Admissions Recruiter; HR Student Recruiter

Job Description - Admissions Recruiter (HR

Title:

Student Recruiter I) (PER)

Job Description

Admissions Recruiter (HR

Title:

Student Recruiter I) - ( PER )

Description

Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

SMU’s more than 12,000 diverse, high-achieving students come from all 50 states and over 80 countries to take advantage of the University’s small classes, meaningful research opportunities, leadership development, community service, international study and innovative programs.

SMU is data driven, and its powerful supercomputing ecosystem – paired with entrepreneurial drive – creates an unrivaled environment for the University to deliver research excellence.

Now in its second century of achievement, SMU is recognized for the ways it supports students, faculty and alumni as they become ethical, enterprising leaders in their professions and communities. SMU’s relationship with Dallas – the dynamic center of one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions – offers unique learning, research, social and career opportunities that provide a launch pad for global impact.

SMU is nonsectarian in its teaching and committed to academic freedom and open inquiry.

This role is an on-campus, in-person position.

This is a high-visibility position within the school, local communities, and the broader theological recruitment landscape. The role is focused on broadening entry points for prospective students and supporting them throughout the discernment and application process. The position leads recruitment efforts across multiple platforms, including virtual programming, on-campus events, individual campus visits, conference and fair travel, and both domestic and international recruitment initiatives.

Represent Perkins School of Theology enthusiastically about degree programs across all modalities, community life, faculty profiles, mission and vision of Perkins, and admission requirements during internal, external, and virtual events. Provide guidance to individuals discerning a call to vocational or lay ministry. This position requires local, state, national, and international travel.

Develop, execute, and sustain an annual strategic constituency recruitment plan by cultivating relationships across key geographic regions and with agency partners, alumni, campus ministers, clergy, conference leaders, and religious studies faculty to strengthen recruitment pipelines and establish future partnerships.

Collaborate in the planning and execution of virtual events; maintain accurate virtual event records in the CRM, including dates, times, and relevant details for prospective students; record and edit event videos; and manage all virtual event documentation and reporting.

Recruit prospective students through on- and off-campus activities and events, serve as a primary point of contact, and provide personalized guidance throughout the application process to support timely and complete applications.

Day-to-day operations include ongoing communication with prospective students, answering incoming calls and emails, cold calls and lead generation, reading admission applications, activity reports, travel and expense reports, assisting with on-campus events and individual campus visits, and other duties as assigned.

Evening and weekend hours will be required for hosting recruitment events and travel to and from events and conferences.

Frequent in-and out-of-state travel; occasional international travel required.

A Bachelor’s degree is required. A Master's degree is preferred. A degree in Theology or Religious Studies is preferred.

A minimum of one (1) year of experience is required. Experience in student recruitment, higher education, public speaking, and/or event hosting, sales is preferred. Experience working in campus ministry or a multi-staff church setting is also preferred.

Candidate must demonstrate strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate broadly across the University and develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of…