Admissions Specialist​/Advisor - Part-Time

ADMISSIONS SPECIALIST/ADVISOR - PART-TIME

KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE

The Part-Time Admissions Specialist/Advisor performs responsiblestudent support and administrative duties relating to Admissions,Enrollment Services, and Transfer Services. Positions also work collaboratively with Recruiters to secure enrollment from prospective students.

City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) is an open enrollment institution with students accepted year round. Admissions Specialist/Advisors provide students with guidance, information and answers regardingadmissions, enrollment, and academic programs and degrees, as well as information about enrollment in academic programs with selectiveadmission requirements (i.e. Health Sciences programs) at one of the CCC’s college campuses.

Positions working in the Transfer Center assist in coordinating,scheduling, and executing activities and events designed to helpstudents plan and prepare for a successful transition to four-yearinstitutions. Performs related duties as assigned.

• Contacts and meets with prospective and new students to answer questions and provide information on admission requirements,academic programs including those with selective admissionsrequirements, and general expectations.
• Works with and assists students in completing on-lineapplications and program-specific applications and in completingrelated enrollment procedures and registration activities.
• Provides information to prospective and current students onselective admissions academic programs requiring specificpre-requisites, test scores, and/or other requirements (i.e. Health Sciences, Associate in Engineering Science, and an Associate inFine Arts).
• Conducts thorough and timely review of selective admissionsapplications and supporting documents for specific programs toensure proper completion and submission in compliance with program’s enrollment requirements.
• Serves as a point of contact between applicants to academic programs with selective admissions requirements and program directors throughout the admissions process.
• Informs prospective students of application status and requests for additional documents.
• Creates and updates records, and scans documents to track applications and support documents. Forwards complete applications to appropriate academic departments.
• Maintains contact with prospective students to inform them of application status and to communicate deadlines for submitting any additional documents.
• Tracks student participation from application to enrollment byusing various data tracking systems. Uses Eventbrite to schedulenew students for orientation.
• Conducts new student orientation sessions, providing anintroduction to CCC and its academic programs, policies, and student support services. Ensures new students schedule appointments with College Advisors and Financial Aid.
• Gathers information from prospective students who did notenroll via individual interviews, focus groups, and other means tobetter understand our value proposition, marketing, and customer service.
• Works collaboratively with Recruiters, Registrar’s Office andother key stakeholders to create a seamless transition fromapplication through enrollment and registration process.
• May organize and schedule tours of campus for high school students and conduct follow up and outreach activities to encourageprospective students to apply.
• Prepares various reports regarding admissions and enrollmentactivities.

• Greets and assists students coming into the Transfer Center.
  
  Provides information on available resources including transferpartnership agreements CCC has in place with four yearinstitutions.
• Assists in coordinating and scheduling annual college fairs,organizing campus visits by colleges, and related campus events toprovide students with informational and recruitment opportunities to four year institutions.
• Promotes the Center’s services by preparing flyers, makingbrief classroom presentations, and performing other outreachactivities.
• Gathers documents such as completed student surveys, sign insheets and evaluations of services to maintain data on students’level of participation at various events and level of…