College Recruitment Coordinator

Thank you for your interest in Truckee Meadows Community College. If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact Human Resources at (775) 673-7168 or humanresources@tmcc.edu.

Job Description

The College Recruitment Coordinator provides outreach, recruitment, enrollment, and transition support for prospective and new students. The Coordinator manages assigned student populations and supports students through application, enrollment, registration, and first-semester transition. The position supports New Student Orientation, Nevada Promise Scholarship communications and processes, and other Recruitment and Access Center initiatives. The Coordinator serves as a lead recruiter for designated rural communities, including multi-day travel across Nevada, and organizes and staffs community and weekend recruitment events. The position builds relationships with schools, families, and community partners and provides recruitment and enrollment support for assigned special and non-traditional populations, which may include senior citizens, adult learners, and returning students. The Coordinator also supports office operations and the implementation of new technologies and processes that support recruitment and enrollment. Regular evening and weekend work, extensive driving throughout Nevada, and overnight travel for several consecutive days are required. The position supports student enrollment, transition, retention, and completion.

Major Responsibilities

Student Recruitment, Enrollment Support, and Assigned Student Cohorts

• Manage assigned prospective student populations and recruitment cohorts. Conduct outreach through phone, text, email, individual appointments, presentations, school visits, workshops, and recruitment events.
• Meet with prospective students and families in person and virtually to explain TMCC programs, admission requirements, enrollment steps, financial aid resources, registration processes, and student support services.
• Support Nevada Promise Scholarship outreach and communications that guide students through program requirements, deadlines, enrollment steps, and next actions.
• Provide hands-on application and registration assistance.
• Meet with new first-time college students to help them understand academic requirements, select appropriate first-semester courses, and enroll in classes.
• Maintain communication with students from initial inquiry through enrollment and transition to TMCC.

Rural Nevada Recruitment and Outreach

• Serve as the lead recruiter for designated rural Nevada communities. Develop and maintain relationships with rural schools, counselors, students, families, and community partners.
• Plan and conduct recruitment tours throughout Nevada that require significant driving and may include overnight travel for up to one week at a time.
• Provide school visits, presentations, information sessions, individual student meetings, application assistance, and enrollment support designed to increase awareness of TMCC and enrollment from rural communities.

Community Outreach and Weekend Recruitment

• Serve as a coordinator for weekend and community-based recruitment opportunities.
• Stay informed about community events and identify opportunities where TMCC should participate through information booths, presentations, workshops, or other outreach activities.
• Coordinate assigned event logistics and represent the college at community events.
• Build and maintain relationships with organizations and community partners that can increase awareness of TMCC.
• Provide recruitment and enrollment support for assigned special and non-traditional student populations, which may include senior citizens, adult learners, returning students, and other identified groups.
• Regular evening and weekend availability is required for this responsibility.

Recruitment and Access Center Operations and Special Projects

• Support the daily operations and ongoing work of the Recruitment and Access Center, including assigned enrollment initiatives, student communication projects, and office processes.
• Assist with processes and student outreach related to the Nevada Promise Scholarship, including communication, follow-up, enrollment support, and other assigned program activities.
• Support the implementation and ongoing use of new technologies that improve recruitment, student communication, enrollment support, and office operations.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university

2. One (1) year of experience providing direct services to students in an educational or nonprofit setting

-OR-

1. Associates degree a regionally accredited college

2. Three (3) years of experience providing direct services to students in an educational or nonprofit setting

3. Experience in student recruitment, academic advising, or student support services in a college setting, or experience supporting and guiding students toward higher education

4. Experience working with either non-traditional student populations or students from rural communities

5. Public speaking experience

Valid driver’s license required for extensive local and statewide rural travel.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience working in a community college or higher education setting

2. Experience providing enrollment, registration, or advising support to prospective or new college students

3. Experience recruiting adult, non-traditional, or older student populations

4. Experience conducting outreach in rural communities

5. Experience planning or staffing community recruitment events, including evening and weekend events

6. Experience delivering presentations to students, families, schools, or community groups

7. Experience supporting New Student Orientation or other new student transition programs

8. Experience conducting recruitment or outreach that requires regional travel and independent representation of an organization

9. Experience using student information systems, CRM systems, PeopleSoft, or Canvas

10. Bilingual in Spanish and English

Salary and Benefits Information:

Salary: $58,415 - $73,019, initial salary placement will be dependent on education level and years of experience

Perks of TIAA

Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 19.25% contribution is generously matched by the College. With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested your first day. Sit back and watch your retirement dollars grow! All permanent employees on an annual "A" or "B" contract who are employed at least 50% full-time are eligible to participate in the NSHE retirement program unless they are members of PERS of Nevada. 

Perks of Working at TMCC

• Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance
• 19.25% retirement match in TIAA
• Life insurance, long-term disability, generous annual and sick leave - NSHE Benefits
• Employer-paid long term disability (LTD) at 60% of salary up to $7,500 per month-UNUM.
• Sports and Fitness Center with annual or monthly membership options for employee and spouse/domestic partner.
• ComPsych supports employees through life's difficult moments.
• Professional Grant-in-Aid: TMCC is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.
• Free parking on all TMCC campus locations.
• No State income tax
• All full-time faculty and staff are provided with a variety of discounts and employee purchase programs.

Additional Information

Degrees

Degrees must be accredited by CHEA - and USDE-Recognized Accrediting Organizations.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Any expense related to the evaluation will be the responsibility of the candidate.

Sponsorship

TMCC is not able to support sponsorship for employment. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States at the time they begin employment.

Exempt

Full-Time Equivalent

Required Attachment(s)

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact humanresources@tmcc.edu. 

In order to be given full consideration all of the following must be attached to your application.

1) Resume/CV
2) Cover Letter
3) Contact Information for Three Professional References – Please make a note if you do not want your present employer contacted unless necessary to determine your qualifications for the position.

Posting Close Date

Note to Applicant

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications.  Search committees will use this information to determine that applicants meet minimum qualifications as listed in the job announcement.  

This posting will close at 12:00 am on the date listed above. The posting will no longer be available to apply to after 11:59 pm the day prior.

All documents, including unofficial transcripts for academic positions, must be received prior to the closing date listed on the job announcement.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check upon hire.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.