Community Relations Coordinator

Community Relations Coordinator

The Community Relations Coordinator is responsible for conducting educational awareness activities promoting education and Southeastern College in their assigned territory. This will include High Schools, Programmatic Partnerships and Events. Community Relations Coordinators will be responsible for identifying those interested in pursuing an education at Southeastern College and connecting them with the campus admissions team. Coordinators must be able to work independently in a results-oriented environment while meeting benchmarks under established guidelines.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities :

• Develop new relationships as well as continue fostering current relationships with area high schools and potential community partners in assigned territory.
• Visit schools and attend activities in assigned territory that provide opportunities to speak with prospective students.
• Register to attend all college fairs in designated territory to meet with prospective students and family members.
• Manage assigned territory independently while attending all area student events and activities to fulfill recruitment expectations. Events will include but not be limited to in-class presentations, college fairs, transfer fairs, field trips, financial aid nights, open house events and / or other area events designed to build student population.
• Generate educated and informed inquiries from high school students and community partners in local territory.
• Conduct concerted outreach to all students expressing interest in college and Southeastern College by phone, email, text messaging etc.
• Assist students in connecting to the college.
• May conduct interviews with prospective students identify with their skills, abilities, motivations and fit for the university helping those who are interested to enroll at the university.
• Manage time efficiently between interest-generating activities with prospective students and follow-up with individual students.
• Prepare weekly reports and submit showing progress toward established metric benchmark expectations.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Required Work Hours :

A minimum of forty (40) hours per week, plus other hours as may be necessary to complete job duties. A combination of day, evening, and weekend hours is required.

Competencies :

Education, Experience And Training :

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university; and one to two years related experience and / or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in consultative / customer services and relationship building.

Computer Skills :

Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)

Physical Demands :

Work Environment :

This position works in an environment with moderate noise level (Examples : business office with computers and printers, light traffic.)

Classification : FLSA : Non-Exempt