Territory Coordinator​/Recruiter

Compensation Type:
Salaried

Compensation: $53,581.50

The Territory Coordinator is an experienced recruiter who is a persuasive communicator and relationship builder with a passion for the great outcomes that can result from a Columbus State education. Leveraging K-12 contacts and relationships, this role coordinates K-12 territory recruitment within the Central Ohio region. This role is responsible for territory coordination, territory recruitment, and one-on-one student recruitment efforts. This position requires someone who can build rapport quickly and maintain relationships with potential students, K-12 administrators, internal partners, and other key stakeholders.

The incumbent will excel at communicating to a diverse audience in a variety of settings and possesses strong presentation skills with a knack for building robust relationships.

• Represents and promotes the College and recruits prospective students for Columbus State programs.
• Arranges and conducts targeted recruitment activities, seeks to grow a pool of prospective students and, through a combination of mass communication and individual relationship building, nurtures prospects through to admission and enrollment.
• Establishes expertise in the characteristics, goals, media consumption habits, and locations of prospective students and leverages this expertise to attract quality students.
• Maintains regular contact with future students and performs follow‑up communication to ensure they are progressing through the application/enrollment process.
• Collaborates with and executes referrals to department faculty and staff, admissions office team members, and other college departments/personnel to facilitate enrollment.
• Assists with on‑campus visits, one‑on‑one student appointments, student emails, providing campus tours, special event programming, and other internal and external recruitment activities.

• Generate a network of contacts within the K-12 community comprised of principles, counselors, teachers, and community leaders to assist in yielding enrollment.
• Establishes internal relationships with partners throughout the College to identify recruitment opportunities and coordinate territory outreach to yield prospective students.
• Remains knowledgeable on local, state and national workforce trends, and the College’s offer (credit and non-credit) to effectively present educational program options and transfer opportunities to assigned K-12 territories to grow enrollment.
• Works with academic department faculty and staff to facilitate a deep understanding of the College’s programs and associated academic, co- curricular, and career- development opportunities.

• Tracks territory recruitment and engagement activities, evaluates their effectiveness and recommends outreach changes and improvements.
• Keeps accurate records, completes and maintains all required documentation, including input of contacts, as well as outreach activity statistics and reports.
• Audits and tracks competitor activity in order to articulate the College’s unique offer and the advantages realized by recent graduates of the College.
• Provides recommendations/briefings to inform marketing efforts designed to differentiate College programs.

• Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and inclusion for faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Public Relations, Communications, Higher Education Administration, or a closely related field.
• Five (5) years of tangible success in outside Sales, Admissions recruitment, Marketing, Promotional Environment.
• Three (3) years of documented success in a territory management/coordination function.
• Demonstrable familiarity and established industry contacts within the K12/high school environment.
  * An appropriate combination of education, training, coursework and experience may qualify a candidate

CSCC has the right to revise this position description at any time. This position description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

Full time

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