Student Recruiter

**Department** Office of the Registrar - Student Recruitment Ctr of Expertise, CLG of Social Sciences & Humanities

**Salary range** $54,977.40 to $74,669.16

**Hours per week** 35

**Grade** 8

**Posted date** July 25, 2025

**Closing date** August 4, 2025

**Position Type** Full Time - Operating Funded

**Description**:
This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).

This competition will be used to hire 2 positions, one for the **College of Social Sciences and Humanities** and one for the **College of Natural and Applied Sciences.**

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package.

**Location -** This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.

**Working at the University of Alberta**
- The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community._

The University of Alberta is a community of knowledge seekers, change makers and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to over 14,000 faculty and staff, more than 40,000 students and a growing community of 300,000 alumni worldwide.

Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross-section of people — from our students and community members, to our renowned researchers and innovators, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger and more just. **Learn more**.**

**Working for** **Student Recruitment**

The Student Recruitment unit within the Office of the Registrar specializes in the recruitment of domestic undergraduate students to the University of Alberta and is a diverse, high-energy team that plays a critical part in a student’s undergraduate journey.

**Position**

The hours of work for this position will be varied, including a requirement to work evenings and weekends. This position requires overtime, possible travel within Canada, and occasional evening and weekend work.

Reporting directly to the Student Recruitment Service Partner, the Student Recruiter position will work as part of a dedicated action team that will support all undergraduate student recruitment activities within the **College of Social Sciences and Humanities**(_which includes Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Alberta School of Business_) and the **College of Natural and Applied Sciences** (_which includes the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, and the Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences_). As an important team member within Student Recruitment in the Office of the Registrar, the Student Recruiter position at the College-level is responsible for the dissemination of information and effective promotion of the University of Alberta to prospective high school and post-secondary transfer students across Canada.

This exciting and diverse position is also responsible for event planning, preparing and delivering presentations, answering prospective student and applicant inquiries, organizing and executing administrative recruitment details, and researching recruitment trends as required to recruit exceptional prospective students to the faculties within the College of Social Sciences & Humanities and College of Natural and Applied Sciences, as well as to the broader university. This position will require occasional travel within Edmonton, Alberta and Canada, targeting select high schools, colleges/post-secondary institutions, and special events to recruit prospective students via presentations and one on one interactions, including driving a U of A fleet vehicle to local and rural Alberta recruitment events. In addition, recruiting and connecting with prospective students using virtual platforms will be required.

**Duties**
- Targets select high schools and special events to recruit prospective students via engaging presentations, booth fairs and one-on-one advising.
- Provides on-campus and virtual advising to prospective students, parents, and guests in both 1:1 and group settings.
- Promotes the University of Alberta at various recruitment events and cultivates relationships with prospective high school students and their parents, including extensive public speaking.
- Works closely with all positions within the College recruitment action team, as well as Student Recruitment, to address the strategic needs of the faculties within the College, as well as the university.
- Develops, grows and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders, such as high school counsellors, on behalf of the College.
- Responds to student, parent/supporter, and counsellor inquiries.
- Engages audiences in an age appropriate, culturally aware, and inclusive manner.
- Plans and executes College and faculty-specific special events, including Open House, Registration Workshops, Information Sessio