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Transfer Admissions Specialist

Posted: 6/6/2022


OC Mission and Purpose:

Oklahoma Christian University is a diverse community of scholars and learners all committed in service to a common mission to “transform lives for Christian faith, scholarship, and service.” OC is committed to hiring employees who are actively engaged in a life of Christian discipleship as we strive to create an employment culture that encourages faculty and staff to lean into the university’s Christian mission with an emphasis on authenticity and unity, not uniformity. Though dependent on God’s and each other’s grace, we aspire to professional and personal standards reflective of Christ’s example and adherent to principles drawn from Holy Scripture. To assist our individual and collective accountability to these standards, university employees enter a Covenant of prescriptive conduct and assent to a Statement of Commitment that identifies defining core beliefs. We encourage you to explore what we believe to determine if our mission is your calling.

As a Christ-centered university, Oklahoma Christian values diversity as an essential dimension of God's design for human communities. In seeking to become more inclusive and fully representative of God’s broad array of human creation, we especially encourage applications from women and candidates from racial and ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented on our faculty and staff.

Position: This position reports to the Director of Admissions and is responsible for a variety of enrollment tasks related to the marketing, recruiting, and application processing of transfer students.

Primary Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree a plus.
  • A minimum of two years related work experience in higher education, admissions, financial aid, marketing, sales, customer service, or recruitment is desired.
  • Demonstrated commitment to diversity and ability to communicate and positively engage students and colleagues across racial, gender, and cultural barriers.
  • A successful candidate must be an active member of a local Church.
  • Good communications skills, including the ability to write and speak well in a variety of situations/venues and to effectively use social media.  Reliable vehicle and valid driver’s license.

Essential Functions:

  • Successfully market Oklahoma Christian University to prospective students and families.
  • Consistently exceed weekly contact and activity goals in an effort to meet monthly, quarterly, and annual goals for applications, admitted students, and enrolled students.
  • Maintain and appropriately document consistent and regular communication with prospective students and parents throughout the admissions process via email, phone call, face-to-face conversation, text message, social media, and other outlets as appropriate.
  • Establish positive, lasting relationships with prospective students, parents, church leaders, alumni, and guidance counselors to promote Oklahoma Christian University to prospective transfer students.
  • Represent Oklahoma Christian University at college fairs, school visits, and youth events.
  • Make individual visits to churches and community colleges throughout the year.
  • Arrange and conduct individual meetings with prospective students and parents.
  • Help organize group information sessions for prospective students, parents, youth ministers, and guidance counselors.
  • Encourage prospective students and parents to visit campus and coordinate with campus visit staff to ensure the success of each visit.
  • In cooperation with the Office of Alumni Relations, help mobilize alumni to support the university’s recruitment efforts specific to transfer students.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

  • Familiarity with and knowledge of Oklahoma Christian University.
  • Excellent oral and written communication, organizational, and time management skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with different personality types and competing agendas.
  • Ability to work independently with little to no supervision; must be self-motivated and a self-starter.
  • Intellectual creativity, independent judgment, and impeccable integrity.
  • Strong identification with and support of Oklahoma Christian University's goals and mission.
  • The ability and instinctive response to put the University's interests ahead of personal interests.
  • Calm and assured under pressure.
  • Genuine love for all people without discrimination.
  • Circumspect with sensitive information.
  • Desire to make a difference, not just to earn a living.  Good team player.

Work Conditions:

  • Work is primarily indoors but may require the incumbent to be in an outdoor environment when traveling, during recruitment events, and/or campus visits.
  • Standard office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Attendance at evening and weekend events is required.  Extensive travel is required year-round.

Salary and Benefits:

  • Salary and rank commensurate with experience and qualifications
  • Standard University benefits package
  • Health insurance premium support
  • Retirement plan: 403(b) matching contribution
  • Tuition discount and other staff benefits

Oklahoma Christian University is a private liberal arts university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The University complies with all laws regarding race, color, age, sex, national origin, marital status, military service, and disability. As a religious educational institution, the University is permitted by law to consider religious beliefs and practices in making employment decisions and the University does so to achieve its mission.

Oklahoma Christian University is looking for employees who are willing to express the “The Second Mile Serving One Another” goal of the University, to demonstrate a personal faith in Jesus Christ, to be actively involved in a local congregation, and to support the Christian mission of the University.