Benefits:
- Life Insurance
- Personal Leave- 2 days for FT employees per year
- Vacation Accrual- 2 weeks per year
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Welcome to Grayson College. Grayson College is in the heart of Grayson County and provides a vital link for higher education. GC offers small classes for personalized instruction, affordable tuition, caring, professional faculty, and the convenience of day, evening or online classes. The college serves approximately 5,000 students annually. Grayson’s reputation is highly respected by surrounding universities and industries as an excellent source of quality graduates who bring specialized, skilled and much-needed talents to the workplace.
College Recruiter
Role: The College Recruiter generates prospective-student interest from external markets while performing the shared admissions responsibilities of the Recruiting and Admissions team. The position translates the strategic enrollment plan into assigned external markets, partner relationships, public events, presentations, lead-generation activity, and documented follow-up. The College Recruiter records event and prospect data, evaluates conversion results, and recommends how the College should focus future recruitment effort. The position also processes applications and documents, ensures accurate CRM and SIS record entry, provides campus and remote customer service, conducts tours, and participates in College-directed recruitment and enrollment activities.
The salary range for this position is $21.29 to $31.93 per hour.
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short & Long-term disability insurances available
- Medical premiums covered by Grayson College for FT employee only
- Vacation Accrual- 2 weeks per year
- Sick Leave Accrual- 2 weeks per year
- Personal Leave- 2 days for FT employees per year
- Holidays- Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day
- Tuition-FT employees, their spouse & dependents are eligible for coverage of full Grayson College tuition amount.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- 25% - External market development and recruitment planning. Work with Recruiting and Admissions leadership to translate the strategic enrollment plan into assigned markets, populations, partner relationships, and activity goals. Identify and pursue opportunities that can generate new prospective students, including community organizations, employers, workforce partners, public agencies, civic groups, regional events, and other external channels. Build and maintain a purposeful external calendar and partner pipeline; define the audience, objective, expected result, communication approach, and follow-up plan for each activity.
- 20% - External events and recruitment results. Represent Grayson College at public fairs, career expos, community and employer events, regional activities, and other externally sponsored functions serving non-captive audiences. Register for and prepare events; transport, set up, operate, and remove tables, displays, technology, and materials; deliver presentations and individual consultations; capture usable prospect information; record the event source and contacts in the CRM; complete timely follow-up; and report activity, applications, completed admissions, conversion, and other approved measures. Use results to recommend whether an activity should be continued, changed, expanded, or discontinued
- 20%- Admissions processing and data integrity. Process admission applications and supporting documents; determine routine admission eligibility within delegated authority; admit eligible students; enter and maintain accurate demographic, residency, student-type, pathway, program-interest, test-score, and admission-status data; manage holds and missing items; identify and correct routine errors; and escalate duplicate, inconsistent, incomplete, or potentially fraudulent records. Review credentials for admission and placement purposes and route academic equivalency and transfer-credit decisions to Records and Registrar personnel.
- 15% - Student service and admission navigation. Serve prospective students, applicants, families, partners, and visitors in person and through phone, email, text, chat, and other approved channels. Maintain working knowledge of all Grayson pathways and programs; explain admissions and enrollment steps; assist with applications, portals, and document submission; provide basic information about financial aid, testing, payment, and student resources; manage assigned follow-up; identify barriers; document contacts and next steps; and complete warm handoffs for specialized questions.
- 15% - College-directed recruitment and campus engagement. Conduct individual and group campus tours, information sessions, and general presentations. Participate in assigned high school Promise or application visits, Senior Day, One and Done, new student orientation, open houses, enrollment events, and other College-sponsored activities serving pre-identified, invited, or institutionally connected audiences. Assist with event preparation, materials, check-in, technology, student flow, and follow-up as assigned.
- 5% - Performs other job duties as assigned.
**This Job Description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising the position.**
Performance Measurements:
- Demonstrates the Viking Values of Balance, Trust, Clarity, Teamwork, Service, and Gratitude.
- Executes the approved external recruitment plan for assigned markets, populations, partners, activities, and enrollment goals.
- Maintains complete and timely CRM records for external activities and prospects, including event source, contact outcome, next step, and follow-up.
- Produces documented prospect, application, completed-admission, registration, enrollment, and conversion results against assigned targets.
- Evaluates external event productivity and uses evidence to recommend where the College should continue, change, expand, or discontinue activity.
- Builds productive relationships with schools, employers, community organizations, workforce partners, and other approved sources of prospective students.
- Meets shared standards for application and document processing, data accuracy, student response, warm handoffs, campus tours, and College-directed event participation.
- Maintains current working knowledge of College programs, pathways, admissions requirements, student resources, and appropriate points of contact.
- Complies with FERPA, College policy, data-security requirements, travel and vehicle requirements, and applicable state and federal admissions and recruitment requirements.
Minimum Education Qualifications:
- Education: Associate degree from an institution recognized by the College, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience permitted by College policy. Experience:
- At least two years of related experience in student recruitment, admissions, enrollment services, sales, marketing, community outreach, business development, or student services.
- Demonstrated experience representing an organization publicly, conducting presentations or outreach, building external relationships, and documenting activity or results.
- Strong public speaking, persuasive communication, relationship development, professional representation, and customer service skills.
- Ability to develop an external activity plan, manage a variable calendar, work independently in the field, and follow through on commitments.
- Ability to capture accurate prospect and event data, interpret funnel and conversion results, prepare concise reports, and recommend action based on evidence.
- Working knowledge of college admissions and the ability to learn and explain Grayson academic, transfer, workforce, Career Ready, dual credit, and other pathways.
- Skill in using CRM, SIS, document-management, office productivity, presentation, messaging, and reporting tools.
- Ability to apply procedures, protect confidential information, recognize exceptions, manage competing priorities, and collaborate across departments.
- Valid driver's license and ability to meet College requirements for operating a College or personal vehicle on approved business.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in marketing, communication, education, business, student affairs, or a related field.
- Community college recruitment or admissions experience and experience working from a strategic enrollment or territory plan.
- Experience with a CRM, SIS, event or source tracking, spreadsheet analysis, dashboards, and recruitment reporting.
- Bilingual or multilingual communication ability relevant to the College service area.
- Work Environment Work is performed in office, school, partner, public-event, and outdoor settings. The position requires regular travel throughout the College service area and may require regional travel, early morning, evening, weekend, or holiday work based on the approved recruitment calendar.
- Physical Requirements Work includes frequent public contact; extended standing or walking; driving; bending and reaching; and the transport, setup, and movement of tables, displays, technology, materials, or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual to perform the essential functions.
**Application is required to be considered for position regardless if resume is submitted.**
This position submission of three professional references. This position is considered a security sensitive position and will require a criminal background check.
GRAYSON COLLEGE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTION PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BASIS OF MERIT AND WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, GENDER, AGE, DISABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
The employer actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations. For more information, please contact the human resources office at 903-463-8770 or gcjobs@grayson.edu.