 3,000 faculty and staff, we have many stories to tell. It’s the job of the public relations department to tell those stories through varied communication channels in ways that enhance the identity of University.
The primary responsibilities of the public relations department include:
Media Relations and Public Information
Internal Communications
Public Relations counsel
Reputation Management and Crisis Communication
Print and Digital Publishing
Executive Communications
This work requires frequent collaboration with colleagues throughout the University. Our services are available to all Colleges, Departments, Offices, Centers and Institutes, and our priority is to advance the strategic goals of the University.
Our primary communication goals, as ratified by UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip L. Dubois and his Cabinet, are:
Goal # 1
Create awareness and comprehension of UNC Charlotte as North Carolina’s urban research university.
Goal # 2
Establish UNC Charlotte as integral to the economic, social and cultural fabric of the Charlotte region.
Goal # 3
Position UNC Charlotte as an important center of higher education, delivering affordable, high-quality education worthy of broad-based support.
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