Transfer Evaluation Specialist

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Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):
Bachelor's Degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Three (3) years full-time professional experience in an administrative role. Professional experience working at a college or university. Experience in student information systems such as PeopleSoft, Banner, Salesforce ,etc. Experience in database management including creating, maintaining and updating spreadsheets in Excel or Google Sheets.

Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Experience using SLATE. Experience in evaluating transfer courses. Supervisory experience. Experience collaborating with faculty and departmental contacts.

Brief Description of Duties:
The Transfer Evaluation Specialist serves as an important team member within Transfer Services with direct responsibility for transfer credit evaluations. Evaluates general education courses, collaborates with faculty, and upholds the highest level of academic integrity and data accuracy. They will be the liaison for certain highly specialized programs. The Transfer Evaluation Specialist provides transfer related services to students, staff, and faculty. The successful incumbent will have excellent student service and interpersonal skills, exercising strong organizational and time-management skills with exceptional attention to detail. Essential for this role is the adeptness to work independently as well as part of a team with a collaborative approach to problem solving.

Duties:

• Evaluate and post transfer credit evaluations and equivalencies for prospective and newly enrolled undergraduate transfer students and first-year students.
• Collaborate with faculty and departments in evaluating major-specific courses. 
• Post credits for continuing students and update their records accordingly.
• Lead on running queries based on transfer course evaluations to ensure accuracy of records. 
• Communicate with students regarding these updates to their records.
• Assist with transfer related questions.
• Provide time sensitive responses to incoming and current students regarding a wide variety of transfer credit and other transfer related matters.
• Provide support to transfer articulators with departmental outreach for course evaluations.
• Divisional support: Participate in various Divisional and University programs and services including training/staff development, campus events, special events, admissions open houses, search committees, and University-wide committees.
• Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.
• Collaborate with faculty and departments in evaluating major-specific courses. 
• Post credits for continuing students and update their records accordingly.
• Lead on running queries based on transfer course evaluations to ensure accuracy of records. 
• Communicate with students regarding these updates to their records.
• Assist with transfer related questions.

Special Notes:
This is a full-time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

In addition to the employee's base salary, this position is eligible for $4000 UUP annual location pay, paid biweekly.

For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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