Admissions Officer
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Chief Admissions Officer, the holder of this position will be responsible for marketing and recruiting students with the objective of achieving enrollment goals on the basis of growth, diversity and quality. Successful candidates will also be required to manage student application materials and regularly update applicants on the status of their application for admission to the university.
Key Responsibilities/Tasks/Duties:
- Market all university degree programs both locally
and internationally.
- Advise all applicants on the admissions
requirements, transfer guidelines and career options.
- Authenticate certificates and transcripts from
accredited institutions to ascertain validity.
- Manage admissions application data in both soft
and hard formats.
- Generate student admissions reports for decision
making.
- Review and verify admission applications, evaluate
credentials, and recommend admission decisions accordingly.
- Timely communication of admission decisions to
applicants.
- Manage on-going strategic communication with high
schools to ensure continuity in recruitment partnerships.
- Evaluate recruitment strategy effectiveness,
assess outcomes, and develop improved strategies to achieve student
enrollment goals.
- Supervise and appraise admissions work study
students.
Educational/Professional
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelors degree from a recognized university.
- At least 3 years’ relevant experience as a
marketer.
- Report-writing skills, numerical and statistical
skills.
- Proficiency in computer applications.
Personal Attributes
& Competencies:
- Good communication skills.
- Sales and Marketing skills.
- Cross-cultural interpersonal skills.
- Confidentiality and integrity.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills;
- Relationship builder & effective negotiator;
- Proactive and with proven ability to take
instructions and execute.
- Self motivated.
- Attention to detail.
How
To Apply
If you have the
requisite qualifications and experience and desire to work as a team member in
a modern, progressive, international and multicultural institution where you
can make a difference, please apply.
Interested applicants
must indicate on the subject line of their email address the specific position
they are applying for, provide current CVs,copies of educational certificates
and transcripts, names and addresses of three referees, current salary and
benefits, telephone and e-mail contacts to the address below.
Director of
Administration,
United States
International University – Africa,
P. O. Box 14634 –
00800, Nairobi, Kenya
Email: jobs@usiu.ac.ke
Web: www.usiu.ac.ke
Please note, interviews
will be conducted on a rolling basis.