Admissions Counselor

Job Details

• Posting Number: S14760P
• Working Title:
  
  ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR
• Department: VPI-Admissions Office
• Posting Type:
  External
• Retirement Plan: TRS or ORP
• Employment Type:
  
  Employee
• Benefits Eligibility:
  Benefits Eligible
• Full/Part Time:
  Full Time
• Additional Schedule Information:
  Monday – Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, Able to Work Some Evenings/Nights and Weekends.
• Advertised Salary: $50,000+
• Posting Date: 03/04/2026
• Open Until Filled:
  Yes
• Proposed Starting Date: 06/01/2026
• Location:
  
  Athens Area
• Classification
  
  Title:
  
  Admissions Counselor I
• FLSA:
  Exempt
• FTE: 1.00

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The Admissions Counselor on the National Recruitment Team is to provide services and answer questions for prospective students, their families, and school counselors; second, to serve as an effective member of the recruitment team to encourage a wide variety of academically qualified, intellectually curious, and actively involved first-year and transfer students to attend the University of Georgia.

• Considerable knowledge of admissions policies and procedures.
• Considerable knowledge of recruitment, orientation planning, and counseling.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of people. Ability to communicate ideas effectively in writing and orally before large groups.
• Ability to maintain accurate records, assemble and organize data, and prepare reports.

Lift 35 lbs., drive, stand or sit for long periods of time.

• Application File Reading (40%)
  • Application File Reading – Fully participate in file reader training.
  • Serve as a full-time reader (or as designated) in the application file reading process as a professional reader. This is to assist with our holistic review process of applications for undergraduate admission in assisting to shape the incoming class and awarding scholarships provided by our office.
  • Readers are to take reasonable and appropriate notes and to read the designated volume to aid the office in meeting deadlines to release decisions in a timely manner. This will also include reviewing high school transcripts as part of the admissions review process.
• Travel Territory Management (25%)
  • Manage travel territory as assigned under the leadership of the Associate Director for Access & Inclusion and Senior Associate Director for Marketing and Recruitment, with the consultation of the Director of Admission.
  • Work with travel team leaders utilizing data to determine the schools to target within the assigned territory and the appropriate means for impact while providing quality, timely customer service to those schools, counselors, students, and parents throughout the college search, application, and selection process. This may be through virtual and or in-person college fairs, panels, high school visits, and or visits to our campus.
• Program Management (20%)
  • Manage and assist in specific program(s) and/or initiatives.
  • Work includes developing, planning, and directing projects of special significance to encourage a varied group of academically qualified, intellectually curious, and actively involved first-year and transfer students to attend the University of Georgia.
  • Support Access & Inclusion initiatives such as early engagement and college readiness programming for middle school students.
  • Oversees the daily workflow related to projects and their development.
• Campus Visit Facilitation (15%)
  • Serve as primary counselor and facilitate campus visit experiences on a scheduled basis or as needed, virtually and in person.
  • Recruitment staff are needed to provide quality customer service and knowledge of the UGA admissions process, and be able to present that professionally at all times.
  • Recruitment staff conduct dynamic…