Admissions Coordinator

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Job

Requisition  Type:

Full time Employee Group:

Staff Job Category:

Admissions

Employment Type:

Temporary Department:

Office of the Registrar - Admissions Operations Hiring Range:$51,306.48 - $64,133.10

Posting Information:

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Term: 1 year

The internal posting deadline for this position is November 5, 2026, at 11:59PM.”This position is being offered as a Secondment or contract opportunity.

This is a Career Path position. The final level will be determined based on demonstrated skills and experience.

Anticipated hiring ranges:
• USG 5: $51,306 – $64,133
• USG 6: $56,494 – $70,617
• USG 7: $61,954 – $77,443

Job Description:

Primary Purpose This position holds responsibility for the delivery of all functional activities related to admissions processes. In this capacity the Admission Co-ordinator (AC) is trained to handle admissions processes and procedures. The incumbent works within a team of 10-12 people and may be assigned responsibility for various procedures related to communications with applicants seeking admission to the University. For example, the Admissions Co-ordinator is required to answer telephone, in person and email inquiries from applicants regarding the status of their admission file decision.

The incumbent is required to track and communicate Ontario Secondary School (OSS) special case reviews that fall below normal admission requirements or do not follow normal OSS requirements.

Responsibility ranges from entry level admissions to a leadership role, leading process and procedural projects and providing the day to day leadership required to ensure all activities are maintained, while resolving more complex problems.

The AC advises and counsels applicants with respect to the implications of and reasons for positive and negative admission decisions. In doing so, he/she must be cognizant of the stresses and pressures that potential students and their guardians are experiencing and delicately handle very sensitive issues so as not to adversely affect the university’s enrolment targets and overall reputation. This requires both Faculty specific and systems specific knowledge, especially when dealing with the many cases that deviate from the norm.

The incumbent is responsible for verifying authenticity, coding and updating data received from or on behalf of applicants such as English Language Test scores, transcripts or other documents that are required before admission decisions can be finalized. As files are completed, the incumbent independently assesses when some applicant files are ready for a decision. In reviewing transcripts he/she is responsible in calculating routine overall grade point averages.

As needed, the incumbent is required to code admission amendments to program evaluations as well as program status changes for the applicant.

QUEST (People Soft Student Information System) and DMS (OnBase Document Management System) allows staff to track the status of documents received, correspondence, and generate letters and reports. Throughout the admissions cycle, the incumbent is expected to be able to answer inquires related to admissions decisions, offer conditions, for both OSS and specialty admissions groups (X+X, exchange, part-time, non-degree and extend learning students.

The incumbent may…