Associate Director Admissions - SAIS (Admissions and Joint Degree Program)

Johns Hopkins University; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University SAIS is seeking an Associate Director of Admissions to drive a strategic, comprehensive recruitment and enrollment initiative across its global campuses.

The role oversees the Admissions Fellows program and manages the Slate CRM communications, workflows, templates, and reporting, coordinating campaigns with SAIS teams and ensuring flawless event execution and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Five years progressively responsible related experience required.
• Education may substitute with advanced degrees or additional education per JHU equivalency formula.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management of an area of specialization.
• Directly manage admissions staff, providing supervision, mentorship and professional development.
• Chair Admissions committee process and act as key decision maker for academic areas and programs.
• Deliver presentations and represent school/division to internal and external organizations.
• Collaborate with Marketing Communications on development, production, and enhancement of all marketing materials and digital assets.
• Travel locally and nationally for recruitment fairs, conferences and organizations.
• Develop calendar-based strategy for recruitment and outreach.
• Organize regular professional development activities for the Admissions Office.
• Travel and night/weekend work may be required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Academic Calendar Management

Event Coordination

Marketing and Communications

Oral and Written Communications

Presentations

Strategic Planning

Student Recruitment

Student CRM Tools

Training and Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Slate CRM

Microsoft Office

Job description

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

We are seeking an Associate Director Admissions who will support recruitment and engagement initiatives through the administration of admissions systems, communications, events, and student ambassador outreach. This position leads and supervises the Admissions Fellows program, serves as the primary administrator for Slate CRM communications, workflows, templates, and reporting, coordinates recruitment campaigns collaboratively across SAIS's global campuses, and oversees operational planning and logistics for admissions events. The role supports admissions committee processes and strategic outreach initiatives while ensuring effective stakeholder collaboration, operational excellence, and seamless execution of activities that advance prospective student engagement and enrollment goals.

Reporting to school/division leadership, the Associate Director of Admissions will be responsible for managing a strategic and comprehensive recruitment strategy and application fulfillment process to meet or exceed new student enrollment targets.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management of an area ofspecialization.
• Will be the direct manager for a team of admissions staffmembers—providing supervision, mentorship and professionaldevelopment.
• Serve as a chair in the Admissions committee process—serving asthe key decision maker for various academic areas and scholar'sprograms.
• Deliver presentations and represents school/division tointernal and external organizations.
• Collaborate in the development, production, and enhancement ofall marketing materials with Marketing Communications, includingthe admissions marketing brochures, flyers, and applicationmaterials, and the preparation of digital assets.
• Travel locally and nationally (as required) for recruitmentfairs, conferences, and organizations.
• Provide leadership in developing a calendar-based strategy forrecruitment and outreach.
• Organize regular general professional development activitiesfor the Admissions Office.
• Travel and night/weekend work may be required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Five years progressively responsible related experience
• Additional education may substitute for required experience andadditional experience may substitute for required education, beyonda high school diploma/GED, to the extent permitted by the JHUequivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Technical Skills and Expected Level of Proficiency

• Academic Calendar Management - Advanced
• Event Coordination - Advanced
• Marketing and Communications - Advanced
• Oral and Written Communications - Advanced
• Presentations - Advanced
• Strategic Planning - Advanced
• Student Recruitment - Advanced
• Student Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Tools -Advanced
• Training and Development - Advanced

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Associate Director Admissions
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Associate Director Admissions -SAIS (Admissions and Joint Degree Program)
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/ME
Starting Salary Range: $66,215 - $116,130 Annually (Commensuratew/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/District of Columbia
Department name: Admissions and Joint Degree Programs
Personnel area: SAIS

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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