Academic Recruitment and Retention Specialist

Role Overview

• Coordinate recruitment initiatives for the college.
• Work with college personnel and various departments across Brenau for the purposes of meeting annual recruitment goals.
• Review recruitment and retention data with the college’s dean to develop strategies to improve recruitment and retention rates.
• Collaborate with admissions, department chairs, and faculty to schedule and attend recruitment events.
• Responsible for helping to implement and manage programming and student support for online programs, including academic support, professional development sessions, and engagement in co-curricular activities and events.
• Build and maintain relationships with community leaders, local business owners, financial institutions, non-profit organizations, local Chamber of Commerce and representatives from other educational institutions within the local community to promote awareness of the college.
• Work closely with the administrative team for the college to assist with projects and events held by the college.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Must have the ability to travel short distances, and/or drive a vehicle to deliver and pick up materials.
• Exerting up to 15 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Sedentary work.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

Benefits

• Dependent upon employment status, years of service and worker category.
• Explore all that Brenau offers for Your Health, Your Mind, Your Finances, & Our Community here: https://intranet.brenau.edu/human-resources/job-opportunities/ .
• Brenau University conducts various screenings to ensure a safe and secure environment. These checks are a condition of employment and may be performed at different times throughout employment. (1) Background Checks: All new hires must undergo a criminal background check. To maintain employment, individuals must have and maintain a favorable criminal history. The university may also conduct random background checks. Additional checks may be performed for certain roles. (2) Credit Checks: required for positions that handle university funds or credit cards or as otherwise required. (3) Motor Vehicle and Driving Checks: employees who operate a university vehicle or drive on university business must have a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) run as part of the new hire process or as the requirement to drive is added to job responsibilities. To be approved for university travel, employees must meet the following criteria: be at least 21 years old, have and maintain a valid Georgia driver's license, and have and maintain a good driving record. As a condition of employment, employees must report any arrest (within five days of its occurrence) to the Office of Human Resources, including traffic violations for those listed on our auto insurance policy. Disclosure of subsequent legal action (conviction, dismissal of charges, etc.) must also be reported to the Office of Human Resources. (4) Drug Screening: pre-employment/post-offer drug screens and random drug screens are performed for certain sensitive positions. Random drug screens are also performed on those who travel regularly, or those who operate a university vehicle. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug screening.
• Proof of any professional degree, license, or certification (collectively, “Credentials”) required to competently perform the work for which the employee is hired must have been submitted at the time of application for the position. Discovery during the course of employee’s employment that applicable Credentials have lapsed, been terminated, were misrepresented, or were falsified may result in immediate termination of employee’s employment.