Admissions Counselor

**WHO WE ARE**

The University of Dallas is a premier Catholic liberal arts university that seeks to educate the whole person, encouraging its students to pursue wisdom, truth and virtue as the proper and primary ends of education. All employees are expected to support the universitys

Mission

, which is informed by the Apostolic Constitution

Ex corde Ecclesiae

, the Catholic Churchs governing document on Catholic universities. The University of Dallas is known for its nationally ranked Core Curriculum, exceptional post-graduation outcomes, and some of the happiest students in the country.

**SUMMARY**

UD is currently seeking an

Admissions Counselor who will be responsible for all activities associated with recruitment, admissions, and enrollment for graduate students. The Admissions Counselor will externally represent the college to prospective students and the external community and advise potential applicants on admissions policies, procedures, and course offerings. This position will be held accountable for generating a pool of prospective students, assisting applicants through the admissions process, and assisting the Assistant Director with enrollment management operations.

**PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES**

• Become familiar with target audiences and their distinctive aspects, including sources of students, preferences of students, and sources of competition. Learn and use what works best in the area for achievement of recruitment and enrollment goals.
• Nurture, build, and sustain ongoing professional relationships with prospective students and those who influence them to achieve assigned enrollment management objectives by moving qualified students to progressively higher levels of interest and commitment through the enrollment funnel.
• Conduct and attend recruitment events as a representative of the University
• Cultivate alumni, current students, and other constituencies in the recruitment process***.***
• Regularly monitor the inquiry, prospect, and application numbers to focus on attaining assigned objectives.
• Continually re-qualify the inquiry pool so that those inquiries most likely to enroll are the ones being contacted on a regular basis.
• Monitor the receipt of applications for assigned population and determine next best steps in the recruitment process for each one.
  
  

```{=html}

```

• Ensure that all inbound and outbound communication with prospects and applicants is accurately recorded in a timely manner within Slate using established office protocols.
• Collaborate with academic areas to ensure accurate program messaging and proper communication of programs deadlines and requirements.
• Track applicants through the admission process and communicate throughout the process with applicants to ensure applicants are well advised of the status of their application, missing documents, etc.
• Accurately maintain graduate student records in Banner as it relates to academic programs, cohort groups, registration, etc.
• Collaborate with marketing team and others to develop consistent messaging on college websites, forms, and communication via the CRM system.
• Perform administrative and office support activities as needed.
  
  

```{=html}

```

• Attend annual conferences/professional development events as necessary.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors degree

One to three years of professional experience in higher education, preferably in admissions or recruiting.

Skills And Abilities Requirements

Working knowledge of MS Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).

Ability and willingness to learn and properly use complex relational databases in routine performance of daily job.

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with prospective students, faculty, co-workers, and external stakeholders.

Ability to articulate key aspects of graduate liberal arts education.

Demonstrated work ethic and ability to wo k with limited supervision.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**