Admissions Officer, Recruitment & Outreach

Job Summary

The University of Austin is seeking a driven, personable, and mission-aligned Admissions Officer focused on Recruitment & Outreach to join its growing Admissions Team. This position will play a central role in introducing prospective students, families, and college counselors to UATX through school visits, presentations, individual conversations, conferences, special programs, and other recruitment initiatives. This role focuses primarily on recruitment and outreach, rather than application review.

Approximately 50-60% of the position will involve travel throughout Texas and nationwide, with additional responsibilities supporting the planning, promotion, and execution of admissions-related special programs and events. This position will begin as soon as possible, joining our team mid-cycle. We are looking for a quick study who can learn our process fast and start representing UATX within weeks. Onboarding will be provided for the successful applicant, who will have the opportunity to shadow initial recruitment visits before managing their own portfolio of schools.

Responsibilities

Recruitment & Outreach

• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of UATX’s mission, educational philosophy, curriculum, culture, and admissions policies.

• Represent UATX at high schools, college fairs, conferences, counselor events, and other recruitment op

• 1. Relying on traditional academic bureaucratic language or institutional platitudes
• 2. Inability to handle intense ideological debate with intellectual charity and rigor
• 3. Risk-aversion when facing ambiguous operational mandates

I build rigorous educational institutions by prioritizing foundational truth-seeking and institutional startup grit over bureaucratic comfort.