Salary: $19.00 - $22.50 Hourly
Location : Fresno, CA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 2024-00255
Department: Regional Enrollment
Opening Date: 03/27/2024
Position Summary
Anticipated Hiring Hourly Range: $19.00 - $22.50 per hour.
The Admissions Specialist is responsible for assisting the processing team in admitting files for the Online, Graduate, and Degree Completion programs. The Regional Enrollment Admissions Specialist will assist with processing of applications and admitting student files, as well as collaborating with other departments and Regional Campuses to expedite the admissions process. In addition, the Admissions Specialist will have a working knowledge of Salesforce and Colleague and assist with making sure all student workers are up to date on admissions processes.
Essential Functions
Culture:

• Be in agreement with the university's Confession of Faith, found , have a personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, be active in the life of the church, and live a life consistent with a commitment to the Lordship of Christ.
• Embrace the mission, vision, and values of Fresno Pacific University.
• Be Christ-centered in all areas while working with staff, faculty, students, and or any person or organization in the course of representing the University.
• All FPU employees are called to exercise the gifts and calling of God through their daily life and role here at FPU. As ministers to students and other employees in daily life, FPU employees seek to embody the ideals laid out in the FPU Idea.
• A steadfast commitment to the "The Fresno Pacific University Idea" and agreement to support its ideals and practices while employed by the University.

Duties:

• Process applications and admit student files
• Collaborate with other departments and campuses to expedite the admissions process
• Be knowledgeable of Colleague, Salesforce dashboards, and data reports
• Help with updating student profiles in Colleague and Salesforce
• Collaborate with Admissions Manager to expedite files for admission
• Have open communication with Program Directors
• Assist with occasional regional recruitment events
• Knowledge in Microsoft Suite software
• Demonstrated organizational capabilities, detail orientation and the ability to handle multiple priorities and complex projects simultaneously
• Complete tasks timely with work that is comprehensive, complete, and accurate
• Communicates clearly, listens attentively, and seeks to understand others
• Collaborates productively with colleagues of varying skillset
• Other job duties as assigned

Qualifications
Required

• High School Diploma
• One year of experience in Admissions in a University setting
• Knowledge in Microsoft Suite software
• Demonstrated organizational capabilities, detail orientation and the ability to handle multiple priorities and complex projects simultaneously.
• Must have strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to interact with people in a warm, professional manner
• Ability to learn new technology
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and respond to changes in a timely manner
• Ability to handle and work with interruptions during normal office hours

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Bilingual (Spanish and English)
• Experience with low income or first-generation college students preferred

University Information
Environmental Conditions:

• Indoors in a normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, fumes, vibrations, and temperature changes at least eighty percent (80%) of the time.
• Frequent computer use at a workstation, up to eight hours per day.
• Frequently work at a fast pace with unscheduled interruptions.
• Drive personal or University vehicles to appointments.
• Public contact position requiring professional apparel, personal hygiene, and grooming.

Physical Demands:

• This position typically functions indoors in an office environment with light to moderate noise associated with business office equipment. The position may involve travel for meetings and events.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: remain in a stationary position 80 % of the time, be able to move about inside the office to access file cabinets/office machinery etc., operate a computer and keyboard and other office productivity machinery such as calculators/copy machines/printers. The employee is occasionally required to position self to reach items on the floor and in high cabinetry.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Employee must be able to communicate with others to exchange information including both over the telephone and in-person communication with callers and community members and be able to read a computer screen and paper documents.
• Reasonable accommodations for those with disabilities will be provided in accordance with law.

Reserving its rights as a religious institution, Fresno Pacific University is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, age or disability, or other classes protected by applicable law. Committed to excellence and actively supportive of cultural diversity, FPU invites individuals who contribute to such diversity to apply. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you should contact FPU's Human Resources Department at hr@fresno.edu. As a religious institution, the University will administer the equal opportunity employment policy consistent with the Fresno Pacific University statement of faith, the FPU Idea and the University's governance by the Pacific District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.
*This information, including salary, is accurate as of March 27, 2024.
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