(Summer Temp) - Campus Visits Assistant

(Summer Temp) - Campus Visits Assistant

Summary:
The Temporary Campus Visits Assistant serves as a member of the Campus Visits & Events Team and assists with the daily operations of the front lobby and front desk area, including all daily tours and all aspects of daily individual and group visits.

Minimum Qualifications Required:
Education required to ensure success in this position:
•    Some high school required
•    High school degree preferred

Experience required to ensure success in this position:
•    Strong oral and written communication skills required
•    Experience working with students from diverse cultural backgrounds highly preferred
•    Visitor’s center or busy reception area experience a plus
•    Events planning or coordination a plus
Special skills, knowledge and abilities:
•    Strong customer service aptitude, capacity to engage student information systems, ability to recognize and adhere to best practices for confidentiality
License, certification, or registration necessary:
•    Valid driver’s license
•    Required background checks    

Physical requirements:
•    Sitting, standing walking, ability to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.
•    Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds

Environmental conditions:
•    Professional office environment with interruptions and noise due to frequent visitors, students, staff and faculty

Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:
•    Golf Carts
•    Standard office equipment: computer, fax, phone, etc.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Regular and predictable attendance is essential. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

o    Serve on the Campus Visits Team
o    Support the welcome, tour experience, and post visit follow-up for on-campus daily visitors (e.g. front desk, lobby, hospitality cart, thank you cards, etc.)
o    Support virtual campus visits
o    Support the Student Ambassador Team
o    Support the organization and implementation of all Admissions events
o    Support with answering phones, creating packets, making reservation confirmation calls, and building maintenance
o    Collaborate with the Campus Visits Team to discover new and creative ways to serve our guests
o    Collaborate with other members of the Admissions Staff to ensure effective and excellent service to our prospective students and their guests

Other roles/duties will be assigned as necessary to assist the College in the attainment of the goals set forth and the enhancement of a positive, respectful learning environment for all staff, faculty and students.

Founded in 1855, Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 43 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $178,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College was again named one of the nation’s “Best Institutions for Undergraduates to Earn their College Degree” in the 2022 edition of The Princeton Review’s book, The Best 387 Colleges. Berea also appeared on four other lists within the publication: Best Colleges in the Southeast; Best Value Colleges; Best Green Colleges; and Tuition Free Schools. Berea College is ranked #148 by The Princeton Review – the highest-ranked Kentucky college, and the #3 “Best Value College” in the nation. Berea is one of only two private institutions ranked in the Top 10 for Value in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (THE) 2022 College Rankings. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #13 among the nation’s liberal arts colleges, recognizing Berea for maintaining “consistently high rankings thanks to their economic diversity, relatively strong graduation rates, and commitment to meeting students’ financial need.” U.S. News and World Report Rankings lists Berea as #30 among National Liberal Arts Colleges, including ranking Berea #1 in Service Learning, #2 for Most Innovative Schools, #3 in Co-ops/Internships, #4 in First-year Experiences, and tied for #13 in Best Undergraduate Teaching.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!

Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Note to Prospective Employees:

Each year, Berea College Public Safety publishes an annual report to the campus to make public crime statistics, policies, and procedures for Berea College.  This Annual Security Report, required by the Jeane Clery Act, Minger Act, and the Student Right To Know Act is now available for review.  For a full, printable version of the ASR, you can click here: https://www.berea.edu/public-safety/annual-security-report-2019/

For a policy-by-policy version that is easier to read and browse, please visit Public Safety’s website here: https://www.berea.edu/public-safety/annual-security-report-2019/