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- Provide training as required to Admissions staff and Recruitment staff (and other stakeholders where required) regarding admission policies and best practices.
- Provide efficient and timely service to applicants and university stakeholders.
- Ensure that updated and complete information is available online for potential students to allow them to prescreen their application.
- Perform transfer credit evaluations for undergraduate applicants, outgoing exchange students and other units when/if needed according to best practices.
- Work closely with others in Recruitment, Admissions, the Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Division, and university stakeholders to ensure successful transition from applicant to registered student.
- Develop a strong relationship with academic departments of the University, the University Language Centre, the International Student & Study Abroad Centre, the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, non-direct entry colleges, and other external partners.
- Other duties as required.
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Admissions Officer - Saskatoon, Canada - University of Saskatchewan
Description
Admissions Officer
Admissions and Transfer Credit facilitates the admission of Canadian and international students to direct entry programs (and others) by interpreting and setting admission and transfer credit policy and procedures, by evaluating the credentials of applications and rendering admissions decisions and by evaluating and assessing transfer credit. The unit also works with non-direct entry programs to provide admission and international credentialing advice.
Primary Purpose: To be part of a team that evaluates education qualifications, credentials, and transcripts for program admissibility for applicants applying to programs administered through the Admissions and Transfer Credit Office. The position may also (or instead of) perform transfer credit evaluations for applicants at the undergraduate level.
Nature of Work: Reporting to the Director and the Coordinator of Admissions and Transfer Credit, Teaching, Learning and Student Experience (TLSE), you will assess the credentials of domestic and international student applicants and/or perform transfer credit evaluations, contribute to developing, updating and maintaining appropriate tools for units to effectively and consistently evaluate domestic and international credentials; follow standard operating procedures for international and domestic credential assessment; monitor credential-evaluation decisions for consistency and accuracy; and contribute to excellent prospective student service.
Typical Duties or Accountabilities: Work in collaboration with admissions officers and admission assistants as part of a credential evaluation team, to evaluate secondary and post-secondary credentials for programs administered through the Admissions and Transfer Credit Office and determine admission decisions and/or to perform transfer credit evaluations for undergraduate applicants according to best practices.
Education: Completion of post-secondary education strongly preferred, but a combination of education and direct experience will be considered.
Experience: Candidate must demonstrate expertise in credential evaluation, and knowledge of best practices in credential evaluation. At least two years of experience in evaluating international or domestic credentials and calculating averages for admission in a post-secondary institution is strongly preferred. Demonstrated ability to work efficiently in a high volume office and work effectively with people from diverse communities, cultures and perspectives.
Skills: Strong analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills required; strong student service focus; contribute to a positive, diverse and inclusive work and learning environment, able to engage stakeholders and build consensus; demonstrated capacity for facilitating and managing change; proven aptitude to develop and evaluate administrative tools and procedures; able to work independently and also thrive as an integral part of a cross-unit team; full computer literacy required; some programming/database development experience an advantage.
