Admissions Counselor

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

The Admissions Counselor should thoroughly understand the admissions funnel and be motivated to achieve personal and university goals for recruitment and enrollment. He/she will have regular contact with prospective students, parents, alumni, youth ministers and pastors, high school counselors, administrative officials, and other referral agents. In addition, he/she is expected to produce weekly reports of recruiting activity in the form of applied/accepted lists, calling statistics, and college program summaries.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The Admissions Counselor should possess or be near completion of a bachelor’s degree or other advanced degree. He/she should possess good communication skills and be comfortable interacting with a variety of people in formal and informal settings. He/she should possess adequate computer knowledge and appropriate telephone etiquette. The Admissions Counselor must be willing and able to travel and will be expected to use his/her personal vehicle for local area recruiting. He/she must have a valid driver’s license.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in coordinating recruiting events for potential first year and transfer students
• Coordinate recruitment travel to high schools and churches
• Actively recruit first year and transfer students to DBU
• Advise and enroll first year and transfer students in their first semester courses at DBU
• Offer support for any admissions file follow-up, Colleague/Slate entry, and scholarship recommendations
• Support Registration for freshmen students
• Organize, carry out and follow-up with Patriot Preview activities
• Conduct written and telephone correspondence with prospective students; maintain monthly personal calls with accepteds and students who have paid the enrollment fee
• Travel to in-town or out-of-town recruiting events
• Originate and carry out admission/recruitment letters and texts
• Work with admissions staff to aid in any clerical and administrative tasks
• Provide support to University events on behalf of the Undergraduate Admissions department
• Meet enrollment and task related goals
• Coordinate and carry out tasks and projects assigned by the Director of Recruitment or the Associate Vice President for Enrollment.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Recruitment

WORK SCHEDULE:

Regular office hours between 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday, but occasionally flexible hours will be required. Registration Saturdays and periodic evening or weekend special events will also be required.

WORK LOCATION:

This position will work on the main campus, located at 3000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX 75211

• Must be a Christian who is a member of a church that holds Jesus Christ to be their Lord and Savior, and who holds solely the Old Testament and the New Testament as sacred Scriptures.
• DBU requires employees to follow all University policies and procedures, which exist to support the Christian mission of DBU and includes, but is not limited to, a Christian Code of Conduct. Click here to read