What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graduate Admissions Counselor position at Furman University?
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Job Title:
Graduate Admissions Counselor
Job Family:
Professionals
Full-Time/Part-Time:
Full time
Compensation Grade:
4S
Pay Type:
Salary
Department:
Graduate Initiatives-1
Job Summary:
The Graduate Admissions Counselor will participate fully in all aspects of the graduate admissions process, including travel, group and individual presentations, individual counseling with prospective students, evaluation and selection of applicants. This position will carry out daily operations of the Office of Graduate Studies and various recruitment responsibilities.
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically present in this description. The intent of this job classification description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions in this classification and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position.
Education Requirements:
Bachelors (Required)
Certification Requirements:
Job Posting End Date (if date is blank, posting is open ended):
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Job Title:
Graduate Admissions Counselor
Job Family:
Professionals
Full-Time/Part-Time:
Full time
Compensation Grade:
4S
Pay Type:
Salary
Department:
Graduate Initiatives-1
Job Summary:
The Graduate Admissions Counselor will participate fully in all aspects of the graduate admissions process, including travel, group and individual presentations, individual counseling with prospective students, evaluation and selection of applicants. This position will carry out daily operations of the Office of Graduate Studies and various recruitment responsibilities.
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- Recruit prospective graduate students for Furman’s master’s degree programs.
- Envision typical and creative strategies for recruitment of graduate students, execute such strategies, and use data to evaluate their effectiveness (including travel to graduate school fairs or regional universities, developing relationships with regional organizations, meeting with prospective graduate students individually and in groups, hosting sessions, etc.).
- Implement graduate student recruitment strategies by segmenting audiences and messaging directly to prospective student publics.
- Serve as the primary point-of-contact for prospective graduate students, providing access via face-to-face, phone, social media, and remote communication technologies.
- Maintain ongoing contact with applicants-in-process regarding all programs providing excellent customer service.
- Maintain detailed admissions records in Slate.
- Coordinate admissions decisions and notifications in a timely (and professional) fashion.
- Work as a collaborative member of the Graduate Studies office to advance university goals in graduate student enrollment and retention.
Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically present in this description. The intent of this job classification description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions in this classification and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position.
Education Requirements:
Bachelors (Required)
Certification Requirements:
Job Posting End Date (if date is blank, posting is open ended):
