Assistant Director of International Admissions

Springfield College; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Springfield College is seeking an Assistant Director of International Admissions to support marketing, recruitment, and enrollment of international students. You will collaborate with campus offices to ensure successful matriculation and occasional travel for recruitment trips.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) and at least 1 year of related experience, with extensive prospect management and counseling responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred.
• At least 1 year of work-related experience.
• Occasional travel required.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and processes to enroll international students each spring and fall.
• Manage prospect management through two recruitment cycles (inquiries to enrollment).
• Maintain timely communication with prospective students, parents, school officials, and alumni.
• Counsel on admissions, financial aid, documentation, housing, and career planning.
• Conduct office-based outreach using all necessary channels.
• Apply prospect management techniques for outreach at each admissions stage.
• Assist in supervising one or two student employees responsible for prospect management.
• Review international applications and make admissions recommendations.
• Assist in reviewing transcripts for domestic students for other departments.
• Stay updated on international education policies and collaborate campus-wide.
• Coordinate with the Director and travel for recruitment trips; domestic high school travel.

Skills

Student recruitment

Communication

Prospect management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree (Preferred)

Job description

Description

The Assistant Director of International Admissions has the primary responsibility for assisting the Executive director in marketing, attracting, recruiting, admitting, and enrolling new graduate and undergraduate international students.

Actual salaries will vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to degrees attained, experience, and other considerations permitted by law. Comprehensive compensation details, including any additional benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

Responsibilities

• - Responsible for the strategies, initiatives, and processes which seek to enroll an academically talented, culturally diverse, undergraduate and graduate international student body each spring and fall semesters according to the agreed-upon new student enrollment target goals.
• - Responsible for comprehensive student prospect management through two recruitment cycles of inquiries, applications, accepts, financial aid, virtual or in-person visits/appointments, acquisition of required credentials, and enrollment deposits.
• - Establishes and maintains an informational, active, and timely communication system with prospective students, their parents (if applicable), high school or college officials, and engaged SC alumni when warranted.
• - Counsels prospective students concerning admissions, financial aid, acquisition of global secondary educational documentation and financial guarantee international documentation materials, housing options, co-curricular opportunities, and career planning.
• - Conducts office-based contact by all means necessary.
• - Uses prospect management techniques to conduct appropriate outreach to students at each stage of the admissions process.
• - Assists in managing one or two student employees who also assist with student prospect management.
• - Reviews and makes admissions recommendations to all international applications.
• - Aids in the review of international transcripts for domestic students for other departments.
• - Remain up to date on all international education policies.
• - Works cooperatively and collaboratively campus-wide including but not limited to the offices of Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions, Academic Affairs, Financial Aid, Student Affairs, Academic Advising, International Center, Housing and Residential Life, Athletics, Registrar, Bursar, and Alumni Affairs to ensure the successful matriculation to Springfield College.
• - Coordinates with the Director and travels occasionally on strategic international recruitment trips each academic year.
• - Travels to select domestic high schools to recruit international students.

Qualifications

• - Bachelor's Degree Required. Master's Degree Preferred.
• - At least 1 year of work-related experience Required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Occasional Travel Required