Admissions Coordinator I

2 weeks ago


Waterloo, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time

**Date**:Jun 28, 2023

**Location**: Waterloo, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Department**: Enrolment Services

**Job Type**: Limited Term

**Full-time/Part-time**: Full Time (>=1249 hrs/year)

**Campus**: Waterloo

**Reports to**:Assistant Registrar, Admissions

**Employee Group**: WLUSA

**Application Deadline**:July 11, 2023

**Requisition ID**:6433

Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading multi-campus university that excels at educating with purpose. Through its exceptional employees, students, researchers, leaders, and educators, Laurier has built a reputation as a world-class institution known for its rich student experience, academic excellence, and global impact. With a commitment to Indigenization and commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, Laurier’s thriving community has a place for everyone.

Laurier has more than 19,000 students and 2,100 faculty and staff across campuses in Waterloo and Brantford, as well locations in Kitchener and Milton. The university is committed to providing an inclusive workplace, a flexible work policy and employing a workforce that is reflective of local and national demographics. Our locations are situated on the traditional territories of the Neutral, Anishnawbe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. We recognize the unique heritages of Indigenous peoples and support their intentions to preserve and express their distinctive Indigenous cultures, histories, and knowledge through academic programming and co-curricular activities. Laurier’s Centre for Indigegogy is one example of how Laurier honours Indigenous knowledge.

**Position Summary**

At Laurier, we are a community. It’s what brings our students here and what keeps our people here. As an educational institution, we inspire lives of leadership and purpose in our student community. As an employer, we seek, foster and value the same qualities of leadership and purpose in our employee community.

Reporting to the Assistant Registrar, Admissions, the Admissions Coordinator I works as a member of this team to ensure the enrolment management goals of the university at large are met. The Recruitment and Admissions team, as a part of the larger Enrolment Services team, will implement strategic plans to advance the position of Wilfrid Laurier University nationally and internationally as a destination for high caliber students.

This position works with the Senior Admissions Coordinator and is required to oversee and maintain a high standard of selection and is obliged to adjudicate in a consistent and equitable manner. The incumbent plays a key role by ensuring priorities are set and the group meets its deadlines.

This position is very fast paced due to the high volume of requests. As a result the incumbent will be required to process admission files in a very timely and accurate manner, on occasion working with other coordinators.

Recruitment and Admissions is a team-based multi-campus environment and the Admissions Coordinator I is a key contributor to the overall objectives of this department. The incumbent must demonstrate highly developed organizational skills and be able to work well independently with highly confidential and sensitive information. The Coordinator also works with a broad range of internal individuals including current students, staff, faculty, and student employees.

This position has a university-wide mandate and is based at the Waterloo Campus. The incumbent will have regular interpersonal interactions and collaboration with departments at the Waterloo Campus, the Brantford Campus, the Toronto office and external partners. Special attention is given to ensure equitable service delivery across all locations.

This position focuses on admission decisions; customer service, admissions counselling and recruitment; knowledge and training as well as data collection/reporting/committee support.

**Accountabilities**

**Admission Decisions**
- Adjudicates OR presents and prepares special cases to the Admissions Committee for review. In cases of adverse decisions, the incumbent provides to the applicant an explanation and/or recommendation for alternative action;
- Researches, evaluates and applies pertinent criteria of national, international and trans-national educational programs and systems to ensure admission requirements or equivalencies are met;
- With consultation with Admissions Coordinators II, determines when it is appropriate and necessary to deviate from policy; on behalf of the Faculty, acts independently in determining alternative solutions, taking only unusual or difficult cases forward to the Assistant Registrar, Admissions or Admissions Committee;
- Applies knowledge and understanding of Admissions Committee and Senate policy to influence and maintain fair and equitable practices;
- Provides support to Admissions Coordinators.

**Customer service, admissions counselling and recruitment**
- Communicates and elaborates on positive and adverse admission decisions and is resp



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