Associate Dir of Graduate & Online Admissions

Utica University; City of Utica (NY); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Utica University is seeking an Associate Director of Graduate and Online Admission to lead recruitment, counseling, and enrollment for graduate, adult, professional, and online students. The role partners with academic leadership and external partners to drive enrollment growth and program sustainability.

Under the Director's guidance, you will manage outreach, application review, and yield strategies while ensuring fair, student-centered admission practices and coordinated handoffs to academic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• Progressively responsible experience in enrollment management, admission, recruitment, student services, higher education administration, or related field.
• Experience utilizing CRM systems and enrollment information.

Responsabilités

• Implement recruitment initiatives that support enrollment growth across graduate and online programs.
• Carry out outreach, admissions counseling, enrollment advising, and yield activity for graduate, adult, professional, and online students.
• Monitor inquiry, application, admission, and enrollment activity and provide updates to the Director.
• Represent the institution at recruitment events, professional conferences, employer engagement activities, and community outreach initiatives.
• Collaborate with deans, program directors, department chairs, and faculty to support program enrollment goals and recruitment priorities.

Connaissances

Enrollment management

CRM collaboration

Employer partnerships

Strategy enrollment

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Outils

Slate

Description du poste

About Utica University:

Located in the heart of Central New York, Utica University is acomprehensive, independent, private institution founded in 1946 asUtica College. We offer many of the advantages of a largeuniversity, such as undergraduate and graduate degree options,excellent academic programs, and outstanding faculty, but with anintimacy and a high degree of personal attention more closelyassociated with smaller private institutions.

We empower learners to achieve their career and life goals throughpersonally enriching experiences and outstanding educationalpathways.

At Utica University, we are committed to creating a working andlearning environment where all people feel supported.

Following our institutional values, we work to support diverseperspectives, backgrounds, and experiences in an equitable,respectful, and inclusive environment, while promoting freedom ofexpression and encouraging civil discourse.

Job Description:

Position Summary:

The Associate Director of Graduate and Online Admission supportsthe recruitment, admission, enrollment advising, and yield ofgraduate, adult, professional, and online students. Working underthe direction of the Director of Recruitment and Admission, theAssociate Director carries out recruitment and admission activitydesigned to maintain momentum in growing graduate and onlineprograms and to provide a student-centered enrollment experiencefrom inquiry through matriculation.

The Associate Director works closely with academic leadership,faculty, Enrollment Management colleagues, and external partners tosupport graduate and online enrollment growth and programsustainability.

Responsibilities:

Graduate and Online Recruitment and Admission

• Implement recruitment initiatives that support enrollmentgrowth across graduate and online programs.
• Carry out outreach, admissions counseling, enrollment advising,and yield activity for graduate, adult, professional, and onlinestudents.


• Support graduate and online application review processes andensure fair, consistent, and student-centered admissionpractices.


• Monitor assigned inquiry, application, admission, andenrollment activity and provide updates to the Director.


• Recommend adjustments that support inquiry generation,application growth, enrollment yield, and student conversion.


• Represent the institution at recruitment events, professionalconferences, employer engagement activities, and community outreachinitiatives.

Academic Partnership and Program Support

• Work with deans, program directors, department chairs, andfaculty to support program enrollment goals and recruitmentpriorities established with the Director.


• Support recruitment activity for new graduate and onlineprogram launches.


• Facilitate communication and student handoff processes betweenAdmission and academic departments.


• Share applicant feedback and recruitment insights with theDirector and academic partners.

Partnership Development

• Build and maintain relationships with area employers,healthcare organizations, school districts, nonprofit agencies,government entities, and community organizations.


• Identify and cultivate partnership opportunities that generategraduate and online enrollment pipelines and support workforcedevelopment initiatives.


• Collaborate with institutional advancement, workforcedevelopment, and academic leadership to support externalpartnerships.

Enrollment Advising and Student Engagement

• Provide responsive and student-centered enrollment guidance toprospective graduate and online students.


• Carry out engagement activity designed to support enrollmentconversion.


• Identify prospective student questions or process concerns andbring recommendations to the Director.

Collaboration and Strategic Planning

• Supervise graduate and online admission staff or graduateassistants as assigned.


• Support performance expectations, collaboration, studentservice, and professional development for assigned staff.


• Partner with the Assistant Vice President of EnrollmentStrategy and Operations, Senior Associate Director of EnrollmentTechnology, Associate Director of Enrollment Marketing andCommunications, Financial Aid, and undergraduate and transferadmission staff.


• Participate in enrollment planning efforts and other duties asassigned.

Requirements:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required, master's degree preferred.


• Progressively responsible experience in enrollment management,admission, recruitment, student services, higher educationadministration, or a related field.


• Experience utilizing CRM systems and enrollmentinformation

Skills/Abilities:

• Experience with graduate, adult, online, or professionalprogram enrollment efforts.


• Experience collaborating with faculty and academicleadership.


• Experience developing employer, workforce, or communitypartnerships.


• Experience with Slate or a comparable CRM platform.


• Knowledge of strategic enrollment management principles

Driving Responsibility:

• This employee must possess a valid driver's license and be ableto drive a university or rental vehicle for recruitment.

Travel:

• This position does require occasional travel to recruit atgraduate fairs. The employee may be requested to assist withrecruitment at undergraduate fairs if needed to support theundergraduate recruitment and admission operation.

Additional Information:

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

EEO Statement

Utica University is committed to equal opportunity and creating awelcoming work environment for all employees. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regardto veteran status, disability, citizenship status, domesticviolence victim status, or protected status under applicable local,state, or federal law.

Commitment to Supporting and Hiring Veterans

Utica University is a comprehensive, independent, privateinstitution founded in 1946 to offer options for higher educationstudy to veterans returning from the Second World War. More thanseventy years since veterans returned from WWII, this tradition ofserving veterans is still held in high regard here at UticaUniversity, and we are proud to welcome veterans as students and asvalued members of our faculty and professional staff.