Recruiter, Seminary Admissions

About North Park

Founded in 1891, North Park University is a Christian university affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church of over 3,200 students from around the country and the world.

North Park University is located in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in the United States. It is nine miles from downtown Chicago. The North Park campus has often been referred to as an oasis in the heart of the city – a place where students from urban, rural, and suburban backgrounds alike can call home. And all of this within the major metropolitan backdrop of Chicago: one of the world’s largest and most diversified economies, renowned for its museums and music, and voted best large city in the U.S. for four years in a row by Condé Nast Traveler.

Mission

The mission of North Park University is to prepare students for lives of significance and service through education in the liberal arts, professional studies, and theology.

Vision

Building on our core institutional identity—Christian, city-centered, intercultural—our vision is to create a university of uncommon character and enduring excellence, where faith, learning, and service meet.

Duties and Responsibilities

General Office Support

• Welcome and serve visitors who walk into the seminary.
• Manage the seminary admissions in-bound phone calls, responding, referring, providing counsel (screening inquires) and answers as appropriate.
• Manage the seminary inbox, responding and referring as appropriate.
• Assemble and organize recruitment and promotional materials for Seminary Admission Staff, faculty or others who recruiting on behalf of the seminary.

Recruitment and Applicant Support

• In consultation with Director of Graduate & International Admissions and other key stakeholders, develop and implement annual recruitment plan and goals to convert prospects to applicants, and applicants to deposited students.
• Establish, build, and maintain relationships with all prospective students, providing them with accurate information through campus visits, phone conversations, and email.
• Assist prospective students in applying for appropriate financial aid awards.
• Participate in admissions open houses and other on-campus recruitment events. In collaboration with Graduate & International Admissions as appropriate.
• Enter comments/information regarding contact with prospective student and student visits in TargetX in a timely fashion (normally immediately, or within 24 hours of contact, including when traveling).
• Become conversant with all NPTS programs, and knowledgeable about seminary financial aid policy and able to discuss with prospective students.
• Develop relationships with current students, alumni, pastors, and other influencers for promotion and recruitment.
• Work with Director of Graduate & International Admissions and other admission staff to develop and implement specialty recruitment projects (may include campus events, Chicago area events and partnerships, ECC events and partnerships).
• Travel as assigned to represent NPTS at recruitment events throughout the year.
• Attend seminary staff meetings and participate in training/development programs.

Salary Range: $48,329-59,069

• Personal commitment to, and ability to effectively articulate North Park's mission and philosophy of Christian higher education, particularly through the seminary.
• Bachelor's degree required, seminary degree preferred.
• 2-3 years professional work experience, preferably in non-profit, higher education admissions and recruitment, or sales.
• An ability to communicate clearly, warmly and accurately (in both oral and written forms) with prospective students, administrators, faculty, staff members, and outside constituencies.
• Sensitivity to the needs of a diverse population of adults discerning their call to ministry.
• Ability to handle confidential material with the utmost of integrity.
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as assigned and to travel to represent NPTS at recruitment events.
• Intermediate personal computer skills, including electronic mail, routine database activity, and Microsoft Office programs (i.e. an aptitude sufficient to maintain records and schedule tasks).

NOTE: Nothing in this job description restricts the supervisor’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Prescription Coverage
• Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Benefit
• Retirement Plan (403b)
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Remission
• Helwig Recreation Center