St. Louis Regional Admissions Representative

Job Description

75% Recruitment and Territory Management

• Utilizes in-person and digital strategies to recruit prospective students in a defined territory, meeting and exceeding goals when opportunities exist.

• Analyzes data and past productivity to devise, implement, and assess recruitment plans and strategies in the assigned territory, including visiting high schools, attending college fairs, area receptions, and events.

• Uses institutional recruitment philosophy to communicate KU academic programs, processes, and services to a wide range of prospective students and families.

• Advises students and families of admission and scholarship requirements and/or transfer guidelines.

• Manages multiple communication channels and provides timely responses with prospective students and families, i.e., manages personal Outlook email account for office-based communication in coordination with a separate platform system to communicate with students and families, answer inbound calls, make outbound calls, create, and respond to text messages via the CRM.

• Manage Outlook calendar to maximize efficiency in travel, meetings, expense reports, and other business operations.

• Provides reports of recruitment efforts and territory application progress to recruitment leadership.

• Manages an assigned recruitment budget.

• Other duties as assigned.

15% Recruitment Programming and Participation

• Provides in-person and virtual presentations in a central public speaking role to small and large groups of prospective students, families, and high school counselors; communicates KU's competitive advantage within primary residential market & other assigned out of state territories.

• Participates in territory-specific event programming (i.e. college fairs and information nights) designed to develop a student pipeline of the necessary size and shape to achieve University enrollment goals.

• Assists in planning and execution of off-campus Office of Admissions special events and programs for prospective students, families and high school counselors, coordinating and hosting with university students, staff, and alumni. Assists in some on-campus event planning and execution.

• Serves in an on-call capacity to assist in managing general admissions email and phone inquiries.

• Plans and executes individual meetings with prospective students and families virtually and in person within residential & assigned territories.

• Participates and assists in planning regional admissions organization events and programs for prospective students, families and high school counselors/education consultants, expanding KU presence and elevating KU's market position.

10% Strategic Planning, Reporting and Training

• Consults with the Assistant Director of Freshmen Recruitment and the Senior Associate Director of Freshmen Recruitment regarding recruitment strategies on topics including, but not limited to, pipeline development, programming, recruitment strategies, messaging, and presentations.

• Participates in and occasionally leads on-campus training and events. Travel to the Lawrence campus for events and training, when necessary.

• Assumes other responsibilities assigned by the Assistant Directors, Associate Directors, or Director.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.

• Strong written communication skills as evidenced by application materials.

• Prior presentation experience (evidenced by coursework, extra-curricular activities, or professional presentations).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or familiarity with St. Louis area markets and state of Missouri.

• A graduate of the University of Kansas.

• Work experience at the University of Kansas, Office of Admissions or related office.

• One year of professional experience. Two years of graduate assistantship/internship work is considered equal to one year of professional experience.

• Experience or knowledge of academic programs and support services at the University of Kansas.

• Experience exercising initiative, decision-making and self-discipline.

• Experience and the ability to work with diverse student populations, including transfer, high-ability, low-income, first-generation, geographic regions, ethnic groups, middle school, high school, and non-traditional students.

• Experience with strategic student recruitment from inquiry through application including ability to build qualified inquiry pool.

• Experience working in a data-oriented and results driven admission or industry office.

Position Requirements

• A residential office based in the primary market of the assigned recruitment territory is required. (The St. Louis metro area is the primary market for this position.)

• Valid/current driver's license or ability to obtain one at the time of appointment.

• The ability to travel by automobile or plane to any city or region assigned.

• Overnight travel and some evening and weekend work are occasionally required.