Admissions Counselor

Salary : $35,327.00 - $39,467.00 Annually
Location : Panama City Main Campus
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 202500151
Division: Dean Student Engagment
Department: Enrollment Services
Opening Date: 08/27/2026
FLSA: Non-Exempt


Description
The Admissions Counselor position involves independent, complex, and highly specialized clerical work and reports directly to the Associate Director of Enrollment Services. The Admissions Counselor provides comprehensive support and detailed information about admission and registration processes to prospective and current students, parents, the general public, and faculty and staff via in-person, phone, text and email. Monitors and processes assigned daily/weekly reports.

What Gulf Coast State College offers you:

An excellent work/life balance, with a standard work week of 37.5 hours/week!
Retirement Plan and 403b or 457b savings plan that will allow you to plan for your future!
An excellent state medical plan. ($50 individual and $180 for family)
Additional benefits of dental, vision, short and long term disability insurances, and College-paid life insurance!
Critical Illness, Cancer, and Whole Life insurance plans!
Accrued annual leave, sick leave
Tuition reimbursement opportunities!
Opportunities to volunteer for committees to help in your professional growth!

Examples of Duties


Provide comprehensive support and detailed information about admission and registration processes to prospective and current students, parents, the general public, and faculty and staff via in-person, phone, text and email. Monitor and process assigned daily/weekly reports.
Review admission/readmission status and processes admissions documents such as Residency Declaration, Personal Information Change, Change of Program,
Permission to Release Records, and Request to Prevent Disclosure of Directory Information forms. Order incoming transcripts. Reply to email questions regarding admission and registration processes in the departmental email account. Review and manage student holds.
Review initial Residency Declaration documents for completion and verifies information through Department of Motor Vehicles, State Board of Elections, and other sources as necessary to determine if student is eligible for in-state tuition. Review for accuracy and eligibility documentation submitted by students requesting a residency exemptions or waivers and posts appropriate exemption code.
Evaluate high school and GED transcripts and post developmental education exemption, as appropriate. Evaluate official college/university transcripts. Post/evaluate official test scores for AP, Cambridge AICE, CLEP, 1B, DSST and Excelsior College Exams. Post and evaluate foreign and military credentials, exemption credit by certification and other alternative credit options including industry certification and Tech Prep. Post/evaluate ACT, SAT, and PERT scores.
International student onboarding.
Supervise department's student assistants.
Process residency and/or other application support documents submitted in-person and scan to AppXtender (AppX).
Process online Dynamic Forms for Enrollment Services.
Assist in application process for ordering and verification of high school and college transcripts in Banner.
Assist in the maintenance of general knowledge base for website chatbot responses.

Qualifications
An Associates degree and four (4) years of progressively responsible clerical experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Bachelors degree preferred.
All positions are sensitive requiring a background check. Notice of E' Verify participation.

Supplemental Information
WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the environment is moderate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Noise level of environment is moderate
Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus and determine the color of objects.
Regularly required to sit, stand, talk, hear, and reach with hands and arms
Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, and feel
Regularly required to walk distances across campus
The ability to lift and/ or move up to 20 pounds and climb/balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl may be required


Gulf Coast State College does not discriminate against any person in its programs, activities, policies or procedures on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, marital status, religion, age, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, supplemental life insurances including accident, critical illness and cancer; time off benefits include holidays, vacation, and both annual and sick leave accrual.
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