Admissions Counselor

George Mason University

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid

Educational Services

About the position

The Admissions Counselor enhances the recruiting efforts of the Costello College of Business's Graduate Programs, focusing on access, diversity, equity, and inclusion. This role is crucial in recruiting, evaluating, and selecting high-quality students for the graduate programs, while also providing administrative support to the Graduate Admission Team. The Admissions Counselor will develop relationships with stakeholders and collaborate with faculty and staff to guide recruitment efforts.

Responsibilities

• Engages in proactive communication strategies to connect with prospective graduate students through various channels.
• Executes admissions consultations, utilizing an online scheduling tool and additional communication methods.
• Encourages quality candidates to advance in their application journey while immersing them in the brand and culture of George Mason University.
• Implements strategies to optimize yield between application stages to enhance the overall admissions process.
• Manages applicant file review for programs applicants, making timely and accurate decisions and recommendations.
• Provides all purchasing and travel administrative support to the graduate admissions team.
• Stays up to date with university and state purchasing and travel policies to ensure compliance in all transactions.
• Uses and learns university and state systems and tools to complete purchasing and travel authorizations, payments, and reimbursements.
• Collaborates with the Director of Graduate Enrollment to track and monitor budgets for efficient resource use.
• Develops and executes a recruitment plan for college campuses throughout the mid-Atlantic.
• Represents the Costello College of Business and George Mason University to the College's and University's standards.
• Maintains awareness of services, programs, and courses within the Costello College of Business and the University.
• Collaborates with assigned programs to effectively leverage these offerings to drive new enrollment.
• Builds strong, collaborative relationships with program, College, and University associates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated work experience in a related professional setting, and experience with administrative tasks.
• Knowledge of Gen Z cultural norms, George Mason University's mission, and financial processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Well-written, strong group and 1-on-1 communication skills, ethical decision making.
• Customer and service oriented approach.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work respectfully and professionally with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Ability to manage time and make good prioritization decisions.
• Financial accountability.
• Valid driver's license.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in related field.
• Demonstrated work experience in higher education admissions, student recruitment, and/or enrollment management or sales, retail, or service.
• Hands on experience in financial processes and/or data analysis/reporting.
• Knowledge of higher education recruitment and admission best practices, Costello College of Business curriculum and missions, and institutional financial procedures.
• Salesforce CRM proficiency, data analytics proficiency, generative AI to optimize efficiency.
• Multi-lingual.
• Skills with financial management, compliance and reporting.
• Ability to work independently and think critically to provide solutions to difficult problems.

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with education and experience.
• Hybrid eligible work schedule.