Recruitment Specialist

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hiring a Recruitment Specialist. The role focuses on supporting high achieving student recruitment by hosting events, analyzing data for recruitment strategies, and serving as a liaison to various honors and specialized programs. This position involves direct interaction with students and families, delivering presentations, managing inquiries, and contributing to recruitment and admissions projects.

Highlights

Support recruitment of high achieving applicants through events, high school visits, and college fairs
Analyze data and manage technology to meet recruitment goals
Collaborate with campus programs such as University Honors Program, Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, and Nebraska Business Honors Academy
Interact with prospective students and families via in-person, phone, email, and approved SMS
Deliver both individual and group presentations about admissions and university policies
Interpret admission, financial aid, and university policies to the public
Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, communication and organizational skills, public speaking, Microsoft Office proficiency, valid driver’s license, and time management capabilities
Preferred experience in high ability recruitment, student information systems, campus involvement, recruitment ambassador roles, customer service, and data analysis
Position requires night and weekend hours and includes a minimum salary of $43,888 per year
Criminal background check and pre-placement driving record review required

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Position Information

Working Title	Recruitment Specialist
Department	Admissions-0959
Requisition Number	S_260127
Posting Open Date	02/20/2026
Application Review Date: (To ensure consideration, please submit all application materials before review date)	03/24/2026
Posting Close Date
Open Until Filled	Yes
Description of Work	A recruitment specialist is a critical role focused on helping students, families, and supporters navigate the path to college. The position will support high achieving recruitment by hosting high achieving applicants at on and off-campus events, at high school visits and college fairs. The responsibilities of this position include analyzing available data to determine appropriate management and utilization of technology decisions to achieve recruitment goals. It requires knowledge of high ability recruitment efforts and will serve as the connection point for high achieving programs across campus such as the University Honors Program, Jeffrey S Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, and the Nebraska Business Honors Academy. This role will interact with students and families in person, over the phone, and via email, or approved SMS messaging and deliver individual and group presentations. The position contributes to additional projects connected to recruitment and admissions and is responsible for interpreting admission, financial aid, and university policy to the general public. All Office of Admissions staff for prospective students and answer student inquires via phone, email, or in person. Night and weekend hours are required. As an EO/AA employer, the University of Nebraska considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. See *https://equity.unl.edu/notice-nondiscrimination/*.
Minimum Required Qualifications	Bachelor’s degree required. Must have excellent communication and organizational skills, public speaking experience, ability to work independently, demonstrated ability to think inclusively about interactions and programs. Ability to relate to people of all age groups, academic abilities and cultures. Experience with Microsoft Office software. Ability to manage one’s time and work on multiple projects at once. Must have presentation skills. Written communication skills. Ability to learn new technologies. Must have a valid driver’s license and meet University driver eligibility requirements.
Preferred Qualifications	Experience with high ability recruitment. Experience with student information systems. Extensive campus or community involvement. Experience working as a student recruitment ambassador or tour guide. Experience in customer service. Experience using data to analyze happenings and to make recommendations for future work. Ability analyzing data
Pre-Placement Driving Record Review Required	Yes
Physical Required	No
Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) required. Subject to DOT approved pre-employment & random testing for alcohol and controlled substances.	No
Criminal History Background Check Required	Yes
Posted Salary	$43,888/yr minimum
How to Apply	Click on “Apply for this Job”. You will then either create an application or edit your current application that is on file. You will be required to attach your resume, cover letter and list of professional references as three (3) separate documents in MS Word or PDF format.
For questions or accommodations related to this position contact	Sandy Airan, sairan2@unl.edu
Job Category (old)	Managerial/Professional
Job Type	Full-Time
Alternate Work Schedule (if other than 8-5)
Work Location (City, State)	Lincoln, NE
Position funded by grant or other form of temporary funding?	No
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