Admissions and Records Associate

Admissions and Records Associate

This position is an on-campus, full-time, 12-month appointment based in Champaign, Illinois covered by the Professional Support Staff (PSS) Union with an annual salary of $36,604.31.

Application Close Date/Time: Wednesday, March 12, at 7 PM CT

The Admissions and Records Associate is responsible for assisting new applicants, providing initial determination of residency status, and maintaining student records. The Associate also processes official transcripts, loan deferment and enrollment verification requests, responds to registration questions either by phone, e-mail, or in-person, and registers various cohorts of students.

Applicants must submit:

• An online employment application
  
• Cover letter
  
• Resume or CV
  

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide information to applicants about the College including courses, programs, and college processes and procedures.
  
• Process international and domestic applications for admission, including data entry to identify residency.
  
• Record data from incoming transcripts and applications.
  
• Process official transcript requests; loan deferrals for students.
  
• Update existing students accounts including change of grades, academic programs, and test scores.
  
• Enter external college transcripts and determine initial Reading, English and Math placement from previous coursework.
  
• Tabulate information from incoming high school transcripts to determine English and Math placement.
  
• Conduct Enrollment and degree verifications.
  
• Register and withdraw students.
  
• Assist UIUC students with the Concurrent Enrollment process.
  
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
  
• Two (2) years' professional office experience.
  
• Proficient written communication and math skills for routine business correspondence.
  
• Exceptional customer service and communication skills.
  
• Ability to learn the Parkland information system and new programing as changes and upgrades occur.
  
• Successfully pass a criminal background check with fingerprinting.
  
• In an effort to comply with SURS return-to-work restrictions for employers (40 ILCS 5/15-139.5), candidates for employment at Parkland College must either not be a SURS annuitant or must be willing to suspend his/her SURS annuity upon employment. This applies to all SURS annuitants except those receiving their annuity under either the Self-Managed Plan (SMP) or by lump sum payment.

Robust benefits, including medical insurance with no monthly premiums, dental, life, disability, retirement plans, flexible spending, dependent care, EAP, work/life balance with generous paid time off, and tuition waiver. More information on the benefits package may be found online at our Benefits page .

Apply for this position using the Apply Now button at the top or bottom of this posting. Applications not submitted through https://www.parkland.edu/careers will not be considered.

Please monitor your email, including spam or junk mail folders, for future correspondence from Parkland College Human Resources.
For further information on the application process, please contact Parkland College Human Resources at 217-351-2220.

Applicants with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2008) to complete the application and/or interview process.

Requests may be submitted by contacting Human Resources at 217-351-2220 or by emailing hr@parkland.edu.

Equal Opportunity Employer