Recruiting Specialist
Recruiting Specialist
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$ 39125 - 48906
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Job Description
We have an opening for a Recruiting Specialist at our Chattanooga State campus!
Our Purpose- We support and empower everyone in our community to learn without limits.
Our Values:
We cultivate a welcome and caring environment.
We care about the well-being of each other.
We instill trust through integrity and transparency.
We encourage fearless innovation and resilience.
We collaborate to build a better future.
Our Mission-We are Chattanooga State a dedicated team that delivers accessible innovative learning opportunities that surpass expectations. Together we enrich the lives of students and their families; develop a talented workforce; and partner with our community to lead boldly into the future.
POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direction of the Director Recruiting and Orientation manage the college recruitment lifecycle and create effective innovative and scalable recruiting and orientation strategies for the College. Establish and maintain partnerships with external stakeholders such as high school counselors and administrators prospective students currently in high school community partners and employers. Stay up-to-date on college recruiting trends and/or best practices. Promote the Chattanooga States brand and image during high school and community visits on and off campus programs and campus visits. Communicate with prospective students families and community partners through appointments telephone email social media and other materials. Maintain extensive knowledge of college admission requirements policies and procedures in order to interpret those regarding admissions and financial aid eligibility.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Holistic Student Support
HAMILTON & RURAL COUNTY SCHOOLS - Serve as the primary representative for the Hamilton & Rural Counties. Assist with the enrollment support and engagement practices for future and current students in the program.
- Assist high school counselors college advisors and students with postsecondary enrollment transition.
- Provide supporting avenues for the Gateway Scholars through engagement programming and connecting the scholars to appropriate wraparound resources for their student success.
STUDENT AMBASSDORS Serve as the co-liaison to oversee the student ambassadors program.
- Assist with recruiting and promoting the student ambassador program.
- Assist with programming and facilitating the student ambassadors in collaboration with the Recruiting assistant.
- Assist with training and retaining the student ambassadors.
ENROLLMENT COUNSELING Accurately explain the status of students files. Counsel students on next steps needed to successfully complete admissions records and financial aid processes. Make consistent use of recruiting and orientation techniques trends and best practices taught in TACRAO research and other professional development.
- Utilize presentations and public speaking to engage internal and external stakeholders.
- Able to institute effective new recruiting and orientation strategies and methods in the daily functions of the job.
- Learn and apply new information via routine training sessions and modules; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; consistently provide high-quality service; establish and maintain a cooperative productive and effective working relationship with all areas of the College.
Teaching Excellence and Program Innovation
EVALUATION Continuously monitor metrics to evaluate the performance of the applications to student ratio including conversion rates for specific high schools and for those visiting the campus along with metrics specified through the strategic planning process. Suggest improvements to metrics. Routinely solicit feedback from partners as to their opinions about interactions with their students.
- Meet quarterly with the Director to review agreed-upon metrics and suggest additions and/or modifications.
- Provide feedback about each stakeholder quarterly.
- Meet with stakeholders such as counselors and advisors to review collect feedback. When opportunities for improvement arise the staff and the director agree on new strategies for improvement and realistic improvement timelines with clear documentation created. Follow-up occurs within agreed-upon timelines.
Organizational Culture
STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS Assist with the continuous campus-wide collaboration essential to the success of the department and College. Brings attention to processes that are difficult for stakeholders to navigate.
- Specific contacts are established within functional internal and external partners (counselors advisors students employers and community partners) for regular consultation.
- A quarterly process improvement report is submitted to the Director summarizing the feedback of the department about processes that can be made easier to navigate.
KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION
Associates degree required; bachelors degree preferred.
Must be willing to work nights and weekends.
Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws Tennessee Board of Regents institutional and TACRAO policies procedures and guidelines governing admissions records and financial aid; Banner student information system and associated systems; public speaking presentation and customer service skills and strategies.
Must have valid Drivers License be able to operate a class C motor vehicle. Extensive travel-must have own vehicle.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands
Work is typically performed in an office environment. While performing the duties of this position employees are regularly required to sit walk and stand; talk or hear both in person and by telephone use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Mental Demands
While performing the duties of this position employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data information and documents; analyze and solve non-routine and complex office administrative problems; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks.
Salary Range: $39125 - $48906
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
