Admissions Coordinator

Staff - Union

Job Category

CUPE 2950

Job Profile

CUPE 2950 Salaried - Student Info Support 4 (Gr7)

Job Title

Admissions Coordinator

Department

Applicant Services | Undergraduate Admissions | Enrolment Services

Compensation Range

$4,594.00 - $4,827.00 CAD Monthly

Posting End Date

October 20, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

This posting is for 3 vacancies. Please note these are ongoing sessional roles that work full-time contracts for 7.5 months and are then are placed on sessional layoff for the remainder of the year until the next admissions cycle.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Description Summary

Organizational Status

Works as part of the Undergraduate Admissions team, and reports to the Manager of Applicant Services. Regularly liaises with faculty and staff from across campus as well as staff from other units within Enrolment Services, prospective students, applicants, students, and the general public.

Work Performed

Undergraduate Application processing and admission:

- Serves as a member of the Admissions Team and one or more smaller sub-teams within Admissions dedicated to particular applicant groups, with the overall goal of assisting in achieving enrolment goals for the university.
- Establishes sub-team work priorities, business processes and procedures to maximize effectiveness. This is done in collaboration with sub-team coworkers and is under the overall guidance of Admissions management.
- Evaluation: Makes admission decisions for some applicant groups. Consults with Admissions Advisor or member of Admissions management team regarding particularly unusual or sensitive cases.
- Assesses transfer credit.
- Undertakes background research on course offerings at a variety of institutions; this work is undertaken in support of acknowledging and updating when more information is needed to determine what transcripts and other information should be requested from the student and how the work the student has done at another institution compares with UBC s admission requirements. Interprets and applies results of research to particular files or situations.
- Keeps procedures up-to-date and writes new procedures; procedures are stored on a wiki that is used by all Admissions staff
- Searches SISC for previously entered but un-matched transcripts, test scores and other information and, if a match is found, updates applicants SISC files

Document Control:

- Sorts all incoming documentation (transcripts, test results, reference letters, immigration documents, correspondence from departments, recommendations for admission, correspondence from students and prospective students etc.) according to category, priority and document process; uses discretion in identifying incoming documentation that should be fast-tracked or handled outside of normal procedures
- Scans incoming hard-copy documentation, attaches the electronic images to the appropriate applicant files in SISC and routes to appropriate workflow queues
- Maintains accurate and up-to-date statistics of incoming documentation and ensures documents flow through admissions process in a timely way
- Identifies bottlenecks and other issues affecting the smooth and efficient processing of incoming documentation. Advises the Manager of Applicant Services and other Admissions staff and proposes solutions where possible
- Undertakes periodic purging of outdated documents from storage according to established procedures
- Fulfills requests for documentation under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Logs, files and distributes irreplaceable documents
- Files hard-copy documentation as appropriate; high accuracy is critical
- Locates misplaced documentation and, where this is not possible, contacts issuing institutions for replacements
- Sorts outgoing documentation according to urgency, category, and how and where document must be dispatched.

Systems work and data analysis:

- Identifies problems with the SISC, AS, SSC, CRM and other relevant systems and forwards to appropriate staff (e.g., Admissions Business Analyst or Student Systems staff), with relevant documentation including required functionality and possible solutions (where appropriate)
- Undertakes searches and analysis of applicant data according to established procedures and develops new procedures where appropriate

Enquiries:

- Explains evaluation decisions that she or he has made to the affected student and/or his or her parents or allies
- Answers basic questions related to financial awards, housing and students records; refers more complex questions to