Job Description

494643
Prestonsburg
Staff
Full-time
Big Sandy Community & Technical College

 

Title: Academic Advisor/Recruiter

Salary Range: $33,672.00 - $46,536.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Big Sandy Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Prestonsburg 

Department: Student Services

 

Total Rewards

Big Sandy Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

 

Job Summary

Job Summary
Big Sandy Community & Technical College is seeking an Academic Advisor/Recruiter. This position is primarily responsible for the recruitment of traditional and non-traditional (adult learners) students along with assisting them with the transition from secondary to post-secondary education at BSCTC, with a special emphasis on non-traditional students. In addition, the position is responsible for meeting the objectives of the college in serving the region’s unique demographic mix including under-represented minority and low-income populations using a customer relationship management software to document recruitment and outreach efforts.

 

Job Duties:

Job Duties:
• Prepare and deliver presentations on BSCTC programs, enrollment processes, financial aid and scholarships, college transition opportunities, articulation of credit, BSCTC assessments, college life, etc. to varied audiences of high school students, parents, and adults through school visits, community center visits, recovery and reentry programs, local college fairs and open houses. Also assist with student Orientation activities and represent and promote the college at festivals and community events.
• Extensive travel within a five-county area with 14 high schools, 2 alternative schools, 2 private schools, 5 technical high schools, 1 state correctional facility, and numerous community centers and other organizations.
Ensure quality institutional relationship formation through excellent written communications with prospective and incoming students through multiple modalities including but not limited to pre and post high school visit letters, welcome and get started letters, thank you letters to secondary and other partners.
• Ensure quality institutional relationship formation through phone calls, emails and text messaging and other modalities.
• Regularly and systematically use the customer relationship management software to identify prospects, follow up on prospects, note conversion to applicants, following through to career assessment, enrollment, and hand off to appropriate academic advisors.
• Other duties as assigned

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 1-2 years related experience in Communication, Marketing or any liberal arts degree.  

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

Additional Skills Requested:

• The ideal candidate is enthusiastic and self-motivated, confident, articulate, and polite, and perseveres and follows-though to achieve performance goals. This person is a likeable, honest and impassioned believer in the power of higher education and committed to the community and technical college as an open access, affordable resource for the local community. Must have a valid driver’s license with a good driving record and ability to travel locally.

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