What are the responsibilities and job description for the Admissions Counselor position at The University of Tulsa?
Posting Details
Position Information
Position Title
Admissions Counselor
Job Description
The admission counselor contributes to the pursuit of the university’s enrollment goals through recruitment efforts within a specific assigned territory. The counselor is knowledgeable about TU programs and services and serves as a positive representative of TU at college fairs, high school visits, community programs, interviews, on-campus events and during daily visits. The counselor identifies prospective students within the territory through travel and by personal outreach including phone, text and email. In addition to prospective students, the admission counselor develops positive relationships with high school counselors, parents and alumni within the territory. The counselor is responsible for encouraging interest in TU, assisting with application generation and completion, making admission decisions, assisting families with the financial aid process, and serving as the TU point of contact for any other issues that arise during the admission process.
Essential Functions (Responsibilities):
Essential Functions (Responsibilities):
- Plan and implement recruitment strategy for first-year students in assigned territory.
- Meet regularly with directors of recruitment to monitor progress towards goals and make changes and adjustments to recruitment strategy as needed.
- Attend high school visits, college fairs, off-campus interviews and regional/school specific programming.
- Conceptualize, organize, host, or participate in on-campus programming, including daily visits, admission event programs, one-on-one and group interviews, and presentations.
- Conceptualize, organize, host, or participate in off-campus programming, receptions, dinners, one-on-one and group interviews, and presentations.
- With directors of recruitment and data team, conduct territory-specific data collection, analysis, and strategy development.
- Provide consistent and comprehensive outreach to prospective students, families, and other university constituents via email, phone, mail, text, and other online platforms.
- Respond promptly to prospective students, parents, and other university constituents’ requests via email, phone, text, and other online platforms.
- Establish ongoing communication with high school guidance counselors.
- Establish a parent and alumni network.
- Conducts summer educational outreach programming.
- Conduct virtual and in-person meetings with students and families.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Equivalent Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
Knowledge/Skill/Ability
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
- Must be willing to work evenings and weekends and be able to travel frequently
- Ability to multi-task efficiently in a fast-paced environment and respond to all in a prompt manner
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel and familiar with Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- A collaborative team player, who can coordinate work effectively with employees, team members, and outside stakeholders
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
- Demonstrated practice of establishing effective priorities and meeting deadlines
- Strong customer service with a can-do attitude and strong interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications
Previous experience working in a university setting or admission or recruitment related experience; and previous experience working in Slate, Colleague, ImageNow or any other Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
Physical Demands
Minimal Physical Demands
Travel is required
Travel is required
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
S1010P
Open Date
04/07/2025
Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants
Advertising Summary
EEO Statement
EEO Statement
Eeo Statement Summary
The University of Tulsa seeks to recruit and retain talented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. The University of Tulsa is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified candidates across all group demographics to apply. The University does not discriminate on the basis of personal status or group characteristic including, but not limited to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, or marital status. The University of Tulsa is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/ Veteran.
