Affirmative Action No.:: 24P024

First Consideration Date:: 10/23/2023

Department:: Transfer Student Resource Center

Position FTE::

Minimum Annual or Hourly Rate: $45,000

Job Purposes::

Required Qualifications::

• Master's degree with at least two years or Bachelor's degree with at least four years of experience working in undergraduate admissions, academic advising, and/or student support areas
• Strong customer service motto
• Detailed oriented
• Self-motivated
• Strong organizational skills
• Strongly demonstrated communication skills in writing and speaking

Preferred Qualifications::

• Master's degree with at least two years or Bachelor's degree with at least three years of experience working with transfer or community college students
• Event and programming experience

Essential Functions and percent of time::

• Advise prospective transfer students on the application process, transfer credit policies, admission requirements, transfer scholarships, etc.
• Provide pre-admission advising through an unofficial transfer credit evaluation service.
• Plan on-site and virtual visitation programs targeting Wright Path community college partners, military installations, businesses, not-for-profits, and other organizations in order to actively recruit prospective transfer students.
• Manage an undergraduate transfer visitation and advisor appointment calendar; publish and share the calendar widely.
• Answer queries from prospective transfer students and colleagues via email, phone, etc.
• Make communication outreach regularly with prospective transfer students to guide them through the admissions and course enrollment processes.
• Ensure that Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) Guaranteed Transfer Pathways and transfer policies are communicated to prospective students.
• Develop and foster high-level relationships with other institutions, especially community colleges. In collaboration with the Transfer team, regularly evaluate the relationships to explore strategic enhancements for outreach, recruitment, visits, and communication to prospective students and their academic advisors.
• Maintain database of contacts and advisors at outreach institutions.
• Assist with the improvement of effective and engaging marketing materials and ensure that all print and online materials are accurate.
• Track the efficacy of admission efforts.

• Collaborate with colleges and departments with their transfer student outreach efforts at both Dayton and Lake Campuses.
• Work as a team in various on-campus recruitment events, such as Raider Open House, to attract interested transfer students.
• Coordinate and organize special transfer student visit days and Transfer Raider Welcomes with campus partners.
• Set up a table at First Week, April Craze, and Fall Fest with the Transfer Team to advocate for creating a transfer-affirming culture.
• Lead the transfer team during National Transfer Student Week in celebrating the success of transfer students with other students, as well as with dedicated faculty and staff (transfer champions)
• Plan, organize, and execute the plan to provide opportunities for transfer students to gather (i.e., social gathering during the first week and/or before the exam week each semester) in coordination with the student leadership/engagement office.
• Recommend new initiatives to enhance transfer student recruitment and retention programming using informed data.

Working Conditions::

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Wright State University serves nearly 18,000 students and offers more than 230 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs through eight colleges and three schools. Located in the city of Fairborn in Greene County, Ohio, Wright State is conveniently situated adjacent to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and is less than 10 miles from downtown Dayton. One of our eight colleges, Wright State University–Lake Campus, is a university-operated regional campus on the shores of Grand Lake St. Marys in Celina, Ohio. The Wright State alumni community is more than 109,000 strong. For more information please visit www.wright.edu.

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