Job Description:

OU Office of Admissions & Recruitment (OAR) works to bring in the next generation of Sooners. Our team operates from Norman as well as across the state, nation and world. We provide support to incoming domestic and international freshman and transfer students as they navigate the college application and decision process. Additionally, we partner with parents, counselors, and communities in providing resources to students interested in higher education. Our goal is to build a vibrant, inclusive community on campus by recruiting students with diverse backgrounds, educational experiences, and involvement.

We're currently looking for a new team member in our Tulsa office to serve as an Admissions Counselor. 

We need someone who exhibits:

Integrity:

Accountability for doing the right thing by exercising good judgment and honesty. Ability to create a safe environment for students and families and team members, including having emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Transparency and thoughtfulness in communication.

Care:

Prioritization of creating the best experience possible for each person we encounter and at every step of the student experience. Providing service to others by being friendly, approachable and inclusive. Commitment to collaboration and to being a team player with a positive attitude. Inclusivity, which is the ability to work with a diverse group of people and having the ability to relate and be relatable to all those we serve.

Intentionality:

Strong work ethic and contribution to the excellence of the Division of Enrollment Management, OAR and OU; self-motivation. Consistency in meeting deadlines and responding in a timely manner.

Innovation:

Possession of a natural curiosity to learn and a continual pursuit of personal and professional growth in the field of college enrollment management. A focus on innovation, displaying an understanding of positive change and possessing a strong analytic ability. Efficiency by researching best practices, making creativity a priority.

Responsibilities include:

﾿Cultivate and build relationships with prospective students, families, high school counselors, and other key stakeholders in NE Oklahoma and Arkansas.

﾿Communicate routinely through email, calls, in-person visits, and events with prospective students, families, high school counselors, and other key stakeholders across campus and the state of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

﾿Plan and execute events in designated territory to increase applications and yield.

﾿Create strategy, alongside the Associate Director of Oklahoma Recruitment & Campus Experience, to ensure we are meeting the needs of the diverse population of prospective students OAR actively recruits.

﾿Fully utilize and attain the proper training for the use of our CRM to communicate and proactively outreach to prospective students, families, and high school counselors. Additionally, with use of the CRM, build reports and queries to track the progress and ROI in designated territory.

﾿Review admission applications and make admission decisions for prospective students.

﾿Routinely present to prospective students, families, counselors, faculty and staff to share the OAR brand. 

﾿Sit on various in-office committees dedicated to strategy and recruitment of various populations to ensure the needs of students are being met in the recruitment cycle.

 

Required Education: Bachelor Degree or equivalent combination of education/job related experience, AND: 

• 0-24 months recruitment experience

Skills:

• Highly organized and has a keen sense of details when it comes to projects and deadlines


• Able to communicate well and build rapport quickly with students, faculty and staff


• Strong initiative to solve problems quickly


• Keen sense of customer service and serving others

Certifications:

• 
  Valid driver's license to travel to presentations
  
  

Advertised Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time doing work on a computer and via the telephone. Must be able to,engage in repetitive motions, communicate, including expressing oneself or exchanging information with others; see,including color, depth perception and clarity; and hear, including receiving detailed information orally.

Department Preferences:

• Experience in higher education


• Knowledge of OU

Supervision: No Supervisory Duties

 

Special Instructions: If you are selected as a final candidate for this position, you will be subject to The University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Tuberculosis Testing policy.  To view the policy, visit https://hr.ou.edu/Policies-Handbooks/TB-Testing
 
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