Job Description: This seasonal position is focused on reading and reviewing undergraduate first-year applications. The reader evaluates information submitted by the applicant including high school transcript, optional standardized test scores, recommendations and/or essays. This is a flexible position and the hours may vary from week-to-week, not to exceed 24 hours/week. This position will begin immediately and run through March or April 2025.
Location: Remote
Responsibilities:
Admissions Application Review:
- The Application Reader will review application materials, read essays and recommendations, and evaluate transcripts and SAT or ACT, if provided.
- The reader will recommend admission decisions, review for special admittance programs and suggest a scholarship rating.
- The App Reader will also be required to enter key data points and the approved decision into Salesforce, the Admissions CRM. Several key performance indicators will be used to evaluate the Application Reader including number of applications read per week.
Marginal Functions:
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Admissions Systems and Programs in Enrollment Management or other senior management, as appropriate.
Qualifications:
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Home computer with secure internet connection
- Experience in secondary or higher education, preferably admissions, required
- Successful completion of a background check
- May not simultaneously work for another higher education institution or in any role advising or counseling students in the college search process
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Communication:
- Able to give clear and timely information to the appropriate stakeholders in compliance with state and federal laws that safeguard personal information.
- Able to professionally communicate via written correspondence, telephone and face to face. Confidentiality is critical.
- Technology:
- Able to use appropriate software for efficient completion of work objectives.
- Demonstrate basic knowledge about Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. Accurate data entry skills
- Cultural Understanding:
- Able to demonstrate respect for and engage with people of diverse backgrounds to create a stronger community.
- Emotional Intelligence:
- Ability to understand how this role fits into the overall goals of the EM office and the University, and how the quality and consistency of individual efforts affect other staff in the unit.
- Able to respond positively to direction and performance-related critiques.
- Able to initiate, establish, and foster communication and teamwork by maintaining a positive, cooperative, productive work atmosphere on campus and when conducting University business off campus.
- Efficiency:
- Able to sufficiently and independently manage time and meet or exceed key performance indicators.
Application Instructions:
- Applications must be submitted online through Arcadia's Human Resources portal to receive full consideration. Please do not email application materials to the hiring manager. Due to the volume of applications received, communication will generally be limited to candidates selected for additional consideration.
- Application review will begin immediately. Posting will be removed from the website once we've established a sufficient talent pool for consideration.
Arcadia University is a top-ranked private University in Greater Philadelphia that provides a values-based educational experience by placing students at the center. The Institute of International Education has ranked Arcadia first nationally in study abroad for 10 of the last 13 years, and the Princeton Review has ranked Arcadia among the "Best in the Northeast" for eight consecutive years. The University's Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant programs are nationally ranked in their respective categories by U.S. News & World Report, which cites Arcadia for being among the top study abroad programs and among the "most innovative," and "best value" colleges. Arcadia promises a distinctively global, integrative, and personal learning experience that prepares students to contribute and lead in a diverse and dynamic world. Through its community of practice and commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) and to combating anti-Black Racism, Arcadia has made facilitating a safe and welcoming environment a priority. Learn more about our vibrant community at www.arcadia.edu.
Our belief and experience is that there is strength in diversity and we are committed to building a welcoming and inclusive environment for students and employees alike. We are a community built on varied experiences and perspectives that benets from open-minded discussion and cultural humility. Guided by our University's values, we are committed to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and we are working towards dismantling anti-Black racism/white supremacy and other forms of interpersonal and systemic discrimination and oppression.
We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our community. The successful candidate will demonstrate examples of ways they will incorporate our values. in their work.
At Arcadia University, our JEDI principles (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) are the foundation of our highly regarded, values-based learning community, which reflects the world in which we want to live. As such, Arcadia actively seeks and welcomes candidates of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Arcadia prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, age, gender identity, military or military veteran status, disability, family medical or genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. All offers of employment are conditional based on the successful completion of a background check. Employment may not begin until the University accepts the results of the background check.
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