Admissions Counselor

The Undergraduate Admissions Counselor serves as a frontline enrollment professional at the University of New England ( UNE ), building relationships with prospective students and their families and guiding them from initial inquiry through enrollment. This goal-oriented role is responsible for managing an assigned recruitment territory and achieving enrollment targets for both fall and spring intake periods.

Success in this position requires strong organizational and relationship-building skills, the ability to manage a high-volume recruitment pipeline, and the ability to communicate UNE’s value to a diverse range of prospective students. The counselor guides students through the enrollment decision-making process, addressing cost considerations, competing institutions, and family dynamics. With support from UNE’s enrollment and marketing strategies and coaching from the Senior Assistant Director of Recruitment, the counselor will implement targeted outreach, manage prospective student engagement, and employ effective strategies to convert inquiries into enrolled students.

This position requires extensive travel, a results-oriented mindset, and a commitment to helping students identify the educational opportunities that best align with their goals.

UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

• Multiple health and dental plan options, plus vision coverage.
• Up to 8% retirement plan match.
• Generous leave time, including vacation, sick, and personal time, and 12+ holidays per year.
• Educational benefits
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  • UNE tuition waiver for employees, spouses, and domestic partners.
  • UNE tuition waiver for dependents of employees with 1 year of full-time service.
  • 50% tuition reduction if less than 1 year of full-time service.
• Manage an assigned recruitment territory and prospective student pipeline, with accountability for meeting fall and spring enrollment targets.
• Identify and prioritize prospective students, implement targeted outreach through phone, email, text, and in-person engagement, and guide students through each stage of the enrollment funnel.
• Use Slate CRM data to track engagement, prioritize follow-up, forecast enrollment, identify at-risk prospects, and monitor performance with the Senior Assistant Director of Recruitment, adjusting strategies as needed.
• Represent UNE through high school visits, college fairs, community events, and other outreach activities to generate inquiries and build awareness.
• Develop relationships with high school counselors, community organizations, and other referral sources while identifying opportunities to grow the prospective student pipeline.
• Engage prospective students and families through individual appointments, campus visits, virtual meetings, and group information sessions to support enrollment decisions.
• Communicate UNE’s academic programs, student experience, and value proposition in ways that align with prospective students’ goals.
• Address cost and financial aid concerns, competing institutions, and family hesitation with empathy, confidence, and accurate information.
• Prepare and deliver admissions presentations to…