Employment Opportunities at Wyoming Catholic College

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Job Title: Director of Admissions

Department: Admissions

Reports to: Dean of Student Services

Position Summary:

The Director of Admissions oversees the comprehensive operations of the admissions Office with the primary responsibility to recruit, manage and strategize.  He or she will report to the Dean of Student Services and work closely with the Dean in the operational plan for the admissions office. The Director of Admissions will  lead and manage a team of counselors and student workers. The Director of Admissions should be innovative in attracting students who will thrive at WCC and graduate as strong representatives of the College.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Recruit:

  • Carry a portion of the application load including processing and evaluation applications
  • Represent Wyoming Catholic College at select off-site events such as college fairs, conferences, and school visits.
  • Organize and execute open house programs, and campus visits, scholarship weekends PEAK summer program and other recruitment events
  • Partner with the Financial Aid Office to help families understand paying for their college education and their financial packages.
  • Engage faculty, staff, senior leadership, alumni, and students in the recruitment process via appropriate and productive methods.

Manage:

  • Hire, train, lead and evaluate the Admissions team.
  • Manage and direct the appointed counselors in their workflow and special duties (i.e. PEAK director, Founders Liaison, Campus Visit Coordinator).
  • Work with the Dean of Student Services to understand the annual budget for the Admissions Office and plan accordingly.
  • Develop and maintain strong partnerships with homeschool groups, Catholic high schools, parishes, and other organizations.
  • Champion the work of the Admissions team and inspire an environment of shared institutional responsibility for enrollment across campus.
  • Represent the Admissions Office in on-campus committees as assigned.
  • In collaboration with supervisor, monitor applications, acceptances, deposits, and withdrawals throughout the admission cycle and regularly supply statistical reports to the Dean of Student Services.

Strategize:

 

  • Collaborate with the Dean of Student Services and marketing staff to develop marketing and recruitment materials and initiatives.
  • Contribute to the ongoing development and refinement of effective admissions and recruitment processes including events planning, mail flow, ad placement, marketing efforts, applications, acceptance process, financial aid and scholarship.
  • Participate in the development and maintenance of Admissions surveys with the Dean of Student Services.
  • Collaborate with the Dean of Student Services to identify strategies to successfully meet the goals of the college and admissions office as dictated by the overall strategic plan as well as the admissions strategic enrollment plan.

Experience and Qualifications

  • Intimate familiarity with WCC’s unique program of study and formation
  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably from a newman guide, great books or similar college
  • Previous experience of 5+ years in admission, recruitment, and/or marketing
  • Previous experience as supervisor of a team and projects.
  • Excellent oral and written grammar and communication skills:
    • Oral – telephone, one-on-one, large and small groups of parents, students
    • Written – social media, emails, letters, promotional literature
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines
  • Familiarity with database systems, such as Populi
  • Exceptional ability to multitask and prioritize projects
  • Attentiveness to detail
  • Sensitivity to working with and maintaining confidential information
  • Self-direction and motivation
  • Ability to handle stress due to competing travel and office duties
  • A sense of humor and a positive attitude
  • Familiarity with word processors and spreadsheets
  • Adeptness at use of social media platforms including, Facebook, Instagram, etc.; capacity to keep up with changes and new platforms as they arise
  • Valid Driver’s License

Travel Requirements

  • Extended out-of-state travel (between 25%-33%)
  • Extended periods of travel and work on weekends and nights
Salary will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the applicant. Please submit letter of interest and resume by email to

Lucas.Preble@wyomingcatholic.edu

Job Title: Admissions Counselor

Department: Admissions

Reports to: Director of Admissions

Position Summary:

The Admissions Counselor is principally responsible for recruiting applicants for admission to Wyoming Catholic College. He or she will work in tandem with other Admission Counselors to execute the strategies designed by the Director of Admissions and Dean of Student Services and provide valuable insights into improvements on process.  The Admissions Counselor will manage a student worker in pursuit of the recruiting efforts of the college.

Essential Functions/Primary Job Responsibilities

Recruit: 

  • Carry a portion of the application load including processing and evaluation of applications. Represent Wyoming Catholic College at select off-site events such as college fairs, conferences, and school visits.
  • Partner with the Financial Aid Office to help families understand the cost of attendance and the financial packages awarded. 
  • Lead meetings and tours with prospective students and parents.
  • Execute open house programs, and campus visits, scholarship weekends PEAK summer programs and other recruitment events in collaboration with the Director of Admission.

 

Manage: 

  • Present candidates for admission to the Faculty Admission Team.
  • Manage effective use of college CRM (Populi).
  • Complete routine reports related to recruitment, projections, personal schedule, travel, special programs, and professional development.
  • Supervise a student intern, delegating specific elements of the recruitment process as appropriate.

 

Strategize: 

  • Understand the strategies developed for recruitment including marketing materials, communications, events and schedules.
  • Help inform the overall strategies of the admissions office by providing insight on effectiveness and feasibility.  
  • Evaluate process effectiveness, assess outcomes, and develop improved strategies to achieve goals
  • Evaluate cost analyses for recruitment efforts 

Each counselor will be asked to take on a special assignment, consistent with their skills and interests: 

  • Campus Visit Coordination 
  • Founders Scholarship Competition Liaison
  • Peak Program Director 

Experience and Qualifications

  • Ability to articulate with clarity WCC’s unique program of study and formation
  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably from a newman guide, great books or similar college
  • Previous experience in admission, recruitment, and/or marketing preferred 
  • Previous experience as supervisor of a team and projects.
  • Excellent oral and written grammar and communication skills:
    • Oral – telephone, one-on-one, large and small groups of parents, students
    • Written – social media, emails, letters, promotional literature
  • Familiarity with database systems, such as Populi
  • Ability to plan and organize, keep a calendar, maintain schedules, and meet deadlines
  • Attentiveness to detail
  • Sensitivity to working with and maintaining confidential information
  • Self-direction and motivation
  • Ability to handle stress due to competing travel and office duties
  • A sense of humor and a positive attitude
  • Familiarity with word processors and spreadsheets
  • Adeptness at use of social media platforms including, Facebook, Instagram, etc.; capacity to keep up with changes and new platforms as they arise
  • Valid Driver’s License

Travel Requirements

  • Extended out-of-state travel (between 25%-33%)
  • Extended periods of travel and work on weekends and nights
Salary will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the applicant. Please submit letter of interest and resume by email to

Lucas.Preble@wyomingcatholic.edu

Job Title:  Missionary Instructor               

Department:   COR Expeditions

Status:  Full Time w/ benefits

Compensation:  Determined by ability to acquire and maintain a support team. 

Reports to:  Zach Carlstrom, Assistant Director

Work Schedule:  This is not a typical Monday through Friday, 9-5 position. Morning, evening, and weekend work as well as travel around the US and extensive 24/7 time in the backcountry are required. Field work is typically week on week off, alternating with office work. Busy seasons and long courses may require extended periods in the field. Typically around 150 field days a year, 40 hours a week when in the office. 

About the Program:  COR Expeditions is the wilderness ministry outreach program of Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming. COR exists to reclaim the wealth of people’s identity and purpose in Christ through a wide variety of wilderness experiences. We accompany people through relational ministry by exposing them to encounter Jesus in wilderness, adventure, and community.  COR seeks employees who are passionate about that mission, dedicated, solution oriented, and motivated to improve their skills. 

COR was born from the success of WCC’s faith-based Outdoor Leadership Program. COR is fundamentally oriented towards sharing the spiritual and leadership goals of this program with a wider audience beyond the college community and becoming the premier Catholic wilderness ministry through its adherence to the professional and safety standards of the outdoor industry. 

COR works with a variety of programs, including youth groups, seminaries, high schools, colleges, and young adult groups, as well as promoting its own open enrollment trips. This variety also impacts the various roles and teachings COR field staff facilitate and guide. COR also partners with other Catholic ministries and secular groups to provide a faith-filled professional guiding presence. 

COR is based in Lander WY and provides courses in over 20 wilderness areas throughout the mountain and desert west. COR operates base camp properties in both Buena Vista, Colorado and Moab, Utah as well as a family ranch program in Cody, Wyoming. 

Position Summary:  

There are two primary roles of this position: field instruction and fundraising personal support. Within field instruction there are many pedagogical, ministry, and technical skills which require consistent development and training. Because of the unique relationship between COR and Wyoming Catholic College, COR field instructors also have a role in mentoring and instructing WCC students in particular. 

Essential Functions/Primary Job Responsibilities:

  • Lead various outdoor trips for COR Expeditions including, but not limited to backpacking, canyoneering, rock climbing, river trips and winter trips.  The spring and summer months may include several months of back-to-back wilderness trips while the rest of the year will have more time in the office. This position may consist of over 150 days in the backcountry annually. 
  • Proficiently facilitate COR’s spiritual programming on courses by leading talks and discussions and creating course culture through conversation and personal example. Assist in the continuing development of both spiritual and outdoor education curriculum.
  • Acquire and maintain a support team. Upon hire, attend COR fundraising training.  After the training, spend approximately six weeks, some of which will be traveling, towards initial fundraising efforts. COR assists with ongoing fundraising coaching, resources, and covers initial costs during fundraising. 
  • Support the Outdoor Leadership Program of Wyoming Catholic College. For approximately 10 weeks of the year, COR staff time will be devoted to planning and leading outdoor trips for the students of WCC, as well as high school students who participate in the WCC summer programs. This will include leading multiple WCC week-long trips each year and leading day trips and trainings for WCC students and outdoor leaders.  It may also include being a head instructor for the 21-Day Freshman Expedition or leading technical aspects of the PEAK high school program.  
  • Promote COR Expeditions courses to Catholic organizations, homeschool programs, youth groups, parishes, private Catholic schools, seminaries, dioceses, and individuals around the country. This may include extensive travel. 
  • Be a liaison, either directly or through COR administrative staff, to organizations that contract courses through COR to help them facilitate registration paperwork, health forms, payment methods, travel plans, gear needs, and other logistics. 
  • Plan and organize outdoor trips for various groups: plan the route, apply for backcountry permits and camping reservations, organize rental equipment, coordinate travel for students and instructors, plan food menus, design trip-specific curriculum, etc.
  • Conduct various administrative duties including but not limited to: designing and updating website content, social media content, creating promotional material, managing and updating trip paperwork such as registration and payment forms, reviewing participant health forms, creating and managing budgets for trip proposals and actual trips, etc.
  • Attend professional development opportunities in the fields of both outdoor education and Catholic ministry.
  • Acquire and maintain permits with state and federal land management agencies.

Minimum Job Requirements:

  • Ministry Experience:  A missionary instructor primarily provides trips for Catholic organizations and Catholic clientele. It is therefore imperative that this person not only lives his or her Catholic faith but is able and excited to share his or her faith with others. A background and previous coursework in Catholic theology is recommended for this position. Experience in youth or young adult ministry is a plus.
  • Bachelor’s degree that includes involvement with Outdoor Education & Leadership.
  • Current WFR (Wilderness First Responder) and CPR certifications, and ability to teach and run WFR scenarios. 
  • 3 years of experience working with a reputable outdoor program such as COR Expeditions, WCC Outdoor Leadership Program, NOLS, Outward Bound, SROM, private guiding company etc. This should include leading trips in various outdoor activities, renting gear, gear maintenance and repair, planning and packing backcountry food rations, etc.
  • Extensive experience and demonstrated ability to lead multiple outdoor activities such as: backpacking, canyoneering, mountaineering, canoeing, kayak touring, rock climbing, mountain biking, whitewater rafting and kayaking, winter backpacking, cross-country skiing, backcountry skiing/splitboarding, ice climbing, fishing.  
  • Working knowledge of risk management, wilderness safety, and industry standards in the previously mentioned outdoor activities.
  • Experience in planning and organizing a variety of different outdoor trips including: developing route plans, technical knowledge of the route, emergency and evacuation routes/plans, choosing and finding qualified leaders/instructors, etc.
  • Flexibility, creativity, and proven problem solving skills to meet and adapt to the needs of a growing non-profit organization.
  • Ability to maintain a positive attitude in the face of changing priorities and deadlines and to be creative with time management. 
  • Self-motivated, proactive, and able to excel when working with a team to solve problems.
  • Clean driving record. Experience driving 12 and 15 passenger vans. 
  • Must have the motivation and energy to fundraise support for the program as well as acquire and maintain a personal support team – training will be provided. 

Preferred Experience:

  • 2 years experience training trip leaders in the previously mentioned outdoor activities.
  • Familiarity with AEE accreditation standards and its programming.
  • Outdoor Industry Certifications (or ability to acquire within a year): AMGA SPI, ACA Swiftwater Rescue training, Avalanche certifications, WFR Instructor, etc.
  • Experience with various trip and route opportunities in Wyoming and its adjacent states. 
  • Previous fundraising experience.
  • Trailer driving experience.

To Apply:  Complete the WCC job application online at wyomingcatholic.edu/employment-application. Upload a cover letter, current resume, backcountry log (focusing on extended trips greater than 2 days in length), climbing/river log if applicable, and copies of certifications when prompted in the application.

For More Information:  Contact Zach Carlstrom at 307-335-4333 or email zach@corexpeditions.org.

Wyoming Catholic College admits students of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded to or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, hiring and employment practices, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.