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Posted: 28-Aug-24
Location: Alamosa, Colorado
Salary: $38,412-$43,692
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Internal Number: R277
Position Summary:
The Admissions Counselor is responsible for the outreach, recruitment, and counseling of prospective students in the San Luis Valley and the South-Central Colorado territories. Responsibilities include representing Adams State University at college fairs, high school visits, and other on and off campus activities. This position will serve and work extensively with the 14 San Luis Valley High Schools and will also serve schools outside of the San Luis Valley. The Admissions Counselor will maintain communication with prospective students and families, review admissions applications, coordinate recruitment events, establish and foster relationships with high school counselors, and provide broad admissions, financial aid and academic advising services. In state and out-of-state travel as well as the ability to work some evenings and weekends is required.
Specific Job Duties (Essential Functions and Responsibilities)
- Counseling prospective students throughout the admissions process
- Attend and represent Adams State University at college fairs, day/night programs, student conferences, and other outreach activities.
- Organize and conduct visits and classroom presentations to high schools’ students in the San Luis Valley and South-Central Colorado
- Develops relationships with key stakeholders at high schools within assigned territories to assist prospective students with the admissions, financial aid and housing processes.
- Maintains telephone, email, digital and written communications with prospective students and their parents, including utilizing non-conventional methods to connect with and attract prospective students
- Advise students on degree options, course selection, placement test interpretation, and other advising related matters.
- Partner with departments across campus including financial aid, academic areas, housing and athletics to assist students in the admissions process
- Provides informative and appropriate financial aid counseling regarding federal and state financial aid, institutional and private scholarship opportunities and student financial services
- Coordinates and promotes special events related to Adams State University and the admissions process, including but not limited to counselor breakfasts/luncheons, application days, financial aid nights, registration activities, student receptions, and campus visits.
- Participates and assists with the planning of on and off campus recruitment activities, including Discover Day programs, Grizz Bizz days, group visits, New Student Orientation and other selected programs.
- Evaluate recruitment activities and report outcomes to the assistant director of admissions recruitment.
- Participates in on-campus training sessions and planning and all campus meetings.
- Represents Adams State University in various state and regional professional organizations and committees.
- Assists in the development of admissions social media, publications, and marketing materials.
- Maintain current education of NCAA rules to cooperate with truthful and complete information concerning involvement in or knowledge of NCAA rules violations.
- Serves as a Campus Security Authority, as federally mandated under the Cleary Act.
- Serves in other capacities as assigned by the supervisor.
- Utilizing Workday to monitor admissions application status and set appointments with Academic Advisors
- Meet with prospective students before on-campus tours to answer questions and show the Adams State admissions presentation.
- Prepare approval request for all recruiting events and travel one month in advance
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
- Experience developing goals/objectives.
- Ability to communicate effectively utilizing both oral and written communications in a professional manner.
- Demonstrate technology proficiency with various software applications.
- Strong organizational skills including an ability to multitask.
- Experience working with diverse, non-traditional, and underserved student populations in a compassionate and structured manner.
- Ability to treat others with respect, civility, and courtesy and to work honestly, effectively, and collegially with employees, students, and the community. This includes the ability to use appropriate conflict management skills to effectively manage any disagreement that might arise or to bring the disagreement to management for assistance in productive resolution when the situation requires.
- Experience managing professional social media accounts.
- This position requires travel in and around the San Luis Valley and other territories as assigned by the Assistant Director of recruitment. Some travel will require overnight stays. Requiring flexible work hours.
- Position is located in Alamosa, Colorado
Highly Preferred Qualification:
- Bilingual, English/Spanish
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated initiative in seeking new partners and opportunities for recruitment.
- Ability to work effectively as a team member and to work on projects independently.
- Ability to perform with diplomacy, confidentiality and professionalism.
- Experience in working in higher education as part of an academic team or in an admissions department
- Student advising experience
Work Environment:
The position is based on campus in Alamosa and requires travel in and around the San Luis Valley and other territories as assigned by the Assistant Director of recruitment. Some travel will require overnight stays.
Work hours are required to be flexible as early morning, evening, and weekend work may be necessary.
Salary and Benefits:
The salary range for this position is $38,412-$43,692. In addition to salary, Adams State University offers a competitive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and retirement savings plans. For detailed benefits information please visit our Human Resources Benefits Page.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates must submit application materials electronically through Adams State University’s Workday application portal.
Completed applications include the following:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Unofficial transcripts (official transcripts will be necessary at the time of appointment)
- Three professional references, including phone number and email for each
No other format of application material will be accepted.
Review of completed applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Questions about the position may be directed to Jeff Storm at jdstorm@adams.edu.
Disclosures:
In compliance with the Immigration Control Act of 1968 candidates for positions must provide proof of eligibility to work before an offer of employment can be made final.
About Us- Diversity & Inclusive Excellence
Adams State University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors, and to protecting its funds, property and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. Therefore, Adams State University has adopted a policy on background screening for its prospective, continuing, and returning employees as well as students in certain circumstances. Offers of employment will be contingent upon the completion of an acceptable background check. The information received in response to a background check will be treated as confidential to the extent provided for by law.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Adams State University (ASU) may be directed to ASU's Office of Equal Opportunity, Director Ana Guevara, and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Support resources for sexual misconduct, ASU's sexual misconduct policies, contact information for the Adams State University's Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, as well as a detailed procedure for filing a grievance due to discrimination on the basis of sex may be found online at https://www.adams.edu/administration/oeo/reporting-sexual-harassment/. These procedures also describe the University's response to reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination or sexual harassment.
Adams State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law, veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation including transgender status and gender expression, marital status, and parental status.
Adams State University is dedicated to fostering Inclusive Excellence and especially encourages applications from women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and other historically underrepresented populations. Given the university’s mission and student body composition, the institution is committed to increasing the diversity of its professional staff and is actively seeking qualified applicants who have experiences, skills, and/or personal attributes that augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff; we will give particular consideration to qualified applicants with experience in ethnically diverse settings or who possess varied language skills and have a record of successful experience in engaging diverse communities and student populations. Additional information about the university and the academic mission may be found at www.adams.edu/academics/