Senior Admission Advisor

Job Type: Admissions
Date Posted: Dec 23, 2025
Location: San Jose, CA
Start Date: TBD
Duration: TBD

Gurnick Academy is a leading Bay Area private healthcare college offering an extensive variety of Nursing, Allied healthcare, and Imaging programs.

We are currently seeking a Senior Admissions Advisor for our San Jose, CA Campus of Gurnick Academy. This is a ground position working at our San Jose Campus.

Hourly Pay Range, Full-time: $30.00 – $36.00

The Senior Admissions Advisor [SAA] is considered both a career counselor and an initial assessor of student appropriateness for Gurnick Academy programs. The SAA is ultimately the primary screen for student acceptance through using a combination of tools including interviewing, initial competency test scores, review of the experience, and review of prior academic requirements. The SAA will ultimately require the knowledge of each program at its campus and be prepared to offer counsel to prospective students on both the viability of the program for the student and ensuring the students stated goals are in alignment with the career opportunities presented by the program the student is interested in.

In the advisory role, the SAA will monitor students enrolled during the pre-requisite course and the first 30 days of the program to help support the student through the transition process and if necessary, revisit the initial goals and personal situation of the student.

• Set appointments and tours with prospective students
• Interview candidates to understand – motive, appropriateness of program for their career objectives, personal ability to manage the program and their existing life circumstances
• Educate candidates on the nature of the program and its academic demands
• Clearly communicate program requirements, academic requirements, and documentation needs
• Providing results to candidates one on one for feedback and coaching
• Complete application form with students
• Update pipeline status of candidates as they move through from introduction/information to enrollment
• stages of the admissions process
• Develop and implement a plan for generating referrals and developing leads
• Oversee the process of retention of admitted students, ensuring they start on their scheduled start date.
• Oversee the process of rescheduling missed appointments.
• Prepare student enrollment report for discussion at campus meetings
• Attend staff meetings as directed by the Campus Director
• Participate in community functions and career days
• Participate in campus graduation ceremonies (see graduation procedure)
• Participate in scheduled evaluation and goal setting meetings with direct manager
• Actively seek out and participate in, ongoing admissions best practices
• Assist Leadership on campus to collaborate with Outreach Manager to enhance community outreach
• Assist Leadership on campus with day to day duties
• Act as an Admissions Manager when needed
• Assigned duties as required by their direct manager

• 4 or 5 years of direct admissions experience with proven success required
• Bachelors Degree required
• Recruitment, interviewing and selection skills and experience
• Experience working with an applicant tracking system
• Marketing Experience is preferred
• Organizational knowledge of educational institutions
• Strong interpersonal skills developed within a counseling and advisory capacity
• Excellent time management, detail-orientation and team player skills
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Long term/short term disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account (Health FSA, Dependency Care, Transit and Parking)
• Health Savings Account (with enrollment in a qualified medical plan)

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