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Arizona State University

Student Recruitment Specialist

🇺🇸 Tempe, AZ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $44K

💻 Enrollment

🗓️ November 21st, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Arizona State University is hiring a Student Recruitment Specialist. The role involves actively supporting recruiting initiatives for Barrett, The Honors College by giving presentations, mentoring student ambassadors, coordinating on-campus visits, and handling various administrative and promotional tasks to attract high-achieving students.

Highlights
  • Deliver in-person and virtual presentations about Barrett to prospective students, families, and counselors.
  • Mentor and advise the Honors Devils student tour guide ambassador group.
  • Travel across Arizona to engage with prospective students and school counselors.
  • Manage a high volume of inquiries via phone and email from prospective students and their families.
  • Coordinate on-campus visit experiences and provide occasional walking tours of the Barrett residential community.
  • Perform administrative tasks including data entry, database updates, and mass email communications using Microsoft Office and Google Sheets.
  • Develop and assist with recruitment advertising materials such as flyers and digital resources.
  • Collaborate with other ASU departments to support overall recruitment efforts.
  • Require Associate's degree plus one year of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and training.
  • Desired qualifications include a bachelor's degree, public speaking skills, customer service experience, recruitment or working with school-age children, and knowledge of Barrett Honors College.
  • Salary is $44,000 annually with benefits including healthcare, retirement, and tuition reduction.
  • Work hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, with some nights and weekends required.

Student Recruitment Specialist Full Description

Job Profile:

Outreach/Recruitment Coordinator 1

Job Family:

Student Recruitment and Admission

Time Type:

Full time

Max Pay - Depends on experience:

$44,000.00 USD Annual

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate's degree and one (1) year of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Description:

Barrett, The Honors College at the Tempe campus is seeking an energetic, outgoing individual to work in a team environment that is committed to the recruitment of high-achieving students. This position will report to the Student Recruitment Coordinator, Senior for Barrett and will support recruiting initiatives and objectives related to the unique honors college experience. The typical schedule for this job is Monday - Friday 8a-5p, with some nights and weekends.

Essential Duties:

  • Give in-person and virtual presentations about the Barrett experience to prospective high school students, their families, and school counselors.

  • Serve as mentor and advisor for Honors Devils, Barrett's student tour guide ambassador group in the Recruiting Office.

  • Travel to schools across Arizona to meet with prospective students and their counselors.

  • Respond to a high volume of phone calls and emails from prospective Barrett students, their families, and school counselors.

  • Coordinate on-campus visit experiences for prospective students.

  • Support administrative needs such as data entry, updating databases and mass emails using common computer systems (Microsoft Office/Google sheets, etc.).

  • Develop or assist in the development and production of program advertising, promotional flyers, digital resources, and related recruitment initiatives.

  • Give occasional walking tours of the Barrett residential community.

  • Collaborate with other ASU departments to support ASU and Barrett recruitment efforts

  • Participate in special projects with staff as directed.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Evidence of a bachelor's degree.

  • Evidence of professional public speaking and effective written communication skills.

  • Experience in managing various projects/events at once.

  • Experience in customer service.

  • Experience with recruiting students or working with school-age children.

  • Demonstrated knowledge of Barrett, The Honors College.

  • Experience working in an institution of higher education (honors college/program experience preferred

Hours: 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday (some nights and weekends required).

Salary: $44,000.00

All applicants must include a cover letter and resume to be considered.

Working Environment:

  • Activities are primarily performed in a regular, climate-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking. Some outdoor events occur throughout the year.

  • Visual acuity and manual dexterity associated with daily use of desktop computer; bending, stooping, reaching and lifting up to 50 pounds.

  • Ability to clearly communicate verbally in English, read, write, see, and hear to perform essential duties.

  • Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

  • Hours: 8 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday (some nights and weekends required).

Department Statement:

Barrett, The Honors College: Established in 1988, Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University is a selective four-year residential college offering innovative honors courses, study abroad, research opportunities, and merit scholarships to high-achieving and highly-engaged undergraduates at all four ASU campuses. Barrett has more than 7,000 students at the Tempe, Downtown, Polytechnic and West campuses of ASU. Barrett students benefit from the vast resources and numerous opportunities at ASU, one of the nation's largest and most innovative universities, located in the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. 

Barrett Honors College has received many accolades, including being called "the gold standard" among honors college in the nation by the New York Times and "Best Honors College" in the United States by Reader's Digest. USA Today named ASU one of the 100 Best Value Colleges and cited Barrett as "outstanding." The 2021 Fiske Guide to Colleges cites Barrett Honors College as one reason why Arizona State University is among the top 10 "Best Buy" public schools in the United States. Specifically, the guide spotlights the "ambitious honors projects" at Barrett Honors College.  For more information, please visit our website at: http://barretthonors.asu.edu/home/

Employees of Barrett have the opportunity to help further the mission of serving high achieving students.  We have a spirit of going above and beyond.  If you are looking for a position that is student centric along with a desire to make a difference, we would encourage you to join our team. 

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits, healthcare, retirement, tuition reduction program (eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse), financial security, discounts, family resources and more. Explore ASU's benefits options and degree program offerings.

Estimate the value of your total compensation: https://cfo.asu.edu/compensation-estimator.

The ASU Community has demonstrated it can adapt and respond quickly to change — even during a pandemic — from different learning modes to remote work to ensure students and university employees can thrive.  Though we may deliver support services virtually, in-person or both, we consider the primary worksite an ASU campus or location and we prioritize in-person presence in our community to fulfill our charter.  We also understand flexible work arrangements can offer benefits for employers and employees such as retention, sustainability and work-life balance.  Where ASU policy and the nature of the work permits, we support opportunities for remote work, flex time, or similar arrangements.    

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States; ASU/Barrett, The Honors College will not be a sponsor for this position. For additional information please see:
https://www.uscis.gov/i-9

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Campus: Tempe

Funding:

No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply:

Current Employees and Students should apply directly within Workdayusing the Jobs Hub. Use this link and log in using SSO:

https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$15252.htmld

To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

  • Cover letter
  • Resume/CV

Note: Multiple documents can be submitted into the attachment box. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position. Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position. NOTE: GA and Intern positions are counted as .5 for job experience (ie. 1 year equals 6 months experience equivalency). Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

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ASU Statement:

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

ASU is a tobacco-free university. For details visit https://wellness.asu.edu/explore-wellness/body/alcohol-and-drugs/tobacco

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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Employment Verification Statement:

ASU conducts pre-employment screening which may include verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications.

Background Check Statement:

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.

Fingerprint Check Statement:

A fingerprint check is not required for this position.