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SalaryNortheastern offers a rewarding working environment for our students and employees. Our faculty and staff are smart, dedicated people who work to create an excellent urban university experience for bright and motivated students.
Job Summary:
Recruit and assist prospective transfer students to enroll at Northeastern Illinois University. Job Description:
Reports directly to the Associate Director of Transfer Admissions, with a dotted-line to the Director of Undergraduate Admissions. The Transfer Admissions Counselor performs strategic functions, develops and implements transfer recruitment programming and provides pre-enrollment advising services to support transfer enrollment goals at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU).
- Transfer Admissions Counselor time will be spent off campus on community college campuses (primarily in Chicago’s suburbs), interacting with students and transfer advisors in the assigned territory – including occasional nights and/or weekends.
- Responsible for initiating phone calls, emails, and text messages to prospective transfer students within the assigned territory, with a goal of assisting good-fit students to enroll at NEIU.
- Spend time on other responsibilities, such as: responding to incoming calls, emails, text messages.
- Having contact with feeder community colleges to help students transfer.
- Meeting in the office with students who visit NEIU.
- Planning and executing communication plans with the Associate Director.
- Hosting events for transfer students on campus – including occasional nights and/or weekends.
- Contributing to the admissions/marketing partnership to update printed and web collateral.
- Other office responsibilities as needed (answering phones, assisting with mail campaigns, contributing to team meetings and projects, etc).
Minimal Qualifications:
CREDENTIALS TO BE VERIFIED BY PLACEMENT OFFICER
Any one or combination totaling three (3) years (36 months) from the categories below:Coursework in social work or behavioral sciences, or closely related field as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
Any one or combination totaling three (3) years (36 months) from the categories below:Coursework in social work or behavioral sciences, or closely related field as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
- 30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
- Associate’s Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
- 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
- Bachelor’s Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years (36 months)
Progressively more responsible work experience in social service/ counseling at a paraprofessional level under qualified supervision.
Departmental Preferences:
- Bachelor's degree
- 2+ years of higher educaton experience, assisting college-aged students
- about students’ transfer options and the transfer process
- Experience working with students in both one-on-one and groups
- Experience working with a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
- Skilled in all Microsoft products
- Persuasive communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills. Able to solve problems. Able to deescalate frustration. Willing to go out of the way to help someone. Able to leave a very positive impression.
(This position requires a background check.)
Hourly Rate: $22.55
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision benefits, generous time off plans, and participation in the State Universities Retirement System.
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; plus an average of 1 Saturday and 1-2 evenings per month.
Northeastern Illinois University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and invites applications from Women, Minorities, Veterans and Persons with Disabilities, as well as other qualified individuals. Northeastern Illinois University's positions are contingent upon the University's receipt of its State of Illinois appropriation.
