Job description
Job Summary:
The Admissions Specialist provides immediate assistance to the Manager of Admissions & Enrollment and performs administrative and office support duties for Admissions & Enrollment. This role provides information to current and prospective students, faculty, staff, and educational partners and other stakeholders regarding admissions, advising, registration, special populations, testing, and student activities. The position is responsible for processing transcripts, admissions documents, and assists with maintaining academic records. This is a
non-exempt position.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Greet and assist visitors; directing them to appropriate locations as needed
- Answer telephone calls in a professional manner at all times
- Provide admissions and registration information for current and prospective LIT students
- Create documents and spreadsheets on prospective and incoming student populations
- File, fax and scan admission documents and records
- Process requests for LIT information
- Collect and route admission documents and transcripts
- Maintain and distribute student records
- Provide registration information, transcripts, etc. for students, faculty, and staff
- Maintain general department email
- Interpret information to determine proper classification and placement of data.
- Process admissions applications from electronic sources.
- Enter information from high school and college transcripts.
- Enter test scores including but not limited to SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, TSI, TAKS and STAAR.
- Cross train and learn various aspects of Student Services as needed.
Physical Requirements:
This position requires the ability to: remain in a stationary position for most of the time; occasionally move about inside an office to access documents, office equipment, etc.; constantly operate a computer or other office equipment, such as a printer or copy machine.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Knowledge of interpretation and evaluation of university catalogs.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, and students.
- Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing.
- Eligible to become a Texas Notary Public within six months of employment.
- Ability to work with a diverse student population.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree preferred
- Proficient knowledge and experience using Banner, Axiom, and Xtender.
Lamar Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including and as it pertains to pregnancy and wages), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, and/or retaliation.
Notice of Availability of the Annual Security Report
The Annual Security Report
is available online
here. This report contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the Institute will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in non-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the Institute or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. If you would like to receive a paper copy of the Annual Security Report, you can stop by Lamar Institute of Technology, Eagles Nest, Room 128, at 855 East Lavaca, Beaumont, TX, 77705, or you can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling 409-247-4383 or emailing bmckay1@lit.edu
Security Sensitive Statement
This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information.
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