Admissions Counselor

Department

ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF L (IN-LAW-IUINA)

Department Information

The Indiana University (IU) Robert H. McKinney School of Law resides on Indiana's urban research and health sciences campus. As the only law school in our vibrant capital city, we are committed to accessibility, affordability, and excellence in public legal education.

The McKinney School of Law serves its students and society as a center of legal education and scholarly inquiry. Our students pursue a rigorous course of study immersed in an environment of public service and community engagement. By fostering a mature sense of integrity and an awareness of an ever-evolving legal profession, we empower students to succeed as citizens, professionals, and leaders.

Job Summary

The primary role of the Admissions Counselor is to focus on recruiting prospective students who generate from recruitment events, website inquiries, referrals, and phone or walk-ins, and to convert them to enrolled students. This position provides frequent communication and timely follow up with prospective students (prospects, applicants, admits, deposits) to move them through the enrollment lifecycle and will be responsible for meeting activity, application conversion, and enrollment (yield) expectations. This position also has the responsibility of staffing internal and external recruitment events.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Executes a comprehensive communication plan, as part of the new student recruitment strategy, for all prospective students (prospects, applicants, admits, deposits) from non-direct application sources utilizing the law school database (Unite); Converts prospects to applicants and admits to enrolled students.
• Provides relevant program information utilizing a combination of phone, email, and face to face interactions and by meeting a reasonable response time for answering phone calls and emails.
• Schedules and conducts prospective student appointments, both virtual and over the phone.
• Represents the law school at off-campus recruiting events for the purpose of recruiting new students by generating new prospects.
• May staff a table at a recruitment fair, deliver presentations to a group of students at an undergraduate institution, or conduct 1:1 advising appointments with prospective students.
• Assists the Assistant Director of Student Recruitment with staffing and coordinating the logistics of internal new student recruitment events that enable prospective students to learn about the law school, legal profession, and admissions process to encourage application to our law school.
• Participates in the planning and staffing of yield management events (i.e., admitted student open house) that enable admitted students to make an enrollment decision that leads to meeting our new student enrollment goals.

General Responsibilities

• Maintains, implements, and oversees a holistic recruitment-yield tactical plan.
• Develops, implements, and administers plans, programs, and events for general and targeted student recruitment in support of organizational goals.
• Integrates a strategic communications strategy in collaboration with other departments, geared toward specific student declared academic major, career interests, and geographic factors.
• Identifies and develops partnerships for outreach to prospective students and influencers.
• Interprets academic policies and exercises authority and independent judgment.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates programs and processes and determines the effectiveness of markets and strategies. Exercises independent judgment and uses census data and modeling tools to identify effective marketing plans and strategies to address specific populations.
• Serves in a collaborative role with internal and external stakeholders to identify targets of opportunity to attract and enroll under-represented populations. Participates in the assessment and evaluation of various models.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in business, public policy, or a related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Preferred

• 1 year of related experience in admissions, higher education, marketing, or a related field.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Possesses excellent presentation skills.
• Demonstrates excellent judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Highly developed customer relations skills.
• Ability to interpret federal, state, and institutional rules and regulations and required procedures associated with compliance required.

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Some domestic travel and overnight, weekend, and evening hours are required.

Advertised Salary

$48,327.96 - $50,000.00 per year depending on experience.

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level: Core

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Admissions & Recruitment

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Posting Disclaimer

This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

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