BereaCorps Admissions Associate-Campus Visits

Description

The Admissions Associate - Campus Visits serves within the Campus Visits & Events area of the Office of Admissions. The Associate will impact future generations of Bereans through participation in the planning and execution of a variety of campus visit and event experiences devoted to prospective students, families, and student advocates. This position is campus-based and oversees three physical spaces providing best-in-class hospitality for all guests.

The Associate will serve as a Labor Supervisor to a team of students and, in collaboration with the Campus Visits & Events Team, supports the planning of large and small group on-campus visit experiences, and the organization and implementation of on-campus events and yield visits.

• Collaborate with the Campus Visits team to plan and coordinate large and small group visits
• Through management of assigned student team, provide a best-in-class overnight hospitality experience for guests
• Serve as Labor Supervisor for the team of Hospitality Assistants
• Maintain the upkeep (cleanliness and work orders) of Admissions facilities:
  Sturt Cottage, Jack’s House, and Haaga House
• Serve on the Campus Visits Team, participating in a team approach to daily tasks and projects including mainline/front desk coverage and transportation for visitors
• Conduct campus tours and information sessions as needed
• Support all visit experiences, including yield visits and on-campus events
• Periodically order office supplies
• Complete administrative tasks, duties and responsibilities (e.g., expense reports, email) in a timely manner while maintaining quality customer service
• In support of Berea College’s commitments, this position requires student supervision. The supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving work, developing students about common workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the student labor program and requirements see Labor Program Goals

• Bachelor’s Degree earned from Berea College within the last 2 years

• Student leadership or student management experience required
• Hospitality, customer, or guest services experience a plus

• Affinity for people and energetic attitude about serving guests
• Solid organizational skills
• Developed written and verbal communication
• Capacity to engage information software systems
• Demonstrated initiative and follow-through of projects and tasks
• Attentive to details

• Valid driver’s license and good driving record

• Sitting, standing, walking; periodically able to lift and carry 25 lbs
• Must be able to conduct computer use for extended periods of time
• Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds

• Professional office environment with interruptions and noise due to frequent visitors, students, staff and faculty
• Occasional nights and weekends are required for events and visits
• Occasional travel is required for off-campus events, meetings, conferences, etc.
• Reliable transportation required
• Remote work and adjustable schedule allowed when approved

• Standard office equipment
• Golf Cart
• Vehicle-college cars/vans

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries.

Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only ten federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected…