What are the responsibilities and job description for the National Recruiter position at Regent University?
Benefits
Regent offers a wide range of generous benefits including health, life and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; tuition incentives; fully vested retirement plans; life and disability insurance options, time off, and more. All regular faculty and staff serving at Regent and working a minimum of 30 hours per week will receive an attractive benefits package.
The National Recruiter will assist the University Recruitment team in coordinating and implementing a comprehensive recruitment strategy to increase enrollment of high school and transfer students at Regent University. Recruiting efforts will primarily occur in the designated geographic recruitment areas and other national regions to increase lead generation, application, and enrollment rates both regionally and nationally.
Essential Duties
Regent offers a wide range of generous benefits including health, life and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; tuition incentives; fully vested retirement plans; life and disability insurance options, time off, and more. All regular faculty and staff serving at Regent and working a minimum of 30 hours per week will receive an attractive benefits package.
The National Recruiter will assist the University Recruitment team in coordinating and implementing a comprehensive recruitment strategy to increase enrollment of high school and transfer students at Regent University. Recruiting efforts will primarily occur in the designated geographic recruitment areas and other national regions to increase lead generation, application, and enrollment rates both regionally and nationally.
Essential Duties
- Serve as a point of contact for all traditional undergraduate (TUG) recruiting and admissions events as a representative of Regent University.
- Actively assist in carrying out recruiting opportunities, including educational and career fairs, local high school visits, homeschool co-op visits, church youth group visits, and local information sessions.
- Address questions and concerns of TUG students and parents throughout all aspects of the admissions process.
- Organize and implement information sessions, make public presentations, and represent all university programs at high school and community college events, including high school student organizations not limited to National Honor Society, JROTC, volunteer service organizations and mission-aligned student groups.
- Analyze regional enrollment and retention trends and make adjustments to individual workflow to ensure goals are attained.
- Travel frequently to regional and national education institutions for the development and maintenance of partnerships, recruiting events, and Regent recruiting events.
- Bachelor’s degree highly desired, but will consider a combination of experience and education
- Must be willing to travel extensively, as regular overnight travel and same day business travel is required
- Must be willing to work flexible hours including evenings and occasional weekends
- Previous sales and/or teaching experience a plus
- Passion to assist all students achieve their goals
- Satisfactory driver history which will be checked annually
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals through numerous communication mediums
- Strong written communication and oral presentation skills
- Christian commitment consistent with University mission
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and be well-organized
- Efficiency in a production-driven environment with the ability to work independently
- Ability to work collaboratively with other colleagues and leaders and to maintain confidentiality
- Commitment to Regent’s core values of Excellence, Innovation, and Integrity