Admission Counselor

Title:Admission Counselor

Position Purpose:

Guided by the tenets of the Bates Mission Statement the Admission Counselor serves as a member of the Admission team to recruit admit and enroll an academically talented and diverse class of students. The position will assist with various recruitment projects assigned according to previous experiences and departmental needs. Works closely with deans counselors operations team campus partners and secondary school counselors.

Job Duties:

• Manage geographic territories as assigned; coordinate 4 to 6 weeks of inperson and virtual
  travel per year; develop an annual recruitment plan and evaluate effectiveness of each activity;
  recommend improvements and changes in strategy as appropriate.
• Represent Bates at inperson and virtual high school visits college fairs and other off and on
  campus recruiting events.
• Work in pairs or as part of a team to evaluate firstyear and transfer applications.
• Lead oncampus and virtual information sessions and counsel families through the admission
  and financial aid process.
• Engage with key constituents such as alumni current students high school counselors and
  communitybased organizations and respond to concerns or inquiries from prospective
  students parents college/guidance counselors coaches alumni/ae and other constituents.
• Collaborate with colleagues within Admission and across the college (i.e. Student Financial
  Services Communications Harward Center Purposeful Work Office of Intercultural Education
  Athletics etc).
• Attend designated inperson/virtual conferences or other professional development activities.
• Serve on multiple office teams which could include any combination of the following Communications Team Events Team Students in Admission (SIA) Team and Yield Team.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Admission or the Vice President of Enrollment and
  Dean of Admission and Financial Aid.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelors Degree required.
• Valid drivers license required.

Experience

• 01 year of experience (after graduating from college) in admission or in a student/customer service
  academic and/or nonprofit setting is preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with the academic environment and higher education preferably the liberal arts.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Excellent communication (written verbal and presentation) skills. Experience in digital/video media is a plus but not required.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Impeccable organizational (time task project management) skills and ability to coordinate resources and
  staff within the college community.
• Strong interpersonal skills (a sense of humor is a plus) with ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships. Must approach work with collaboration and nimbleness.
• Genuine curiosity about the world particularly higher education and issues of access diversity equity and inclusion.
• Proficiency in basic computer applications (e.g. Google Suite Microsoft Office).
• Basic data management system and/or CRM proficiency (e.g. Slate) is preferred but not required.
• Willingness and ability to learn additional technology applications and systems as needed.
• Ability and willingness to travel (by air bus car or train) domestically for four to six weeks concentrated in the fall and spring.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends evenings and other nontraditional schedules.
• Personal commitment to excellence and the mission of a selective liberal arts college.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries excellent benefits (health dental sick leave 24 days of vacation 2 personal days 13 paid holidays dependent care subsidy free parking access to library and athletic facilities & more) and a supportive collegial environment in a drug and smokefree workplace.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression age disability genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students in the administration of its education policies and programs or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty staff students contractors visitors and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the NonDiscrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the colleges policies compliance with applicable laws statutes and regulations (such as Title VII Title IX and ADA/Section 504 and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow Title IX Officeror via email at .

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college attracting 2000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855 Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender race religion or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces intellectual trends demographic changes and technology that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions graduates over 90 percent of its entering students and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community Maines secondlargest urban area with a population of approximately 65000. Bates is located on a beautiful 133acre traditional New England campus in Lewiston an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate a lively arts scene and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland 140 miles north of Boston and 350 miles north of New York City.