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University of Vermont

Admissions Counselor

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Burlington, VT

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $50K - $52K

💻 Enrollment

🗓️ December 16th, 2025

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The University of Vermont is hiring an Admissions Counselor. This role requires managing a geographic recruitment territory to attract academically qualified and diverse students, conducting presentations, visiting high schools, attending college fairs, and making admissions decisions while regularly communicating with prospective students and parents.

Highlights
  • Serve as admissions counselor aligned with university enrollment targets and admission office objectives
  • Manage a specific geographic recruitment area to support student recruitment efforts
  • Conduct group presentations, visit high schools, attend college fairs, and represent the university on and off campus
  • Communicate regularly with prospective students and their families
  • Review student applications and make admissions decisions
  • Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and familiarity with relational student databases required
  • Bachelor’s degree and 1-2 years of admissions experience required; multicultural competency and commitment to diversity essential
  • Ability to travel outside Vermont and valid driver’s license required
  • Proficiency in a second language, preferably Spanish or Mandarin, is desirable
  • Salary range of $50,000-$52,000 with eligibility for a hybrid work schedule and occasional evening/weekend work

Admissions Counselor Full Description

Admissions Counselor

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Position Details
Position Details
Advertising/Posting Title Admissions Counselor
Posting Summary
Serve as admissions counselor within the framework of the University’s enrollment targets and consistent with the mission and annual objectives of the admissions office. Oversee a geographic recruitment territory and conduct activities to support the recruitment of academically qualified and diverse students. Conduct large and small group presentations, visit high schools, attend college fairs, and represent the University of Vermont on and off campus. Communicate regularly with prospective students and parents. Review applications and make admissions decisions. 
Minimum Qualifications (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Bachelor’s degree and one to two years’ admissions experience required. Demonstrated multicultural competency and a commitment to recruit a diverse student population required. Effective communication skill, both oral and written, required. Basic computing skills (word processing, spreadsheet, database, and familiarity with relational student databases) required. Ability to travel outside Vermont required. A valid driver’s license is required.

Desirable Qualifications
Proficiency in a second language, preferably Spanish or Mandarin.

Anticipated Pay Range  $50,000-$52,000
Other Information
This position is campus-based with potential for hybrid environment at specified times of year.
Special Conditions A probationary period may be required, Occasional evening and/or weekends required (if non-exempt position, may result in overtime), This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with an option to split time between campus and elsewhere, in accordance with the university telecommuting policy, Background Check required for this position
FLSA Exempt
Union Position Yes, UVMSU
Posting Details

Position will be posted for a minimum of one week, after which it is subject to removal without notice.

Job Location Burlington, Vermont, United States
Job Open Date 12/15/2025
Job Close Date (Jobs close at 11:59 PM EST.)
Open Until Filled Yes
Our Common Ground Statement

The University of Vermont is a welcoming, educationally purposeful community committed to creating an inclusive environment that embraces intellectual diversity and global perspectives. We seek to prepare students to be accountable leaders who will bring to their work a grasp of complexity, effective problem-solving and communication skills, and an enduring commitment to learning and ethical conduct. Members of the University of Vermont community embrace and advance the values of Our Common Ground: Respect, Integrity, Innovation, Openness, Justice, and Responsibility. Staff play a critical role in this effort and the successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to UVM’s mission and advancing Our Common Ground values through the execution of their job duties.

Position Information
Position Title Admissions & Enrollment PC1 X
Posting Number S5864PO
Department Admissions/30200
Position Number 00023036
Percent of Full-Time 1.00
Standard Hours at 1.0 FTE 37.5
Term (months per year) 12
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