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Admission officer

Vacancy for: Student Affairs Department

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Job Description:

• Receive new applicants and provide information about admission application procedures.
• Accepting and filtering student applications.
• Handles Admission test sessions.
• Advises applicants with academic and procedural requirements for successful admission application.
• Assessing applications according to our eligibility criteria,
• Updates applicants’ data in admission databases and Contributes to the institutional database of prospective/potential and current students in the state.
• Pre-screen final high school certificates for applicants.
• Evaluate students' high school certificates to decide the eligibility of applicants for the desired study program and decide on the tuition category.
• Responsible for the reception area during admission peak time.
• Providing consultations with prospective students when requested.
• Referring prospective students to specific program directors for additional information (when needed).
• Advises students and families regarding educational opportunities and options, admission and other requirements, policies and procedures, transfer of credit, and financial assistance, as appropriate.
• Communicate with applicants about their application status, including acceptance/rejection.
• Responsible for transfer admission, coordinating academic equivalency, and academic advising to transfer applicants.
• Referring accepted students to scholarship and bursary information as applicable.
• Follows up newly accepted applicants’ completion of documents for a successful admission application.
• Visits schools and colleges speaks to groups and individual students and holds Presentations to school students to familiarize them with admission and procedural requirements.
• Prepares reports and proposals and responds to inquiries from students and external agencies.

Job Requirements:

• The primary teaching language at high school is English - A must
• Attainment of University/College Degree - A must
• Experience Needed: 1 To 3 Years
• Strong background in the educational/customer service field - preferable.
• Good command of the English Language.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Knowledge of the broad spectrum of available university academic units, curricula, and programs.
• Ability to evaluate student transcripts and/or records.
• Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
• Knowledge of university admissions policies, standards, and procedures.
• Excellent MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• A hard worker that is capable of multitasking and dealing with work under pressure.
• Effective administrative skills, including the ability to organize and prioritize own workload to meet tight deadlines, whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy.

Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. For best consideration, submit applications by < 15th of June 2024 >