Admissions Counselor

🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $45K 💻 Enrollment 🗓️ November 9th, 2026

CRM Recruitment Outreach

Edtech.com's Summary

Missouri State University is hiring an Admissions Counselor. The role owns a recruitment territory and runs the full student recruitment pipeline, from building relationships and planning outreach to running events, counseling students, and converting applicants into enrolled students. Counselors represent the university to prospective students, families, school counselors, community-based organizations, and transfer partners.

Highlights

Develop, implement, and evaluate territory-specific recruitment strategies that increase prospective student engagement, applications, and enrollment yield.
Manage the recruitment pipeline for an assigned territory, including relationship development, outreach planning, event execution, student counseling, and enrollment conversion.
Counsel students with diverse educational backgrounds and goals on academic programs, admissions policies, financial aid processes, and student support services.
Represent Missouri State to prospective students, families, school counselors, transfer partners, alumni, and other stakeholders.
Transport and set up recruitment displays and media equipment without assistance, with the ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of experience and education, plus one year of experience in recruitment or a related field; significant student leadership involvement can meet the experience requirement.
Strong oral, written, and public speaking skills, along with experience with or the ability to learn CRM tools and Microsoft Office.
Valid driver's license and frequent consecutive overnight and weekend travel, mainly in the fall and spring semesters, with reimbursed travel expenses and frequent evening and weekend work.
Salary of $45,000 per year, with up to four hires possible from this posting.