Career Center

College of Optometry

• This position will be responsible for providing support for College of Optometry students, ranging from recruitment to graduation, as well as supporting alumni and community engagement.
• They will also respond to general enrollment questions (on the phone and in person) regarding financial aid, admissions, registration, and student accounts.
• Assist with course registration, lab schedules, non-academic problem solving, academic progress, and coordinating tutoring services.
• Communicate with potential students, review student applications, schedule and moderate interviews, process admissions paperwork and attend recruitment events.
• Manage and implement ways to engage alumni and community partners. Assist with communications and marketing for alumni programs.
• Work with the Office of Alumni Engagement to plan programming and create events for alumni and community partners.
• Attend local and regional alumni and community events. Work on projects and other special duties as assigned.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. The University will not sponsor applicants for this position for employment visas.

40 hours/week; must be able to work some evenings/weekends for student recruitment, alumni, or community events.

Pay commensurate with education and experience.
Hiring Range: Up to $18.77 Hourly
Grade: GGS-006
University Title: STUDENT SPECIALIST I

A high school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 1 year of experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired is necessary.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience and previous experience in student financial aid, student accounts, admissions, or closely related field preferred.

Must be willing to work some evenings/weekends for student recruitment, alumni, or community events.

Applicants must combine all application materials (cover letter, resume, and list of three references with contact information) into one PDF or Microsoft Word document and upload as a resume attachment.
Limit document name to 50 characters. Maximum size limit is 11MB. Do not include special characters (e.g., /, &, %, etc.) to the UMSL Job site: Http://umsl.jobs.
For questions about the application process, please call (314) 516-5805. If you are experiencing technical problems, please email umpshrsupport@umsystem.edu)

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The University of Missouri - St. Louis offers benefit-eligible employees a wide variety of benefits including: health, dental and vision coverage effective on the first day of employment, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance for employees and their dependents and employee and dependent life insurance. For more information about our benefits, please visit:

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