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TITLE:

Admissions Counselor (Budget Grade SL-2)

DEPARTMENT:

Admissions

SALARY RANGE:

Commensurate with credentials and experience

Description of Duties

SUNY Canton invites applications for the position of Admissions Counselor to be based in Canton, NY.

The position requires extensive travel with overnights and a willingness to keep a flexible work schedule, including weekend work.  

The tentative region for travel will include:

  • Dutchess County
  • Ulster County
  • Sullivan County
  • Orange County
  • Putnam County
  • Westchester County
  • Rockland County
  • Supplemental travel to NYC, Northern NJ and New England

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, recruitment of prospective students, working with students and parents through all phases of recruitment from inquiry through enrollment, working as part of an admissions team to achieve enrollment goals and handling other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Valid Driver’s License
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with potential students, families, and the counselors and teachers in the students’ support network. 
  • Ability to work independently and on a team.
  • The successful candidate will be adaptable, detail oriented, accurate, able to learn new technology quickly and ably to gather data.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience traveling and working with students with multicultural backgrounds. 
  • A strong knowledge base of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
  • Experience working with a student information system.

Prior to a final offer of employment, the selected candidate will be required to submit to a background check including, but not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, and criminal background check.

Closing Date for Receipt of Applications

Review begins immediately and will continue until position is filled.

Apply for Position

SUNY Canton, a unit of the State University of New York, is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. SUNY Canton is building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and strongly encourages applications from minority and women candidates.