Associate Dean, Enrollment and Student Success

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine; Athens (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine seeks an Associate Dean of Enrollment and Student Success to provide strategic leadership for admissions, enrollment management, financial aid, student affairs, and academic progression. The role focuses on recruiting and retaining exceptionally qualified students while aligning policies with accreditation standards and institutional priorities.

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Qualifications

• Requires a master’s degree and at least 10 years of related professional experience, with 7+ years of supervisory experience.
• Strong executive leadership in enrollment management, financial aid, and student affairs.
• Experience with strategic planning, forecasting, and data-informed decision making is essential.
• Experience leading accreditation activities and managing complex budgets is highly desirable.
• Ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to advance student success.

Responsibilities

• Lead enrollment and student success strategies aligned with institutional priorities.
• Advise senior leadership on enrollment management, financial aid, and student affairs.
• Oversee budgeting and resource allocation for Enrollment Management, Financial Aid, and Student Affairs.
• Lead accreditation preparation and institutional assessment activities.
• Foster partnerships with alumni, healthcare organizations, and academic partners to support student success.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic enrollment management

Data analytics

Budget management

Communication

Change management

Education

Master's degree

Terminal degree strongly preferred

Job description

The Associate Dean of Enrollment and Student Success at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (HCOM) provides oversight of admissions, recruitment, enrollment management, financial aid, student affairs, academic progression, wellness, professionalism, career development, student engagement, and student success initiatives, ensuring an integrated student experience from recruitment through graduation.

The Associate Dean develops and implements comprehensive strategies to recruit, enroll, support, retain, and graduate highly qualified osteopathic physicians committed to improving the health of Ohio's rural, urban, and underserved communities. Working collaboratively with academic, clinical, financial, and administrative leaders, the Associate Dean advances a student-centered educational environment, promotes student achievement and well-being, and ensures compliance with university policies, institutional priorities, accreditation standards, and applicable financial aid requirements.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Administration

• Lead the College's enrollment and student success strategies, aligning resources and operations with institutional priorities.
• Serve as the principal advisor to the Senior Dean on enrollment, financial aid, student success, and student affairs.
• Lead organizational planning and change initiatives that strengthen enrollment, student outcomes, and operational effectiveness.
• Execute complex administrative decisions involving enrollment, student progression, crisis response, and institutional policy.
• Recommend policies and strategic initiatives that advance institutional effectiveness and accreditation compliance.
• Lead the College's Strategic Enrollment Management plan, integrating recruitment, admissions, financial aid, retention, and student success.
• Establish enrollment goals and forecasting models using market intelligence, demographic trends, predictive analytics, and institutional data.
• Evaluate recruitment strategies, scholarships, and pipeline programs to optimize enrollment and institutional resources.
• Provide strategic oversight of financial aid operations, scholarship administration, and regulatory compliance.
• Align financial aid strategies with enrollment, affordability, retention, and graduation goals.
• Monitor financial aid utilization, student indebtedness, and related metrics to inform institutional planning.

Student Success

• Provide executive leadership for student success initiatives, including academic progression, academic support, wellness, professionalism, engagement, career development, and professional identity formation.
• Oversee academic progression processes, including remediation, academic coaching, leaves of absence, reentry, and other interventions that promote student success.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve student retention, persistence, graduation, residency match outcomes, and overall educational success.
• Oversee student conduct, professionalism, disciplinary processes, and appeals in accordance with College and University policies.
• Lead student behavioral intervention, crisis response, and the resolution of complex student concerns in collaboration with university partners.
• Collaborate with university partners to ensure coordinated student support services, including health, counseling, disability accommodations, wellness, financial wellness, resilience, and belonging.
• Direct career advising, residency preparation, mentoring, and professional development initiatives.
• Oversee residency advising, ERAS preparation, mock interviews, and transition-to-residency programming.
• Foster student leadership, engagement, service learning, and co-curricular experiences.
• Build partnerships with alumni, faculty, residents, and clinical partners to strengthen mentoring and career development.
• Ensure compliance with COCA accreditation standards, university policies, and applicable regulatory requirements while serving as the institutional leader for accreditation activities related to enrollment, admissions, student affairs, academic progression, and student outcomes.
• Lead policy development, institutional assessment, program evaluation, and continuous quality improvement initiatives that advance organizational effectiveness and student success.
• Oversee institutional dashboards, analytics, reporting, and performance metrics to monitor enrollment, retention, graduation, residency match, licensure outcomes, student satisfaction, engagement, and overall institutional performance.
• Utilize data analytics and benchmarking to evaluate program effectiveness, inform strategic decision-making, and drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and appropriate stewardship of admissions and student records.

Collaboration & External Relations

• Collaborate with academic, clinical, and administrative leaders to advance enrollment, student success, and institutional excellence.
• Advise College and University leadership on enrollment management, admissions, and student affairs.
• Represent the College and cultivate partnerships with alumni, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, and professional organizations.

Budget and Resource Authority

• Develop and administer budgets supporting Enrollment Management, Financial Aid, Student Affairs, and Student Success.
• Allocate resources, evaluate staffing models, and identify operational efficiencies that support strategic priorities.
• Participate in institutional budget planning and capital resource discussions as a member of the senior leadership team.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a Master's degree in a related field, 10 or more years of related professional experience, and 7 or more years of supervisory experience, or equivalent education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Terminal degree (D.O., M.D., Ed.D., Ph.D., or other appropriate doctoral degree) strongly preferred
• Demonstrated executive or senior leadership experience in strategic enrollment management, including enrollment planning, forecasting, financial aid strategy, institutional resource allocation, and data-informed decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex operating budgets and exercising executive-level fiscal responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change, build collaborative partnerships, and use data analytics, predictive modeling, and key performance indicators to guide institutional strategy and operational performance.
• Senior leadership experience within a college of osteopathic medicine, medical school, academic health center, or other health professions education environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of COCA accreditation standards and experience with accreditation, continuous quality improvement, and institutional assessment.
• Experience leading strategic enrollment management, financial aid, student success, retention, and enrollment forecasting initiatives.
• Experience working within a multi-campus or distributed educational environment.
• Demonstrated success leading strategic planning, organizational effectiveness, and data-informed decision-making.
• Excellent leadership, communication, relationship-building, financial management, and organizational skills.
• Active leadership or service in national or regional professional organizations related to enrollment management, admissions, student affairs, student success, or medical education.