Regional Admissions Counselor – Houston or DFW area
Posted 12hrs ago
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Job Description
Regional Admissions Counselor recruiting students across Texas for Stony Brook University. Building school partnerships, guiding applicants, and driving enrollment through regional outreach.
Responsibilities:
- Represent the university from a home office in the greater Houston or Dallas/Fort Worth areas, covering the entire Texas territory
- Assist senior admissions leaders in developing and expanding recruitment initiatives to increase enrollment
- Work with internal and external university partner offices on student recruitment and yield activities
- Travel to college fairs, high school visits, community college visits and other outreach programs
- Build relationships with school counselors, CBO advisors and other education representatives
- Build territory outreach plans using in-person, virtual, email, phone and paper follow-up
- Support targeted recruitment programs, including alumni engagement, student development, volunteer programs, electronic communications, recruitment technologies, parent engagement, fly-in programs, counselor tours and advisory boards
- Advise students, families, school counselors, IECs and university partner offices on admissions and enrollment processes and policies
- Provide university and program information sessions throughout the admissions cycle
- Coordinate targeted-population recruitment programs, projects and events
- Engage with state, regional and national admission associations and recruitment networks
- Analyze territory performance data and reports and recommend follow-up actions
- Evaluate admissions applications holistically and make recommendations on applicants
- Conduct follow-up to increase application completion and yield rates
- Travel to campus periodically throughout the year and work occasional early morning, evening and weekend hours
- Perform other duties or projects as assigned
Requirements:
- Master’s Degree (foreign equivalent or higher)
- One (1) year of full-time professional experience in a college or university setting
- Proficiency with technology, office software and communication systems
- Must have, keep and maintain the appropriate valid Driver’s License
- Motor vehicle record free from major violations or a pattern of repeat violations
- Experience in admissions counseling and recruitment preferred
- Experience reviewing applications for admission and making recommendations for admission preferred
- Experience working with diverse populations and working independently preferred
- Experience with higher education technology platforms, including SLATE, preferred
- Experience with program planning, implementation, assessment and innovation preferred
- Resume/CV and cover letter required with the online application
- Unable to sponsor candidates for work visas
Benefits:
- $4,150 UUP annual location pay, paid biweekly
- Eligible for overtime provisions of the FLSA
- Home office-based work arrangement
- Full-time term appointment

















