FRESHMAN Admissions Team 2627
Lookout Mountain, TN - USA
Job Summary
THIS FRESHMAN TEAM IS FOR INCOMING STUDENTS ONLY.
It is for the full academic year.
Expected hours of work per week: 10
Work Location & Hours: Probasco; 9am-9pm Sat 11-4pm
Get to know all things Covenant. Level 1
As a caller on the Admissions team you will get to know and share your love for all things Covenant. Talking with prospective students you will be able to join and share in the Scots spirit. This is an extremely small team and requires a personal interview.
OPPORTUNITY
- Learn customer service skills and hone phone and office communication skills.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- The goal of a student admissions caller is to educate students about Covenant College both informatively and personally to guide students toward visiting campus or beginning the application.
- The student admissions representative functions both as an ambassador of the colleges vision and as a testimonial to the realization of that vision on campus.
- The primary task of the student admissions caller is to make phone calls and send text messages to prospective students and families on behalf of the college. Callers will occasionally write follow-up emails and handwritten notes.
- If aptitude is shown there are opportunities for an increased variety of tasks including occasional tours hosting overnight and occasional visit desk coverage.
Other duties and responsibilities include:
- Be familiar with and appropriately record all communications in Slate
- Occasionally participate in various roles for Admissions Events
- Attend mandatory Admissions Caller training sessions
- Follow all guidelines as specified in the Admissions Caller manual
COMPETENCIES/REQUIREMENTS
- Must be a Covenant student
- Excellent oral (particularly over the phone) and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people
- Strong initiative to complete tasks with minimal supervision
- Robust relational and storytelling capabilities
- Energy and empathy to engage prospective students and parents from a variety of backgrounds
- Attend mandatory Admissions Caller training sessions
- Follow all guidelines as specified in the Admissions Caller manual
WORK ENVIRONMENT & SCHEDULE
- This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.
- Office work experience
- Professional experience with over-the-phone communication
WORK SCHEDULE
- Work hours will primarily be scheduled from 9 am-9 pm Monday through Thursday and 9 am-5 pm on Friday with occasional Saturday afternoon shifts in the Probasco Visitors Center.
- The expectation of about 10 hours per week.
- Shifts will be scheduled no shorter than 1.5 hours with exceptions made when the class or athletic schedule cannot allow otherwise.
Resume skills development (NACE Competencies required by employers) to be developed
- Career & Self-Development including interpersonal skills and learning basic office skills that can be translated to many other workplaces.
- Communication in the form of phone calls emails and text messages with students as well as in-person interactions during visit events. Also communication with your manager!
- Critical Thinking is in the form of learning problem solving when students ask you questions you dont necessarily know the answers to.
- Global Literacy is displayed by interacting with students all over the country and sometimes the world.
- Leadership through leading by example in a team setting.
- Professionalism by taking ownership of your schedule in a job that encourages you to take responsibility for your work.
- Teamwork through working on a team that builds each other up and seeks to encourage each other in their work for the kingdom!
- Technology by learning our CRM database and how to interpret student information.
Work Habits (with the alignment of Core Values)
The College asks its staff members the following fundamental work habits:
- Do good work. (Service Diligence Faithfulness)
- Take ownership of your job. (Selflessness Diligence Resourcefulness Enterprising Creative)
- Be punctual. (Service Diligence Integrity Faithfulness)
- Dress professionally and appropriately for your job. (Humility)
- Make suggestions when appropriate. (Resourcefulness Enterprising and Creative)
- Communicate openly and honestly. Seek to resolve differences in accordance with the scriptural patterns summarized in the Staff Manual policy on Fair Treatment as well as the Grievance and Appeals Procedure. (Integrity Faithfulness)
- Attend chapel services at least once per week on average. (Integrity Faithfulness)
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.
Physical Demands
Sitting: Remaining in the seated position
Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) 25-50 lbs.
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas through the spoken word to impart oral information to clients or the public and to convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately loudly or quickly
Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists hands and/or fingers including frequent use of a computer keyboard mouse and other office equipment.
Key Skills
About Company
Covenant College is a private, liberal arts, Christian college on Lookout Mountain, Georgia located near Chattanooga, Tennessee.