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Admissions Officer, Office of Admissions
Required Position
Full-Time Appointment
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Manager. Office of Admissions, the successful candidate will:
- Evaluate, verify, admit, and refuse all domestic and international Graduate applications: read and interpret global education systems and grading schemes compared to the Ontario education system
- Support with the evaluation of applications for the admission of all domestic and international undergraduate, full-time and part-time students to the University, and its Collaborative partners;
- Determine course equivalences for course work completed at other post-secondary institutions; both domestic and international ;
- Assist in the review and development of admissions policies for the University;
- Counsel students on the availability of academic programs and their admissibility to them;
- Respond to correspondence from students, staff and faculty ;
- Prepare various reports in Colleague and Business Objects;
- Participate in functions associated with convocation ceremonies;
- Represent the University and make presentations at information sessions; and
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree ( four (4) years) in in Business Management, Education or communication studies or in a relevant field ;
- Three (3) to four (4) years of experience counseling students on the availability of the academic programs and their admission requirements;
- Clear understanding of the admissions functions in Colleague, Fusion, and Business Object;
- Extensive knowledge of the University's policies and procedures, in particular, those in the Registrar’s Office ;
- Have a clear understanding of the processing and evaluation of domestic, Undergraduate transfer students and the resources available to support this group ;
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills;
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel, Google Workspace;
- Experience using data management systems, creating and manipulating spreadsheets
- Excellent interpersonal, cross-cultural, organizational, customer service and problem-solving skills;
- Extremely good organizational ability and ability to prioritize a diverse workload required;
- Ability to handle large quantity of work under pressure and to meet deadlines;
- Demonstrated ability with fast and accurate data entry; ability to exercise judgment, accuracy and attention to detail;
- Adaptability to new practices and procedures quickly and accurately;
- Expertise in working with confidential information and to ensure privacy of student information is maintained at all times;
- Familiarity with the university’s student information systems or with a comparable system; and
- Verbal and written competency in both official languages (French and English) is required.
The official University hours of operation shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, during, and including, the months from September to April, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m Monday through Friday during and including May to August., amounting to thirty-three and three-quarter (33.75) hours per week.
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