Admissions Data Entry Processor (Full-Time)

Summary:  The Admission Processor supports the Director of Admissions and Operations in the admissions process for Dillard University to enroll an entering class of students of the targeted size, diversity and quality and for processing admissions applications, transcripts, test scores and other credentials.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

•    Process applications, test scores, transcripts, and other supporting credentials for determination of admissibility. 

•    Data entry of prospective student inquiry cards into database. 

•    Confers with staff of other schools to explain admission requirements and student transfer credit policies. 

•    Evaluates courses offered by other schools to determine their equivalency to courses offered on campus. 

•    Process SAT and ACT score reports. 

•    Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Programming.

Additional Responsibilities: 

•    Maintain ongoing relationship with the Office of Records and Registration office and the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.    

•    Work with the Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Programming and the Vice President for Enrollment Management to develop and foster a spirit of cooperation among staff to accomplish common goals. 

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibility.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

•    Bachelor’s degree is preferred as a means of having shared experience in order to successfully relate to prospective and admitted students about the college experience to answer questions during tours and programs. 

•    High School Diploma is required.

•    Demonstrated knowledge of university admissions policies.

•    Demonstrated skill in speaking clearly and distinctly using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain and convey information to individuals at various organizational levels. 

•    Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse groups of people.  Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other staff members, subordinates, school administrators and officials and representatives. 

•    Willingness to acquire and understanding of the Dillard commitment to excellence in education, diversity of the student body, social service, and the liberal arts and sciences traditions. The goals and priorities of a value-centered education must be reflected in any recruitment program and presentation.

•    Initiative, imagination and organizational qualities to assist in the development of programs and promote the university to various publics (i.e. prospective students and parents, secondary school administrators and teachers, etc.) so as to matriculate a sufficient number of qualified freshmen and transfer students each year. 

Physical Demands: 

•    The physical demands 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. 

•    Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time. 

•    Must be able to carry and transport 40 pounds of materials and/or equipment. 

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.