Transfer Admissions Counselor Job Opening

Transfer Admissions Counselor

University of Tennessee

• Chattanooga, Tennessee
Category: Enrollment Counselor

The primary purpose of an admissions counselor is to serve as a liaison between the University and the community at large. To serve in this capacity entails visiting community colleges, students and their parents, and other education officials without supervision at private visits in college fairs and at other special functions throughout Tennessee, Georgia, & Alabama. Responsibilities include:

  • Representing UTC at day and evening programs, community college visits, scholarship programs, etc., primarily in Tennessee and surrounding states.
  • Interacting with prospective students who visit or call the Admissions office including high school students, transfer students, foreign students, parents & adult students.
  • Following up with initial contacts made via mail, email, telephone & private visits; participating in specialized programs likes Freshman/Transfer Orientation, phone calling campaigns, off-campus.
  • Planning and coordinating recruitment events for prospective students in specified areas such as overnight trips to campus; conducting daily tour talk presentations to visitors explaining college opportunities available to students enrolled at UTC.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required, with Master’s degree preferred. Must have 1 to 3 years of campus involvement (RA, SGA, Orientation leader, tour guide, Enrollment Services offices, etc.) or related experience in recruitment/admissions, either while in school or professionally.
Preferred experience includes: two to three years’ experience in a college admissions office or comparable collegiate/business experience; experience within the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, or higher education in Tennessee; and experience in the evaluation or transfer process.
The successful candidate must have strong organizational skills; the ability to handle multiple and ongoing projects; strong oral and written communications skills; knowledge of admission policies and academic programs; a valid driver's license; and the ability to lift and load boxes.
Frequent evenings and overnight travel is required. Occasional weekends are required.