Admissions Specialist Iii (S04567P)

Job Summary

To provide advanced-level admissions records processing by skillful examination and evaluation of student academic records to determine admission eligibility and transferable course credits. Responsible for determining an applicant’s eligibility and/or transferable credit through examination of transcripts and correspondence. Perform work in ways that contribute to the university’s successful achievement of enrollment goals. Foster a positive working environment that honors the UTA Principles of Community and leads to healthy levels of productivity and contributes to UTA being increasingly known as a great place to work.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Interprets department policies; recommends changes to policies and/or procedures; assists with updates to procedures documentation and training materials.
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Assist with the management of the team’s workflow for admission decision processing, including but not limited to the review and oversight of the Perceptive Content imaging system.
• This entails queue management and workflow audit for correction or troubleshooting.
• Confers with students and their parents concerning eligibility.
• Corresponds with officials of high schools and institutions of higher education concerning course credit and content comparability.
• Reads and evaluates transcripts from high schools, colleges and universities; compares course credits to be transferred to those required by or given at UTA .
• Verify data in the GPA system to confirm accurate grade point averages on transcripts.
• Cross-trains staff to perform other admissions-related processes.
• Ensure that coursework is captured in the Perceptive imaging system and uploads to Student Information System (MyMav).
• Management of coursework data in regard to the course level transcript evaluation.

Required Qualifications

• Associate’s degree and minimum of three (3) years of experience in a position requiring attention to detail and processing accuracy OR equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extreme accuracy in the maintenance of academic records.
• Previous experience in admissions in higher education.
• Skill of attention to detail.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Interprets department policies; recommends changes to policies and/or procedures; assists with updates to procedures documentation and training materials.
• Confers with students and their parents concerning eligibility.
• This entails queue management and workflow audit for correction or troubleshooting.
• Ensure that coursework is captured in the Perceptive imaging system and uploads to Student Information System (MyMav).
• Cross-trains staff to perform other admissions-related processes.
• Corresponds with officials of high schools and institutions of higher education concerning course credit and content comparability.
• Verify data in the GPA system to confirm accurate grade point averages on transcripts.
• Assist with the management of the team’s workflow for admission decision processing, including but not limited to the review and oversight of the Perceptive Content imaging system.
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Reads and evaluates transcripts from high schools, colleges and universities; compares course credits to be transferred to those required by or given at UTA .
• Management of coursework data in regard to the course level transcript evaluation.