The Haslam College of Business Office of Student Engagement is charged with pre-collegiate engagement activities to recruit and build relationships with prospective students and families. The pre-collegiate engagement coordinator develops and facilitates Haslam’s external recruiting activities, including visiting high schools for presentations and other events, attending recruiting fairs (i.e., college fairs within Knoxville and across the state of Tennessee), participating in UT-sponsored events (i.e., VIP events and admitted student events in-state), supporting and presenting at preview events for prospective students (e.g., Big Orange Preview), meeting with prospective students and families, and creating print and digital communications for admitted students and families.

Required Qualifications

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, communication, student services, or related field
• Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, Communications, Student Services, or a related field required.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking; ability to work independently and collaborate with numerous constituencies; time management skills; excellent organizational skills.
  • Experience working with communications (can be student organization) and social media.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education:
  • Master’s degree in business, communication, student services, or related field
• Experience:
  • Work experience in a related and professional field.
  • Experience working in an environment similar to an undergraduate business advising office, enrollment management, or communications office.
  • Familiarity with an undergraduate business curriculum.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, design software, and information technologies used for student record keeping.
  • Familiarity working with Slate and other email client software’s.
  • Knowledge of university policies and procedures; research and assessment skills; knowledge of pre-collegiate engagement and best practices; knowledge of student development.

Work Location

• Location: Knoxville, TN
• Onsite

Compensation and Benefits

• UT market range: MR08
• Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here
• Find more information on UT Benefits here

Application Instructions:

To express interest, please submit an application with the noted below attachments.

• Resume
• Cover Letter

About The College/Department/Division: The student engagement team at Haslam is passionate about helping students discover their potential, develop professional identity, and achieve career goals. We encourage students to take advantage of our comprehensive services, from resume reviews and interview preparation to leadership development programs and employer connections. We’re invested in every step of Haslam’s students journeys.

Off-campus programming

• Attend local (TN) college fairs during the fall and spring semesters to initiate relationship building with prospective students and families

• Participate in off-campus programming, hosted by Enrollment Management, to represent Haslam during the fall (e.g., VIP events hosted around the state of TN) and spring (e.g., admitted student receptions)

• Create and implement webinars and other virtual engagement opportunities for prospective student connections

• Will require frequent consecutive days of travel during the fall and spring semesters, in-state, to attend events and college fairs. Some out-of-state travel may be included

Communications

• Create and maintain print communications for prospective and admitted students throughout the life-cycle of the admissions process

• Develop digital communications for admitted students, including admitted student journey emails throughout the confirmation window continuing through orientation until the start of classes.

• Coordinate with various college departments, offices, and centers to gather information to create communications highlighting the college to admitted students

• Create presentations and other visual aids for pre-collegiate engagement use developing a consistent theme and using new engagement tools

• Create and maintain materials to be used in recruiting activities (i.e., table toppers, giveaways, banners, etc.)

• Develop special communications for events and other student programming

• Build knowledge for print and digital communications to ensure ADA compliance and other university standards

• Research communication trends for high school students to best communicate with admitted students

On-campus events

• Support assistant director of pre-collegiate engagement in development of on-campus programming for prospective students and families (e.g., Big Orange Preview) and assemble presentations and conduct information session with prospective students and families

• Meet with prospective students and families for information sessions and one-on-one meetings

• Create opportunities for small group information sessions to give overview of college

• Support assistant director with ambassadors including shadowing tours, hiring, and training.

Student engagement support

• Be an active and engaged member of the Office of Student Engagement

• Support pre-collegiate engagement efforts for internal audiences (i.e., New Vol Admit Day, Knoxville-based visits and programs)

• Meet individually with prospective students and families to discuss Haslam

• Assess off-campus programming with director and assistant director to determine action plans for future admission cycles.

• Compile data for assessment on communications, visit traffic, and other metrics associated with position and pre-collegiate engagement.