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Troy University

Admissions Counselor

🇺🇸 Tampa, FL

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Enrollment

🗓️ August 26th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Troy University is hiring an Admissions Counselor responsible for a variety of recruitment activities aimed at traditional and transfer student markets. The role involves conducting market analysis, setting recruitment goals, managing relationships with students, parents, and guidance counselors, and implementing recruiting strategies to enhance enrollment.

Highlights
  • Conduct recruitment targeting traditional and transfer students, including market analysis and goal setting.
  • Manage relationships with prospective students, parents, and guidance counselors using verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Develop and assist in implementing recruiting strategies to build new student prospects and markets.
  • Require one year of recruiting and/or sales experience and a Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.
  • Must have reliable transportation, a current driver’s license, and meet commercial auto insurance eligibility.
  • Position requires extensive travel including overnight stays, as well as weekend and evening work.
  • Physical demands include lifting and carrying materials heavier than 20 lbs and traveling to events.
  • Preferred to have a Master’s degree.
  • Position belongs to the Support Center - Tampa department within the Student Affairs division.
  • Compensation details were not provided in the job description.

Admissions Counselor Full Description

Admissions Counselor
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Posting Number  | SF2388P
Position Title  | Admissions Counselor
Position Type  | Professional/Salaried
Department  | Support Center - Tampa
Division  | Student Affairs
Campus  | Troy Online
Work Status  | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary  | No
Location  | Tampa, FL - F20

Job Summary  | The Admissions Counselors are an essential element of the University administrative team. The Admissions Counselor position is responsible for a wide range of recruitment activities targeted at the traditional student and transfer student markets including market analysis; establishment of recruitment goals; managing relationships with students, parents, and guidance counselors; and verbal and non/verbal communications. Admissions counselors build new student prospects and new student markets by locating, establishing, assist in developing and implementing recruiting strategies and activities that enhance traditional and transfer enrollments.

Minimum Qualifications 
1. One year of recruiting and/or sales experience.
2. Bachelor Degree required from a regionally accredited college or university.
3. Must have transportation and current driver’s license.
4. Candidate must be able to meet and maintain commercial auto insurance eligibility requirements.
5. Must have excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications  | Master’s Degree preferred.
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties?  | Driving is a primary responsibility
Work Hours  | Extensive travel is required, some of which is overnight travel. Weekends and Evening work will also be required.
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position  | Lifting and carrying boxes or materials that weigh more than 20 lbs. Traveling to events and some overnight travel is required.
Does this position have supervisory responsibility?  | No
Posting Date  | 08/22/2025
Closing Date  |
Open Until Filled  | No
Special Instructions to Applicants  |
Quick Link  | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/45261

 Reference Letters 
Solicit References Through the System?  | No
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference  |
Applicant Special Instructions  | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Supplemental Questions 
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  1. * How did you hear about this employment opportunity? 
    • Troy University employment website (www.troyuniversityjobs.com)
    • Chronicle of Higher Education
    • Higher Ed Jobs
    • Social Media website
    • Indeed
    • Other employment website (please specify below)
    • Employee Referral (please specify below)
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  2.  Please specify: 
    (Open Ended Question)
  3. * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following: 
    • Not a current Troy University employee
    • Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty)
    • Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete
    • Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees) 
  4. * Do you possess a Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university? 
    • Yes
    • No
  5. * Do you have at least one year of recruiting and/or sales experience? 
    • Yes
    • No
  6. * Do you have reliable transportation, current valid driver’s license, and ability to meet and maintain commercial auto insurance eligibility requirements? 
    • yes
    • no
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
  1. Resume
  2. Cover Letter
  3. List of References
  4. Unofficial Transcript 1
Optional Documents
  1. Unofficial Transcript 2
 - Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
 - Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
 - Troy University participates in eVerify.