Adult and Graduate Admissions Counselor

Adult and Graduate Admissions Counselor

The Adult and Graduate Admissions Counselor is responsible for meeting adult and graduate new student enrollment goals. This position develops and implements adult and graduate recruitment plans in collaboration with Enrollment Management Leadership and executes the student recruitment strategy set by the Associate Vice President for Graduate Enrollment. This position is hybrid with two days per week required to work on campus.

• Execute strategies for building the funnel at each stage including increasing inquiries, applicants, and admits.
• Identify barriers or challenges that do not align with an exceptional prospective student experience and collaborate with Enrollment Management Leadership to reduce or eliminate these barriers and challenges.
• Develop high-quality information sessions, organize recruitment events, and other activities to connect with, engage, and inform future students.
• Maintain student record data integrity at all times.
• Exhibit exceptional interpersonal skills both in person and in phone conversations
• Ability to communicate the value of an Edgewood University education to prospective students in an impactful way.
• Incumbent must thrive in a fast-paced environment where success is defined by quantified territory goals.
• A successful candidate must have availability that allows them to work hours that accommodate the availability of prospective students. Adult and Graduate Admissions Counselors are expected to regularly work 1 day per week as late as 8pm Monday through Thursday.

• Attend regular school and program functions including, but not limited to, faculty meetings and retreats and other meetings deemed necessary.
• Provide regular feedback to supervisor and Marketing department on the quality level of student interactions.
• Work closely with other student support offices on campus to ensure a positive and seamless student experience at every point in the student's enrollment process

• Maintain a thorough knowledge about supported academic programs and Edgewood University's differentiators and key selling points by meeting with all the program leads and marketing on a regular basis.
• Development a strong understanding of the health care and business industry to speak to prospective students' needs and wants.

Edgewood University, a Catholic university sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. Candidates must demonstrate multicultural competence – the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented populations including women and racial and ethnic minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

The selected candidate must actively support the mission of the University by working with faculty, staff and students to share in our core values – truth, compassion, justice, partnership, and community.

Send one PDF document which includes cover letter, resume, and references with a subject line that includes the position code ALGA:

Edgewood University Human Resources – ALGA 1000 Edgewood College Drive Madison, WI 53711 E-mail: human resources Equal Opportunity Employer