Senior Admissions Officer

CollegeAdvisor.com was founded in 2019 to assist students of all backgrounds in achieving their college admissions goals. The platform matches students and families with a dedicated college advisor from CollegeAdvisor’s network of 400+ admissions officers and admissions experts, who help the family craft their application strategy, build their college list, edit and review application essays, prepare for interviews, and bolster their extracurricular profile. U.S. News CollegeAdvisor’s (USNCA) mission is to empower students of all backgrounds to achieve their college dreams. We live that mission out through our focus on great value at great price. Our students are a diverse and high-achieving group, typically amongst the top 30% in their high school class and targeting highly selective universities in the United States (Top 100.) We also have a thriving CollegeAdvisor.com Scholars Program, which completely funds the cost of our program in the form of a scholarship for highly exceptional, low-income students. You can learn more at https://www.CollegeAdvisor.com/

Your role in helping us shape the future:

USNCA empowers everyone to thrive. In this position you will have the opportunity to leverage your strengths and skills to leverage your strengths and skills to help build and expand the USNCA college advising business.

The Senior Admissions Officer demonstrates a high level of admissions expertise, world-class customer service, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills for our highest-level advising packages. This position manages all forms of day-to-day inquiries from assigned  premium members, including all aspects of the admissions process beginning as early as freshman year in high school. The Senior Admissions Officer uses his/her excellent communication & problem-solving skills to resolve common roadblocks that our clients may encounter, to help steer them towards success with their applications process, while remaining committed to helping to meet company revenue goals.

 Are you up to the challenge?

Our ideal candidate is dedicated, detail-oriented, curious, efficient, and a team player. As part of the job you will:

• Be a helpful guide from the beginning of a student/parent’s journey with CollegeAdvisor.com, providing value and resources to every family assigned to your caseload.
• Connect with families and students on a regular cadence based on our Milestone Model.  Engage with teammates to provide coordinated services at specific Milestones.
• Assess each step of the admissions process and provide constructive feedback to the student on extracurricular development, college list, application strategy, personal application narrative development and the logistics of completing each application on time and with the strongest presentation possible.
• Manage student contact through various platforms, tracking all activity in our portal system as well as keeping the families updated on progress of their student.

You should definitely have:

• BA or BS (Masters or PhD, preferred)
• 5+ Years in Undergraduate Admissions making direct decision on incoming applications
• Admissions experience from a Top-20 ranked* institution (*U.S. News College Rankings)
• Knowledge of application process at Ivy League and other Top 30 Institutions
• Outgoing personality with great energy and an excellent phone/Zoom presence
• Strong collaboration and people skills to interact with staff, colleagues, and customers
• Goal-oriented with a desire to succeed
• Ability to work with digital technology such as Google Suite and video chat tools (e.g. Zoom) to effectively support students in the college counseling process.
• Membership to at least one major College Counseling certification group such as NACAC, IECA, or another Bachelor’s degree.