Admissions Advisor

**Admissions Advisor** Status**:Full Time

**Hours**: Monday - Friday, 35 hours/week

**Home Campus**: Fennell

**Payband**: I

**Rate of Pay**:$36.19

**Posting Date**: May 23rd, 2023

**Closing Date**: May 29th, 2023 at 7:00 pm EST

We support and encourage the contributions of our diverse employees. We are committed to nurturing an equitable, diverse and inclusive (EDI) environment for everyone who learns and works at Mohawk College. We believe the rich diversity among our students and the communities we serve should be reflected within our workforce. As educators we believe it is important to act and show leadership in advancing the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion in our community.

Mohawk College is currently recruiting for our next

**Admissions Advisor**

Under the administrative direction of the Manager, Admissions, the incumbent is responsible to co-ordinate admission activities for post-secondary programs with the goal of admitting qualified applicants to meet the college’s established new student enrolment targets.

**Responsibilities**:
The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:
**Facilitate admission activities for specific programs and participate in recruitment events**:

- ** **Evaluate academic background of prospects and applicants, including test scores, secondary school, university, college and foreign transcripts to determine admissibility
- Facilitate and advise prospects and applicants on appropriate and practical solutions to meet admission requirements, time sensitive to admission dates and competitiveness
- Create and manage offers of admission and wait lists to ensure new student enrolment targets are met, and make recommendations where additional enrolment could be achieved.
- Manage wait lists to determine the next qualified applicants are considered when space is available - regular communication with applicants to ensure wait lists are current and continue to have potential
- Communicate with prospects and applicants - recommend realistic goals in terms of getting into their program of choice, advising on program content
- Act as a resource to academic departments, advising on applicant trends and new or revised system procedures
- Review applicant data and follow-up with applicants who do not confirm with Mohawk College or make a fee commitment and providing information to assist them in making the decision to attend Mohawk
- Facilitate and support student success by providing pathways information to students bridging from post-secondary to graduate programs at Mohawk and university completion opportunities
- Evaluate and maintain accurate applicant records to support strategic enrolment decisions

**Applicant Recruitment**:

- ** **Provides information and advice to all applicants on program options and assist in determining the most appropriate programs available at Mohawk. As well, provides information on services available to assist applicants in determining program interest at Mohawk best suited to meet the applicant’s educational objective.
- Provides additional information on services to applicants with accommodation. Once confirmed the applicant has access to Accessible Learning Services. During the enquiry stage, the incumbent bridges the gap.

**Non-qualified applicants may be assessed as mature students and write tests in English and Mathematics for the majority of our diploma programs. The incumbent will determine admissibility by**:

- ** **Evaluating the applicants academic background and determining the appropriate tests required to satisfy admission requirements for their programs of choice
- Support the referral of the mature applicant test, actively communicate with the prospective student and review and assess results
- Advising the applicant of solutions that best fit the applicant’s personal circumstances and timeframe

**Post Graduate Certificate Programs**:

- ** **Assess the academic background of post graduate applicants manually to determine the applicant’s eligibility
- The incumbent co-ordinates a detailed manual admission process for these programs which is particular and complex. They can involve tracking external certifications or applicants that are foreign trained professionals. The analysis of their documentation requires more research and interpretation. Admissions decisions may be referred to the Academic School for support.

**Maintain accurate applicant records and evaluate applicant status by**:

- ** **Determining the ranking order of eligible applicants by calculating and posting GPA’s, test scores, upgraded marks and other selection criteria marks for oversubscribed programs
- Override the automated admission process to move applicants/waitlisted applicants into an offer status
- Generating admission reports to follow-up on various categories of applicants
- Monitor admission data/reports for the purpose of meeting enrolment targets and identifying applicant trends

**Process program withdrawa