Assistant Director, SPCS Admissions & Enrollment

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Online High School, part of Stanford University, seeks an Assistant Director of SPCS Admissions & Enrollment to drive year-round enrollment strategy and manage end-to-end admissions, financial aid, and enrollment lifecycles for four pre-college programs. The role partners with the Associate Director to meet strategic enrollment goals and oversee staff and processes across Slate projects.

Successful candidates will have experience in academic enrichment admissions, strong communication,

Qualifications

• Experience in admissions and/or financial aid for academic enrichment programs or higher education.
• Experience with Slate (CRM) for admissions workflows.
• Ability to work extended or non-standard hours and travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Read, evaluate, and advocate to the Admission Committee on which applicants to consider for admission.
• Act as project manager on medium to large programs by establishing and executing plans, timelines, tasks, and objectives.
• Conduct informational sessions for internal and external communities on admissions topics.
• Manage assigned geographic territory and analyze demographics data; present outreach findings.

Skills

Project management

Admissions experience

Communication skills

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Slate CRM

Job description

Main Work Location:

Stanford Redwood City Campus

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid Preferred (at least 2 days per week onsite), Remote Eligible

Budgeted Salary Range:

The expected pay range for this position working in a hybrid capacity is $100,445 - $106,000 per year.

This compensation represents the job market pay range and may be adjusted depending on the geographic work location.

Department Summary

Stanford’s Online High School is an accredited, diploma-offering, highly selective independent high school, offering courses for grades 7-12. The mission of Stanford Online High School (OHS) is to foster a worldwide community of intellectually adventurous students and teachers. The Online High School is also the home of Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies (SPCS), which provides a diverse array of academic enrichment programs that take place mostly in the summer but also throughout the academic year. Held both online and on-campus, SPCS programs serve intellectually curious pre-college students from around the world.

Position Summary

Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies seeks an Assistant Director, SPCS Admissions & Enrollment, who, under the supervision of the Associate Director, SPCS Admission & Enrollment, will drive year-around enrollment strategy, manage the end-to-end admissions, financial aid and enrollment lifecycles for four pre-college summer enrichment programs: Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes, Summer Humanities Institutes, Stanford Mathematics Camp, and Stanford AI4ALL, as well as provide enrollment management during the academic year for the Stanford Math Circle program.Success in this role requires mastering and executing the strategic enrollment goals across all SPCS programs.Examples of role-specific core duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:Manage the annual recruitment, interviewing, hiring, training and supervision of seasonal application reviewers.Serve as an Admissions Committee member and execute post-committee course placements, allocate financial aid, and manage waitlist conversions.Prioritize, delegate and complete Slate projects throughout the admission lifecycle, e.g. application and portal updates, testing of application workflows and logic, manage application fee waiver review, and supporting program decision releases.Coordinate the review and distribution of financial aid for Stanford Math Circle while collaborating with Marketing, Records and Academic Operations to establish and implement annual registration timelines and communications.

In addition to the minimum requirements, the following skills and experience are preferred:Prior experience in admissions and/or financial aid in academic enrichment programs or higher educationPrior experience with Slate (CRM)Ability to work extended or non-standard hours based on project or business needsAbility and willingness to occasionally travelResponsibilities

Core Duties:

• Read, evaluate, recommend and advocate to the Admission Committeeon which undergraduate and graduate applicants to consider for admissionbased on current university priorities.
• Act as project manager on medium to large sized projects/programsby establishing and executing project plans, timelines, tasks, andobjectives.
• Conduct informational sessions for internal and externalcommunities on a variety of subjects, (i.e., student life, research,internships, athletics, admissions), based on universitypriorities.
• Manage assigned geographic territory by researching, compilingand analyzing various demographics data. Create proposal for outreachand present findings to management with recommendations
• Further develop and strengthen relationships with secondary oruniversity personnel, professional organizations, students, parents andalumni.
• Serve as a resource to other departments; representunit/department at activities and events, meetings, committees andconferences.
• Responsible for the administration or management of a specificprogram and/or program budget.
• May supervise the work of other staff.

Minimum Education andExperience:

Bachelor’s degree and 2 years relevant experience or combination ofeducation and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent reading comprehension skills.
• Strong organizational, planning and time managementskills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and make distinctionsamong competitive applicants.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Professional presentation skills.
• Program planning skills.