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This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12357111 Coordinator & Assistant Director of Recruitment & Admissions

Student Academic Affairs Office - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is searching for a Coordinator, Recruitment & Admissions and an Assistant Director, Recruitment & Admissions that will assist primarily in college recruitment and admissions activities, including conducting application reviews for units within the Student Academic Affairs Office (SAAO). This position will support recruitment and yield efforts by coordinating on and off-campus events for prospective and admitted first-year and transfer students, including internal transfers.

Duties & Responsibilities

Coordinator, Recruitment & Admissions

• Assist in the planning and coordination of new and established recruitment and yield efforts for prospective and admitted students.
• Serve as information and communication liaison for SAAO staff, LAS staff and advisors, and other college and campus partners participating in recruitment and yield efforts.
• Coordinate the planning and management of communication, staffing, schedule, space, and materials for events.
• Review new first-year, transfer, non-degree, and other applications and collaborate in rendering of decisions.
• Engage with external partners and prospective students through presentations at recruitment and yield events on campus, off-campus, and online.
• Assist LAS recruitment and admission leadership, SAAO programs, and LAS units on special projects and assignments.
• Participate in recruiting and advising students in new online programs.
• Participate in walk-in advising duty rotation for LAS SAAO and related student advising and administration, activities, including end of term grade audit/academic progress monitoring, assistance in LAS probation program, policy and process reviews.

Assistant Director, Recruitment & Admissions

• Administer college-based recruitment scholarships offered at the time of admission, monitor eligibility

  requirements for multi-year recruitment scholarships, and work with the Director to gather data and

  communicate on an annual basis with recipients regarding ongoing scholarship eligibility.

• Collaborate with the LAS SAAO leadership and the LAS advancement to maintain centralized record-keeping

  and reporting on college-based scholarships, including recruitment, merit, financial-need, UG research, and

  study abroad scholarships.

• Serve as liaison to other offices in the LAS and Campus regarding donor scholarships and their administration.

• Engage with external partners and prospective students through presentations at recruitment and yield events

  on campus, off-campus, and online.

• Assist the LAS recruitment and admission leadership, SAAO programs, and LAS units on special projects and

  assignments.

• Review new first-year, transfer, non-degree, and other applications and collaborate in rendering of decisions.

• Coordinate new student orientation-registration activities and assessment, including assisting in advisor

  training and coordination of information and communications.

• Participate in walk-in advising duty rotation for the LAS SAAO and related student advising and administration,

  activities, including end of term grade audit/academic progress monitoring, assistance in LAS probation

  program, policy and process reviews.

Required Qualifications

Coordinator, Recruitment & Admissions

Bachelor\'s degree. Two (2) years of education, training, and/or work experience in student undergraduate r cruitment and/or admissions. (Note: Master\'s Degree in an area consistent with the duties of the position may be substituted for one (1) year of work experience.

Assistant Director, Recruitment & Admissions

Bachelor\'s degree. Three (3) years education, training, and/or work experience in admissions, records, and/or registration in an educational setting. Demonstrated experience in admissions and/or academic advising.

Preferred Qualifications

Coordinator, Recruitment & Admissions

A total of three (3) years professional experience in undergraduate admissions, recruitment and/or advising coordinating application review, outreach, or academic advising/student counseling. Experience understanding higher ed and/or student academic affairs.

Successful candidates will have:

Awareness of, and sensitivity to, cultural and linguistic differences.

Commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Ability to work independently, within teams, student academic affairs, and on/off-campus constituencies.

Effective organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Ability to make effective and engaging public and online presentations to diverse audiences, including prospective and current students and parents.

Ability to obtain kno