Shenandoah University’s Office of Admissions is accepting applications for a First-Year Admissions Counselor. This is a full-time benefited position located on our main campus in Winchester, Virginia.

The First-Year Admissions Counselor manages all activities necessary to recruit students, within a designated territory, to Shenandoah University in order to meet individual and team enrollment goals. Counselors must have or acquire substantial knowledge about their territory, exercise discretion and independent judgment in developing recruitment strategies for their designated territories and provide a high quality of service to prospective students and families throughout the recruitment, application and acceptance/enrollment processes.

The admissions counselor will often be the prospective student’s first contact with the university and must recognize the importance of building a relationship based on the professional, correct, and timely exchange of information. The admissions counselor is also a liaison between prospective families and the faculty and staff of other university departments. In this role, the admissions counselor will be responsible for general recruitment of all academic programs. The ability and willingness to work among a team, independently, and until the task is completed successfully, is essential.

Primary responsibilities:

Working collaboratively as a member of the First-Year Recruitment team, admissions counselors will be expected to utilize past and current data to analyze the impact, progress, and effectiveness of prior recruitment strategies and events within their designated territories, and then exercise their discretion and independent judgment to create, implement and execute individual recruitment strategies for the upcoming season within their designated territories.

Shenandoah University’s Office of Admissions is accepting applications for a First-Year Admissions Counselor. This is a full-time benefited position located on our main campus in Winchester, Virginia.

The First-Year Admissions Counselor manages all activities necessary to recruit students, within a designated territory, to Shenandoah University in order to meet individual and team enrollment goals. Counselors must have or acquire substantial knowledge about their territory, exercise discretion and independent judgment in developing recruitment strategies for their designated territories and provide a high quality of service to prospective students and families throughout the recruitment, application and acceptance/enrollment processes.

The admissions counselor will often be the prospective student’s first contact with the university and must recognize the importance of building a relationship based on the professional, correct, and timely exchange of information. The admissions counselor is also a liaison between prospective families and the faculty and staff of other university departments. In this role, the admissions counselor will be responsible for general recruitment of all academic programs. The ability and willingness to work among a team, independently, and until the task is completed successfully, is essential.

Primary responsibilities:

Working collaboratively as a member of the First-Year Recruitment team, admissions counselors will be expected to utilize past and current data to analyze the impact, progress, and effectiveness of prior recruitment strategies and events within their designated territories, and then exercise their discretion and independent judgment to create, implement and execute individual recruitment strategies for the upcoming season within their designated territories.