Recruiter

Description

Columbia College provides a transformative education, and social justice is in our DNA. Our team members change lives, one person at a time. We are seeking a recruiter for our online undergraduate and graduate programs. The primary market area is South Carolina with same into North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia. Recruiting team members identify and recruit individual students as well as develop relationships with appropriate businesses, organizations, and educational institutions within their territory. Recruiters plan their own work week to meet individual and institutional goals. Typical weeks will be 80% in the field recruiting and 20% from one’s home office or campus office helping and guiding new students all the way to their first registration. If you are passionate about helping people achieve their dreams, and have experience in college admissions or recruiting, you are encouraged to apply.

Admissions Recruiter for Online Programs

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY:
The Admissions Recruiter for Online Programs focuses on recruiting new students throughout an identified market area. Our Recruiters develop relationships from inquiry through first registration with working professional and post traditional students for both online undergraduate and online graduate programs. Recruiters are responsible for day-to-day recruitment activities, including outreach activities to target companies and organizations and individuals, ensuring the consistent enrollment of new students into online programs. The Recruiter will thrive on being accountable for his/her performance and achievement of enrollment goals, as well as contribution to overall team goals, with the fulfillment of helping people achieve life and career goals of bachelors and master’s degrees.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Recruit for specific programs to ensure enrollment of qualified students to achieve term, semester, and annual enrollment goals.
• Identify and develop relationships with appropriate companies, organizations, and institutions that can provide a continuous pipeline of students.
• Identify and represent the college at appropriate trade shows and other recruitment events.
• Execute best practice relationship building and decision making with provided and generated leads.
• Maintain accurate and complete records within Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
• Analyze data to identify trends/patterns that impact recruitment, to make strategic, data-driven decisions on recruitment activities, and to measure the effectiveness of and recruitment tactics.
• Collaborate with Dean of Online Education to develop and execute recruitment and communication plans to targeted audiences.
• Collaborate with members of the College marketing team to develop fresh, bold and purposeful recruitment materials.
• Maintain current knowledge of contemporary higher education enrollment management.

• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of all online programs of Columbia College, as well as a working knowledge of all other programs to assist all student types.
• Maintain general knowledge of the College’s mission, purpose and goals and the role this position plays in achieving those goals.

• Maintain recruiting contact through the first day of class with all provided and generated leads.
• Special projects and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS and REQUIREMENTS:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in college admissions.
• Demonstrated ability to meet and exceed goals.
• Strong persuasive and interpersonal skills with the ability to positively influence and motivate others.
• Ability to identify and articulate new business opportunities.
• Strong customer service orientation, creativity and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work flexible and extended hours including weekends and evenings when necessary.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time, Monday through Friday, with occasional Saturdays, with a valid U.S driver’s license.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Strong detail orientation with good personal planning and time-management skills.
• Experience in Excel, PowerPoint and CRM tools required.
• Ability to adapt and thrive in fast-paced, entrepreneurial selling environment and maintain a sense of humor and positive attitude.
• Committed to a culture of diversity, respect and inclusion; demonstrated ability to build working relationships with people having a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences different from one’s own.

About Columbia College

Columbia College was founded in 1854 as Columbia Female College by the Methodist Conference of South Carolina. Today, Columbia College offers a personalized liberal arts education that is open and inclusive to all. The College provides educational opportunities that develop students capacity for critical thought and expression, lifelong learning and acceptance of personal responsibility.

Columbia College empowers students to change the world with Courage for Innovation, Commitment to Social Justice, Confidence through Service, and Competence in Leadership. In furtherance of its mission, the College is responsive to the needs of students, the communities to which it belongs, and the greater global society.

Columbia College encompasses the historic undergraduate day college as well as evening, online, and graduate programs. Total enrollment is approximately 1200. The College is noted for faculty who foster academic excellence through collaborative teaching and learning; a vital learning community in which character, ethics, and values are cultivated; the study of leadership enhanced by opportunities for practical application; programs that capitalize on advances in technology; and learning environments that extend beyond the classroom.

Columbia College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. For information about the College, visit www.columbiasc.edu . For information about the city of Columbia, South Carolina, please visit www.columbiasc.net .

Columbia College is EOE M/F/D/V