The George Washington University
Admissions Coordinator, ESIA Graduate Admissions
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Washington, DC
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $19 - $25 per Hour
💻 Enrollment
🗓️ September 9th, 2025
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The George Washington University is hiring an Admissions Coordinator for the Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) Graduate Admissions. The role involves managing prospective student relationships from initial contact through enrollment by answering inquiries, processing applications, maintaining data systems, supporting admissions events, and providing administrative assistance.
Highlights
- Manage daily communication with prospective and admitted students via email, phone, and in-person to answer questions.
- Process and track application materials, ensuring completeness and data entry into multiple admissions databases.
- Supervise student worker performance and maintain office calendar, supplies, and administrative tasks including event registration and travel planning.
- Assist in organizing and presenting at on- and off-campus admissions events such as information sessions, open houses, graduate fairs, and receptions.
- Some evening event attendance required.
- Experience or interest in higher education admissions preferred, with strong interpersonal, customer service, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace; knowledge or interest in CRMs and academic systems such as Salesforce, Slate, and Banner is highly desired.
- Must hold a high school diploma/GED plus 1.5 years relevant experience or a bachelor’s degree by start date; bachelor’s degree strongly preferred.
- Hiring salary range is $19.29 to $25.13 per hour.
- Position is full-time, hybrid work schedule with some remote days, requiring successful completion of background screening.
Admissions Coordinator, ESIA Graduate Admissions Full Description
Admissions Coordinator, ESIA Graduate Admissions
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Posting Details
I. JOB OVERVIEW
Job Description Summary: | The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) is one of the world’s leading schools of international affairs and one of the largest schools of international affairs in the United States. Located in the heart of Washington, D.C., its mission is to educate the next generation of international leaders, conduct research that advances understanding of important global issues, and engage the policy community in the United States and around the world.
The Elliott School of International Affairs’ Office of Graduate Admissions is seeking an Admissions Coordinator to assist the office in recruiting and enrolling qualified candidates. The Admissions Coordinator will interact daily with prospective students through email, phone, and in-person. The candidate will be responsible for processing prospects and applications, data entry into multiple databases, event support and administrative assistance.
This position provides customer service to candidates and manages the prospective student relationship from the prospect stage through enrollment stage. The core responsibilities of this role are typically to answer routine inquiries over the phone, online, and in person, to provide information to prospective students on basic academic program offerings and admission requirements, to process and track new applications (and review for completeness), to maintain data in systems, to prepare for and participate in admissions events that represent the Admissions function, like interview days and visits, and to maintain schedules. This position may also recruit for and schedule interviews, order catering, process payments and provide general admissions support.
Responsibilities and duties include:Interacts daily with prospective and admitted students answering their questions through email, telephone, and face-to-face. Processes application materials received online and in hard copy and enters relevant information into admissions databases. Supervise student worker performance. Maintains the office calendar and supplies, and provides other administrative support, including event registration and travel planning. Assists with organizing, planning and implementing on and off campus events such as information sessions, open houses, graduate fairs and receptions. Serves as presenter for weekly information sessions. Some presence at evening events will be required. Perform other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position. This is a hybrid position with some days remote and some days in the office in Washington, DC.
Minimum Qualifications: | Qualified candidates will hold a high school diploma/GED plus 1.5 years of relevant professional experience, or, a Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant area of study. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Additional Required Licenses/Certifications/Posting Specific Minimum Qualifications: |
Preferred Qualifications: | Bachelor’s degree is strongly preferred. Strong interest and previous work experience in higher education is highly preferred. Strong interpersonal, customer service, communication (both written and oral), and cross cultural skills. Comfort with standard business software—Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, etc. Knowledge of and some experience with, and a strong interest in learning CRMs and academic systems —Salesforce, Slate and Banner— is highly desired. Ability to work independently on multiple projects at once. Demonstrated time management skills.
Hiring Range | $19.29 - $25.13
GW Staff Approach to Pay | How is pay for new employees determined at GW?
The Elliott School of International Affairs’ Office of Graduate Admissions is seeking an Admissions Coordinator to assist the office in recruiting and enrolling qualified candidates. The Admissions Coordinator will interact daily with prospective students through email, phone, and in-person. The candidate will be responsible for processing prospects and applications, data entry into multiple databases, event support and administrative assistance.
This position provides customer service to candidates and manages the prospective student relationship from the prospect stage through enrollment stage. The core responsibilities of this role are typically to answer routine inquiries over the phone, online, and in person, to provide information to prospective students on basic academic program offerings and admission requirements, to process and track new applications (and review for completeness), to maintain data in systems, to prepare for and participate in admissions events that represent the Admissions function, like interview days and visits, and to maintain schedules. This position may also recruit for and schedule interviews, order catering, process payments and provide general admissions support.
Responsibilities and duties include:Interacts daily with prospective and admitted students answering their questions through email, telephone, and face-to-face. Processes application materials received online and in hard copy and enters relevant information into admissions databases. Supervise student worker performance. Maintains the office calendar and supplies, and provides other administrative support, including event registration and travel planning. Assists with organizing, planning and implementing on and off campus events such as information sessions, open houses, graduate fairs and receptions. Serves as presenter for weekly information sessions. Some presence at evening events will be required. Perform other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position. This is a hybrid position with some days remote and some days in the office in Washington, DC.
Minimum Qualifications: | Qualified candidates will hold a high school diploma/GED plus 1.5 years of relevant professional experience, or, a Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant area of study. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Additional Required Licenses/Certifications/Posting Specific Minimum Qualifications: |
Preferred Qualifications: | Bachelor’s degree is strongly preferred. Strong interest and previous work experience in higher education is highly preferred. Strong interpersonal, customer service, communication (both written and oral), and cross cultural skills. Comfort with standard business software—Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, etc. Knowledge of and some experience with, and a strong interest in learning CRMs and academic systems —Salesforce, Slate and Banner— is highly desired. Ability to work independently on multiple projects at once. Demonstrated time management skills.
Hiring Range | $19.29 - $25.13
GW Staff Approach to Pay | How is pay for new employees determined at GW?
Healthcare Benefits
GW offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance, time off & leave, retirement savings, tuition, well-being and various voluntary benefits. For program details and eligibility, please visit https://hr.gwu.edu/benefits-programs.
II. JOB DETAILS
Campus Location: | Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.
College/School/Department: | Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA)
Family | Enrollment Services
Sub-Family | Admissions
Stream | Service and Support
Level | Level 2
Full-Time/Part-Time: | Full-Time
Hours Per Week: | 40
Work Schedule: | Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Some evening events required.
Will this job require the employee to work on site? | Yes
Employee Onsite Status | Hybrid
Telework: | Yes
Required Background Check: | Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search
Special Instructions to Applicants: | Employer will not sponsor for employment Visa status
Internal Applicants Only? | No
Posting Number: | S013823
Job Open Date: | 09/08/2025
Job Close Date: |
If temporary, grant funded, Sponsored Project funded or limited term appointment, position funded until: |
Background Screening | Successful Completion of a Background Screening will be required as a condition of hire.
EEO Statement: | The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
College/School/Department: | Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA)
Family | Enrollment Services
Sub-Family | Admissions
Stream | Service and Support
Level | Level 2
Full-Time/Part-Time: | Full-Time
Hours Per Week: | 40
Work Schedule: | Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Some evening events required.
Will this job require the employee to work on site? | Yes
Employee Onsite Status | Hybrid
Telework: | Yes
Required Background Check: | Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search
Special Instructions to Applicants: | Employer will not sponsor for employment Visa status
Internal Applicants Only? | No
Posting Number: | S013823
Job Open Date: | 09/08/2025
Job Close Date: |
If temporary, grant funded, Sponsored Project funded or limited term appointment, position funded until: |
Background Screening | Successful Completion of a Background Screening will be required as a condition of hire.
EEO Statement: | The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * Are you currently employed with The George Washington University?
- No
- Yes
- * For current GW employees, have you completed your Introductory Employment Period (IEP)? (As a reminder, employees in their IEP are not eligible to apply for other internal university staff and research positions until the IEP is complete.)
- Yes, IEP complete
- No, still in IEP
- N/a - not a current GW employee
- * What is your expected salary range?
(Open Ended Question)
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