Graduate Student Recruitment Specialist

Department: Dean, Engineering Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

Description

Represents the University of Houston to the public community in Houston, throughout Texas, and across the nation. Develops and implements strategies and programs to facilitate recruitment and enrollment.

• Reviews application files and makes admissions decisions and scholarship recommendations.
• Prepares recruitment schedule, and plans recruiting and yield events.
• Updates admissions webpage and printed publications.
• Manage alumni and volunteer programs that support student recruitment and enrollment.
• Recruits and promotes University opportunities to prospective students by developing and delivering presentations to high schools, businesses, organizations and UH alumni.
• Maintains key relationships with high schools, community colleges and the media.
• Serves as Lead Counselor in an assigned recruitment area; Assesses and monitors the progress of recruitment efforts.
• Supervises, trains and evaluates student assistants in ongoing recruitment projects such as campus tours, mail-outs, phone campaigns and UH Ambassadors.
• Plans, organizes and supervises implementation of university/college recruitment projects and events.
• Maintains a high level of knowledge regarding the Student Information System and acts as troubleshooter for Outreach and Admissions staff.
• Monitors target markets and university enrollment and produces reports for use by Outreach and Admissions staff.
• Assists with the development of a training plan for new counselors.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
  
  

Additional Job Posting Information

• Position will help facilitate recruitment and enrollment specifically for the Graduate
  
  

Programs in the Cullen College of Engineering.

• In addition to updating admissions webpage and printed publications, this position will
  
  

also update Social Media content in coordination with department graduate advisors.

• Recruits and promotes University opportunities in graduate admission at recruitment
  
  

fairs and webinars organized by UH.

• Assists with the development of training plans for new department advisors.
• Monitors target markets and university enrollment and produces reports for use by
  
  

College leadership.

• Department is willing to accept education in lieu of experience.
• Department is willing to accept experience in lieu of education.
  
  

MQ: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Requires a minimum of three (3) year of directly job-related experience.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.