This position is responsible for new student recruitment into educational programs commensurate with the needs and career goals of prospective candidates. An Admissions Advisor is a professional with the ability to sell the value of education. In this role, the Admissions Advisor will qualify, interview, and follow up with students who are planning or changing professional careers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Generate and enroll qualified prospects and ensure that enrolled students start school.
- Participate in career fairs and similar events to develop a network within the territory.
- Generate and follow up with ALL interested students via phone, email, text, etc.
- Meet or exceed specific start goals monthly.
- Maintain acceptable performance in key areas including appointments per week, close percentage, enrollments per week, show rate, lead-to-appointment ratio, and media lead conversion.
- Actively develop referral leads from instructors, current students, graduates, employers, etc. (2 referrals per week)
- Actively work with dropped/cancelled students to promote their return or start.
- Enter student information in CareerConext and Campus Nexus/CVUE
- Attend and participate in department campus and company-wide meeting, as necessary
- Must be able to work variable shifts.
Additional Duties
- Adheres to all regulatory compliance and procedures
- Interacts effectively with Financial Aid and all other departments
- Performs other duties that may be assigned to meet business needs.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and have excellent communication and presentation skills, possess effective multi-tasking and time management skills, be goal oriented, assertive, results driven, high energy, highly ethical, quick-thinking, and organized. Additionally, must have reliable transportation, have a willingness to travel overnight and the ability to work nights and some weekends. Experience with Microsoft Word and general office procedures required. Must possess the ability to type 40 wpm. This position requires the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization. Ability to work with people, self-starter, able to work on their own with little direction.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Ability to work comfortably with people.
- Self-starter.
- Able to work on their own with little direction.
Equipment Used:
- Computers, phone, fax machine, xerox machine.
Physical and Mental Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Working Conditions: School environment. Most of the work requires routine walking, standing, bending, and lifting.
Education and/or Experience: High School Diploma or equivalent required; three to six months related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person