Admissions Counselor

Admissions Counselor Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Admissions Counselors represent Augusta University at programs and events on and off campus to recruit new undergraduate students to AU. They coordinate recruitment-based projects and activities and serve as territory managers for an assigned geographic territory to enroll a set target of new students each semester. Excellence in customer service is expected for all interactions with prospective students, families, and community agencies. This position requires extensive travel within an assigned territory to provide institutional and admissions information to prospective and newly admitted students. Evening and weekend work is required. The duties include, but are not limited to: TERRITORY MANAGEMENT: Develop and execute recruitment strategies to meet first-year student admission and overall enrollment goals for an assigned geographic territory. Analyze historical target population data to develop recruitment initiatives and assess effectiveness. Use student data to support recruitment efforts and evaluate recruitment strategies. RECRUITMENT EVENTS: Represent Augusta University at on- and off-campus events and programs. Provide institutional and admissions information to prospective students. Facilitate daily campus information sessions and campus tours. COMMUNICATION: Communicate with prospective students, families, and community agencies through in-person and virtual appointments, telephone calls, and emails. Participate in extensive outreach to students within the assigned territory. Politically drive student action and achievement of enrollment goals. SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Assist with the recruitment of dual enrollment, international, transfer, and non-degree students to support overall departmental enrollment goals.