FA066 Transfer Admissions Counselor

Title: Transfer Admissions Counselor

State Role Title: FA066 Transfer Admissions Counselor

Hiring Range: $32,000-$48,000

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Norfolk State University

Location: Norfolk State University

Agency Website:

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

• Report to the Director of Recruitment
• Make follow-up personal, telephone, and letter contacts to prospective transfer students, and arrange visits of prospective students to the campus.
• Assist in collecting data, compiling reports, conducting research, and in planning relative to the University’s program of transfer student recruitment and admission.
• Assist in preparing publications to support the student recruitment program.
• Assist with managing the Transfer Admissions Office webpage.
• Assist in evaluating transcripts of all students.
• Renders admissions decisions in accordance with established policies and procedures. Visits community colleges, civic organization, and other agencies to attract prospective transfer students to the University.
• Assist in planning and executing admissions events relative to transfer students
• Enter student data into computer system
• Perform other duties that are assigned by the Executive Director and Director of recruitment.
• Responsible for providing students with their status of admissions applications
• Assists with maintaining and establishing articulation agreements with community colleges and civic organizations
• Responsible for the processing of Certificates of Advanced Standing for transfer students
• Travel to various community colleges on a weekly basis
• Assist in the planning and coordination all of recruitment related events for the Office of Admissions & Recruitment

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and to present information in a clear and concise manner and be consistently well groomed.
• Ability to establish favorable relations between the University and community colleges and universities, schools public and church groups, and individuals.
• Knowledge of the various best practices as it relates to transfer student recruitment and academic advising
• Working knowledge of counseling and guidance techniques in student recruitment.
• Ability to work effectively with other faculty and staff, with parents and with professional staff of outside referral agencies.
• Possess a current driver’s license
• Willing to travel frequently
• Working knowledge of event planning on a university level, particularly in the area of admissions
• Must be proficient in Colleague
• Must be proficient in the admission and recruitment modules of Colleague as it relates to transfer students
• Must be knowledgeable of best practices of evaluating transfer credits
• Possess knowledge in implementing and maintaining articulation agreements

Additional Considerations

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and to present information in a clear and concise manner, and be consistently well groomed.
• Ability to establish favorable relations between the University and community colleges and universities, schools public and church groups, and individuals.
• Knowledge of the various best practices as it relates to transfer student recruitment and academic advising
• Working knowledge of counseling and guidance techniques in student recruitment.
• Ability to work effectively with other faculty and staff, with parents and with professional staff of outside referral agencies.
• Possess a current driver’s license
• Willing to travel frequently
• Working knowledge of event planning on a university level, particularly in the area of admissions
• Must be proficient in Colleague
• Must be proficient in the admission and recruitment modules of Colleague as it relates to transfer students
• Must be knowledgeable of best practices of evaluating transfer credits
• Possess knowledge in implementing and maintaining articulation agreements

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Application and/or résumé for this position must be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia's Job Board/Recruitment Management System (RMS). Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of Virginia Employees Only), must attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or résumé. The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this position from either the electronic application and/or resumé. RMS provides a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your RMS account to check the status of your application for this position.

Norfolk State University conducts background checks on all candidates identified as a finalist for employment consideration. The type of background check(s) performed are dependent upon the type of position for which you have been identified as a finalist and may include: criminal history, including sexual offender registry checks, reference checks, degree validation, DMV (driving) records, license verification, and credit report reviews. The results of background checks are made available to University employing officials. As a finalist, you will be required to sign an Authorization to Release form. Norfolk State University utilizes Form I-9 and E-verify in the verification of eligibility for employment. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

Contact Information

Name: Norfolk State University

Phone: 757.823.8160

Email: email material not accepted

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.