Assistant Director, Recruitment

University of Toronto; Toronto; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Toronto is seeking an Assistant Director of Recruitment for the Rotman School of Management. This pivotal role will focus on strategic enrollment management, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven recruitment initiatives aimed at attracting diverse candidates for the school's prestigious graduate programs. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in recruitment, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to equity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in enrollment management or related area.
• Experience managing and leading a team.
• Proven track record of equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders.
• Conduct detailed data analysis to inform recruitment strategies.
• Plan and implement recruitment programs and projects.

Skills

Data analysis

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Communication

Intercultural skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Date Posted: 06/12/2025
Req ID: 43336
Faculty/Division: School of Management
Department: Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Campus:St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

About us:

The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and academic excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial and financial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. We make a fundamental promise – Here’s where it changes – to our students, our partners and the broader community. Everyone at Rotman, faculty and staff, plays a role in bringing that promise to life

Your opportunity:

The Rotman Office of Recruitment, Admissions and Business Development (RABD) recruits and admits talented professionals who aim to push their limits, expand their creativity and develop their leadership potential via one of the School’s nine graduate management programs. The RABD team will achieve this goal using industry-standard best practices in strategic enrolment management.

As the Assistant Director, Recruitment, you will be part of an innovative, dynamic, and collaborative team dedicated to delivering an exceptional experience for prospective candidates of Rotman’s graduate programs. As a senior member of the Recruitment, Admissions, and Business Development (RABD) team, you will lead with a data-driven approach developing and implementing strategies to engage prospective students and client organizations across both domestic and international markets.

In this role, you will collaborate with colleagues across the RABD portfolio and the broader Rotman School, serving as a key contributor to a dynamic, strategy-driven recruitment,admissions, and business development operation. This team is dedicated to shaping the incoming classes of Rotman’s transformational graduate business programs at the University of Toronto through an integrated approach to strategic enrolment management.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Building and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and partners of strategic importance
• Cultivating ongoing, high-profile prospective partnerships that advance strategic agendas
• Tracking the status of business development initiatives, activities and outcomes
• Planning and implementing components of recruitment related projects
• Conducting detailed data analysis to inform recruitment strategies and plans
• Planning and implementing the evaluations of recruitment programs to support strategic planning activities
• Maintaining an in-depth knowledge of program advantages compared to competitor programs

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years working in an enrollment management, recruitment, admissions, student affairs or a related area, preferably in a graduate business program environment.
• The incumbent must be able to effectively engage corporate clients, business partners, university administrators, faculty, staff, alumni and students
• Demonstrated experience applying fundamental concepts of strategic enrolment management in a student recruitment setting
• Experience evaluating businessopportunities and preparing proposals and negotiating contracts
• Experience organizing student recruitment events
• A good understanding of the student and employer market
• Previous experience managing and leading a team
• Experience using CRM software and other records management systems
• Proven track record of working on equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives, either in higher education or another relevant sector.
• Excellent presentation skills, including but not limited to PowerPoint and effective in-person and virtual presentation techniques
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and comfortable presenting to groups (5-300)
• Solid interpersonal, intercultural and customer service skills, including the ability to deal with sensitive and confidential matters
• Must possess the ability to relate to prospective students and colleagues in a manner which builds trust and confidence
• Ability to exercise independent sound judgement and critical thinking

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Achievement oriented
• Communicator
• Diplomatic
• Entrepreneurial
• Organized
• Persuasive
• Team player

This is an 18 month term opportunity.

Closing Date: 06/23/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 15 -- $95,627. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $122,290. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Registrarial Services

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.