Admission Counselor/Senior Admission Counselor

Job Description Summary

Miami University’s Office of Admission seeks an energetic, creative, and collaborative individual to serve as an admission counselor for first-year recruitment. In partnership with admission team members, the admission counselor will play an integral role in meeting enrollment goals and assume the management of a first-year recruitment territory to include 6-8 weeks of travel, application review, and relationship management.

In addition to assigned territory management and collaboration on admission events and programs, this position will assist with recruiting underrepresented and international students. The admission counselor will assist with and coordinate on- and off-campus visits and events, including high school counselor and pre-college programs (Bridges, Summer Scholars), and manage Miami’s group visit program.

This position is eligible for remote work on a hybrid basis. Remote work is not a right, but a working arrangement that Miami University can modify or revoke at any time for any reason.

Job Description

Essential Duties:

Develop a working knowledge of Miami University programs, opportunities, and policies and communicate information about the Miami brand, experience, and outcomes and its admission policies and procedures to prospective students, families, and other key influencers. (20%)

Communicate to constituents within a territory, provide presentations, and routinely fulfill counselor-on-duty responsibilities. Build and maintain relationships with high schools and community-based organizations within assigned territory. (20%)

Manage assigned recruitment territory, including 6-8 weeks of recruitment travel, through the use of market research and other admission data; prepare statistical reports and analyses. (20%)

Participate in assigned electronic file review for undergraduate domestic and international first-year admission, Honors programs, and pre-college programs, adhering to all review deadlines. (20%)

Organize, coordinate, and manage on- and off-campus recruitment events, high school counselor programs, and high-ability programming. (10%)

Other duties as assigned. (10%)

*Must be able to work some evenings, perform local, regional, or national overnight travel including some weekend travel, and transport 30-40 lbs. of recruiting materials to various locations.*

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree by the time of appointment
• Candidates with more than two recruitment cycles of experience in admission, or more than two years of experience in higher education, recruitment, or marketing may be considered for senior admission counselor.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of and experience with computer systems and various software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ideal candidates will be politically savvy and diplomatic, demonstrate a proven positive work ethic and attitude, possess exceptional written and oral communication skills, dynamic group presentation skills, and proven commitment and ability to work with diverse constituencies.
• Must be able to work independently and as a team member, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously with a high attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• 1-2 years of experience in higher education, recruitment, marketing, or other related field
• Experience with customer relations database (Slate)
• Experience working with school counselors, community-based organizations, alumni volunteers
• Event planning experience
• Data analysis experience